diff --git a/addons/account/models/account_reconcile_model.py b/addons/account/models/account_reconcile_model.py
index 6cf1499c7a7..42138f74e7b 100644
--- a/addons/account/models/account_reconcile_model.py
+++ b/addons/account/models/account_reconcile_model.py
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ class AccountReconcileModel(models.Model):
 
     line_ids = fields.One2many('account.reconcile.model.line', 'model_id')
 
+    past_months_limit = fields.Integer(string="Past Months Limit", default=18, help="Number of months in the past to consider entries from when applying this model.")
+
     decimal_separator = fields.Char(default=lambda self: self.env['res.lang']._lang_get(self.env.user.lang).decimal_point, help="Every character that is nor a digit nor this separator will be removed from the matching string")
     show_decimal_separator = fields.Boolean(compute='_compute_show_decimal_separator', help="Technical field to decide if we should show the decimal separator for the regex matching field.")
     number_entries = fields.Integer(string='Number of entries related to this model', compute='_compute_number_entries')
@@ -608,6 +610,13 @@ class AccountReconcileModel(models.Model):
             'model_id': self.id,
         }
 
+        # If this reconciliation model defines a past_months_limit, we add a condition
+        # to the query to only search on move lines that are younger than this limit.
+        if self.past_months_limit:
+            date_limit = fields.Date.today() - relativedelta(months=self.past_months_limit)
+            query += "AND aml.date >= %(aml_date_limit)s"
+            params['aml_date_limit'] = date_limit
+
         # Filter out excluded account.move.line.
         if excluded_ids:
             query += 'AND aml.id NOT IN %(excluded_aml_ids)s'
diff --git a/addons/account/tests/test_templates_consistency.py b/addons/account/tests/test_templates_consistency.py
index 40a89d8a124..2e41123db5a 100644
--- a/addons/account/tests/test_templates_consistency.py
+++ b/addons/account/tests/test_templates_consistency.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class AccountingTestTemplConsistency(TransactionCase):
         '''Test fields consistency for ('account.reconcile.model', 'account.reconcile.model.template')
         '''
         self.check_fields_consistency('account.reconcile.model.template', 'account.reconcile.model', exceptions=['chart_template_id'])
-        self.check_fields_consistency('account.reconcile.model', 'account.reconcile.model.template', exceptions=['company_id'])
+        self.check_fields_consistency('account.reconcile.model', 'account.reconcile.model.template', exceptions=['company_id', 'past_months_limit'])
         # lines
         self.check_fields_consistency('account.reconcile.model.line.template', 'account.reconcile.model.line', exceptions=['chart_template_id'])
         self.check_fields_consistency('account.reconcile.model.line', 'account.reconcile.model.line.template', exceptions=['company_id', 'journal_id', 'analytic_account_id', 'analytic_tag_ids', 'amount'])
diff --git a/addons/account/views/account_reconcile_model_views.xml b/addons/account/views/account_reconcile_model_views.xml
index 5b93d48f9ce..3f5c4ff4ac2 100644
--- a/addons/account/views/account_reconcile_model_views.xml
+++ b/addons/account/views/account_reconcile_model_views.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
                             <group>
                                 <field name="auto_reconcile" attrs="{'invisible': [('rule_type', '=', 'writeoff_button')]}"/>
                                 <field name="to_check" attrs="{'invisible': [('rule_type', '!=', 'writeoff_button')]}"/>
+                                <field name="past_months_limit" attrs="{'invisible': [('rule_type', '!=', 'invoice_matching')]}"/>
                             </group>
                         </group>
                         <group string="Conditions on Bank Statement Line">