diff --git a/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/inc/MantidQtMantidWidgets/FitPropertyBrowser.h b/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/inc/MantidQtMantidWidgets/FitPropertyBrowser.h
index 17ea8980f593a3866667390b00720c7445a98083..60b7efb2efcfe4351fe59a24bec4d3d58d025ac6 100644
--- a/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/inc/MantidQtMantidWidgets/FitPropertyBrowser.h
+++ b/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/inc/MantidQtMantidWidgets/FitPropertyBrowser.h
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ public:
   bool convolveMembers()const;
   /// Set if the data must be normalised before fitting
   void normaliseData(bool on) {m_shouldBeNormalised = on;}
+  /// Get the max number of iterations
+  int maxIterations() const;
 
   /// Get the start X
   double startX()const;
diff --git a/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/src/FitPropertyBrowser.cpp b/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/src/FitPropertyBrowser.cpp
index a41cf5635783c85fa2a4a5613535c7183a5cabe9..853ed75000d945515fe5410090e9113870bb46bf 100644
--- a/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/src/FitPropertyBrowser.cpp
+++ b/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/src/FitPropertyBrowser.cpp
@@ -1185,6 +1185,12 @@ bool FitPropertyBrowser::convolveMembers() const
     return m_boolManager->value(m_convolveMembers);
 }
 
+/// Get the max number of iterations
+int FitPropertyBrowser::maxIterations() const
+{
+  return m_intManager->value(m_maxIterations);
+}
+
 /// Get the registered function names
 void FitPropertyBrowser::populateFunctionNames()
 {
diff --git a/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/src/SequentialFitDialog.cpp b/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/src/SequentialFitDialog.cpp
index e92884258fa52cbfaed4a964bdb50522009540cc..68dbec67eaaf5429e98ac3ca47181381aea08810 100644
--- a/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/src/SequentialFitDialog.cpp
+++ b/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/src/SequentialFitDialog.cpp
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ void SequentialFitDialog::accept()
   }
   alg->setPropertyValue("Minimizer",m_fitBrowser->minimizer());
   alg->setPropertyValue("CostFunction",m_fitBrowser->costFunction());
+  alg->setProperty("MaxIterations",m_fitBrowser->maxIterations());
   if (ui.rbIndividual->isChecked())
   {
     alg->setPropertyValue("FitType","Individual");