diff --git a/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/DefaultTopSitesStorage.kt b/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/DefaultTopSitesStorage.kt
index 960215abef..f0af027cbf 100644
--- a/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/DefaultTopSitesStorage.kt
+++ b/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/DefaultTopSitesStorage.kt
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class DefaultTopSitesStorage(
         totalSites: Int,
         frecencyConfig: TopSitesFrecencyConfig?,
         providerConfig: TopSitesProviderConfig?,
+        showTopRecentSites: Boolean,
     ): List<TopSite> {
         val topSites = ArrayList<TopSite>()
         val pinnedSites = pinnedSitesStorage.getPinnedSites().take(totalSites)
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ class DefaultTopSitesStorage(
 
         topSites.addAll(pinnedSites)
 
-        if (frecencyConfig?.frecencyTresholdOption != null && numSitesRequired > 0) {
+        if (showTopRecentSites && frecencyConfig?.frecencyTresholdOption != null && numSitesRequired > 0) {
             // Get 'totalSites' sites for duplicate entries with
             // existing pinned sites
             val frecentSites = historyStorage
diff --git a/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/TopSitesConfig.kt b/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/TopSitesConfig.kt
index d9a95bf138..3b36def68e 100644
--- a/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/TopSitesConfig.kt
+++ b/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/TopSitesConfig.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ data class TopSitesConfig(
     val totalSites: Int,
     val frecencyConfig: TopSitesFrecencyConfig? = null,
     val providerConfig: TopSitesProviderConfig? = null,
+    val showTopRecentSites: Boolean = false,
 )
 
 /**
diff --git a/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/TopSitesStorage.kt b/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/TopSitesStorage.kt
index b27f8a3ae0..c4dd8bf9b5 100644
--- a/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/TopSitesStorage.kt
+++ b/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/TopSitesStorage.kt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ interface TopSitesStorage : Observable<TopSitesStorage.Observer> {
         totalSites: Int,
         frecencyConfig: TopSitesFrecencyConfig? = null,
         providerConfig: TopSitesProviderConfig? = null,
+        showTopRecentSites: Boolean = false,
     ): List<TopSite>
 
     /**
diff --git a/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/presenter/DefaultTopSitesPresenter.kt b/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/presenter/DefaultTopSitesPresenter.kt
index f1d9adb7fc..eb5e1eb165 100644
--- a/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/presenter/DefaultTopSitesPresenter.kt
+++ b/components/feature/top-sites/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/top/sites/presenter/DefaultTopSitesPresenter.kt
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ internal class DefaultTopSitesPresenter(
                 totalSites = innerConfig.totalSites,
                 frecencyConfig = innerConfig.frecencyConfig,
                 providerConfig = innerConfig.providerConfig,
+                showTopRecentSites = innerConfig.showTopRecentSites,
             )
 
             scope.launch(Dispatchers.Main) {