diff --git a/api/gist.js b/api/gist.js
index 049018a4fffd0..a771ae6a5a24f 100644
--- a/api/gist.js
+++ b/api/gist.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export default async (req, res) => {
     border_color,
     show_owner,
     hide_border,
+        description_lines_count,
   } = req.query;
 
   res.setHeader("Content-Type", "image/svg+xml");
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ export default async (req, res) => {
         locale: locale ? locale.toLowerCase() : null,
         show_owner: parseBoolean(show_owner),
         hide_border: parseBoolean(hide_border),
+              description_lines_count,
       }),
     );
   } catch (err) {
diff --git a/src/cards/gist.js b/src/cards/gist.js
index 62910420ad2f5..2816d4d175bfe 100644
--- a/src/cards/gist.js
+++ b/src/cards/gist.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { getCardColors } from "../common/color.js";
 import { kFormatter, wrapTextMultiline } from "../common/fmt.js";
 import { encodeHTML } from "../common/html.js";
 import { icons } from "../common/icons.js";
-import { parseEmojis } from "../common/ops.js";
+import { parseEmoji, clampValues } from "../common/ops.js";
 
 /** Import language colors.
  *
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const languageColors = require("../common/languageColors.json"); // now works
 const ICON_SIZE = 16;
 const CARD_DEFAULT_WIDTH = 400;
 const HEADER_MAX_LENGTH = 35;
+const DESCRIPTION_MAX_LINES = 10;
 
 /**
  * @typedef {import('./types').GistCardOptions} GistCardOptions Gist card options.
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ const renderGistCard = (gistData, options = {}) => {
     border_color,
     show_owner = false,
     hide_border = false,
+        description_lines_count,
   } = options;
 
   // returns theme based colors with proper overrides and defaults
@@ -67,7 +69,9 @@ const renderGistCard = (gistData, options = {}) => {
     });
 
   const lineWidth = 59;
-  const linesLimit = 10;
+  const linesLimit = description_lines_count
+    ? clampValue(description_lines_count, 1, DESCRIPTION_MAX_LINES)
+    : DESCRIPTION_MAX_LINES;
   const desc = parseEmojis(description || "No description provided");
   const multiLineDescription = wrapTextMultiline(desc, lineWidth, linesLimit);
   const descriptionLines = multiLineDescription.length;