diff --git a/addons/bus/models/bus.py b/addons/bus/models/bus.py
index 17e68d1c8f6..d3a3d8b2402 100644
--- a/addons/bus/models/bus.py
+++ b/addons/bus/models/bus.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import contextlib
 import datetime
 import json
 import logging
+import math
 import os
 import random
 import selectors
@@ -24,6 +25,21 @@ TIMEOUT = 50
 # custom function to call instead of default PostgreSQL's `pg_notify`
 ODOO_NOTIFY_FUNCTION = os.getenv('ODOO_NOTIFY_FUNCTION', 'pg_notify')
 
+
+def get_notify_payload_max_length(default=8000):
+    try:
+        length = int(os.environ.get('ODOO_NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH', default))
+    except ValueError:
+        _logger.warning("ODOO_NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH has to be an integer, "
+                        "defaulting to %d bytes", default)
+        length = default
+    return length
+
+
+# max length in bytes for the NOTIFY query payload
+NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH = get_notify_payload_max_length()
+
+
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 # Bus
 #----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -46,6 +62,26 @@ def channel_with_db(dbname, channel):
     return channel
 
 
+def get_notify_payloads(channels):
+    """
+    Generates the json payloads for the imbus NOTIFY.
+    Splits recursively payloads that are too large.
+
+    :param list channels:
+    :return: list of payloads of json dumps
+    :rtype: list[str]
+    """
+    if not channels:
+        return []
+    payload = json_dump(channels)
+    if len(channels) == 1 or len(payload.encode()) < NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH:
+        return [payload]
+    else:
+        pivot = math.ceil(len(channels) / 2)
+        return (get_notify_payloads(channels[:pivot]) +
+                get_notify_payloads(channels[pivot:]))
+
+
 class ImBus(models.Model):
 
     _name = 'bus.bus'
@@ -84,7 +120,12 @@ class ImBus(models.Model):
             def notify():
                 with odoo.sql_db.db_connect('postgres').cursor() as cr:
                     query = sql.SQL("SELECT {}('imbus', %s)").format(sql.Identifier(ODOO_NOTIFY_FUNCTION))
-                    cr.execute(query, (json_dump(list(channels)), ))
+                    payloads = get_notify_payloads(list(channels))
+                    if len(payloads) > 1:
+                        _logger.info("The imbus notification payload was too large, "
+                                     "it's been split into %d payloads.", len(payloads))
+                    for payload in payloads:
+                        cr.execute(query, (payload,))
 
     @api.model
     def _sendone(self, channel, notification_type, message):
diff --git a/addons/bus/tests/__init__.py b/addons/bus/tests/__init__.py
index f8f91a9b5ef..ad34feffec9 100644
--- a/addons/bus/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/addons/bus/tests/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from . import test_assetsbundle
 from . import test_health
 from . import test_ir_model
 from . import test_ir_websocket
+from . import test_notify
 from . import test_websocket_caryall
 from . import test_websocket_controller
 from . import test_websocket_rate_limiting
diff --git a/addons/bus/tests/test_notify.py b/addons/bus/tests/test_notify.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3fd64376bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/bus/tests/test_notify.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Part of Odoo. See LICENSE file for full copyright and licensing details.
+
+from odoo.tests import BaseCase
+
+from ..models.bus import json_dump, get_notify_payloads, NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH
+
+
+class NotifyTests(BaseCase):
+
+    def test_get_notify_payloads(self):
+        """
+        Asserts that the implementation of `get_notify_payloads`
+        actually splits correctly large payloads
+        """
+        def check_payloads_size(payloads):
+            for payload in payloads:
+                self.assertLess(len(payload.encode()), NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH)
+
+        channel = ('dummy_db', 'dummy_model', 12345)
+        channels = [channel]
+        self.assertLess(len(json_dump(channels).encode()), NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH)
+        payloads = get_notify_payloads(channels)
+        self.assertEqual(len(payloads), 1,
+                         "The payload is less then the threshold, "
+                         "there should be 1 payload only, as it shouldn't be split")
+        channels = [channel] * 100
+        self.assertLess(len(json_dump(channels).encode()), NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH)
+        payloads = get_notify_payloads(channels)
+        self.assertEqual(len(payloads), 1,
+                         "The payload is less then the threshold, "
+                         "there should be 1 payload only, as it shouldn't be split")
+        check_payloads_size(payloads)
+        channels = [channel] * 1000
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(len(json_dump(channels).encode()), NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH)
+        payloads = get_notify_payloads(channels)
+        self.assertGreater(len(payloads), 1,
+                           "Payload was larger than the threshold, it should've been split")
+        check_payloads_size(payloads)
+
+        fat_channel = tuple(item * 1000 for item in channel)
+        channels = [fat_channel]
+        self.assertEqual(len(channels), 1, "There should be only 1 channel")
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(len(json_dump(channels).encode()), NOTIFY_PAYLOAD_MAX_LENGTH)
+        payloads = get_notify_payloads(channels)
+        self.assertEqual(len(payloads), 1,
+                         "Payload was larger than the threshold, but shouldn't be split, "
+                         "as it contains only 1 channel")
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            check_payloads_size(payloads)