diff --git a/x/staking/client/cli/cli_test.go b/x/staking/client/cli/cli_test.go
index 40c051bf25..4f8fcf52f0 100644
--- a/x/staking/client/cli/cli_test.go
+++ b/x/staking/client/cli/cli_test.go
@@ -256,7 +256,10 @@ func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestGetCmdQueryValidators() {
 	}{
 		{
 			"one validator case",
-			[]string{fmt.Sprintf("--%s=json", tmcli.OutputFlag)},
+			[]string{
+				fmt.Sprintf("--%s=json", tmcli.OutputFlag),
+				fmt.Sprintf("--%s=1", flags.FlagLimit),
+			},
 			1,
 		},
 		{
@@ -278,7 +281,7 @@ func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestGetCmdQueryValidators() {
 
 			var result types.QueryValidatorsResponse
 			s.Require().NoError(clientCtx.JSONMarshaler.UnmarshalJSON(out.Bytes(), &result))
-			s.Require().Equal(len(s.network.Validators), len(result.Validators))
+			s.Require().Equal(tc.minValidatorCount, len(result.Validators))
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/x/staking/client/cli/query.go b/x/staking/client/cli/query.go
index 120e436bc8..148d5c4186 100644
--- a/x/staking/client/cli/query.go
+++ b/x/staking/client/cli/query.go
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ $ %s query staking validators
 	}
 
 	flags.AddQueryFlagsToCmd(cmd)
+	flags.AddPaginationFlagsToCmd(cmd, "validators")
 
 	return cmd
 }