diff --git a/src/connectors/refinement-list/__tests__/connectRefinementList-test.js b/src/connectors/refinement-list/__tests__/connectRefinementList-test.js
index 115f928337..c206dcd367 100644
--- a/src/connectors/refinement-list/__tests__/connectRefinementList-test.js
+++ b/src/connectors/refinement-list/__tests__/connectRefinementList-test.js
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ describe('connectRefinementList', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
-  it('hasExhaustiveItems indicates if the items provided are exhaustive', () => {
+  it('hasExhaustiveItems indicates if the items provided are exhaustive - without other widgets making the maxValuesPerFacet bigger', () => {
     const widget = makeWidget({
       attributeName: 'category',
       limit: 2,
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ describe('connectRefinementList', () => {
           facets: {
             category: {
               c1: 880,
+              c2: 880,
             },
           },
         },
@@ -519,6 +520,86 @@ describe('connectRefinementList', () => {
           facets: {
             category: {
               c1: 880,
+              c2: 880,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      ]),
+      state: helper.state,
+      helper,
+      createURL: () => '#',
+    });
+
+    // this one is `false` because we're not sure that what we asked is the actual number of facet values
+    expect(rendering.lastCall.args[0].hasExhaustiveItems).toEqual(false);
+
+    widget.render({
+      results: new SearchResults(helper.state, [
+        {
+          hits: [],
+          facets: {
+            category: {
+              c1: 880,
+              c2: 34,
+              c3: 440,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          facets: {
+            category: {
+              c1: 880,
+              c2: 34,
+              c3: 440,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      ]),
+      state: helper.state,
+      helper,
+      createURL: () => '#',
+    });
+
+    expect(rendering.lastCall.args[0].hasExhaustiveItems).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
+  it('hasExhaustiveItems indicates if the items provided are exhaustive - with an other widgets making the maxValuesPerFacet bigger', () => {
+    const widget = makeWidget({
+      attributeName: 'category',
+      limit: 2,
+    });
+
+    const helper = algoliasearchHelper(fakeClient, '', {
+      ...widget.getConfiguration({}),
+      maxValuesPerFacet: 3,
+    });
+    helper.search = sinon.stub();
+
+    widget.init({
+      helper,
+      state: helper.state,
+      createURL: () => '#',
+      onHistoryChange: () => {},
+    });
+
+    expect(rendering.lastCall.args[0].hasExhaustiveItems).toEqual(true);
+
+    widget.render({
+      results: new SearchResults(helper.state, [
+        {
+          hits: [],
+          facets: {
+            category: {
+              c1: 880,
+              c2: 880,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          facets: {
+            category: {
+              c1: 880,
+              c2: 880,
             },
           },
         },
@@ -539,6 +620,7 @@ describe('connectRefinementList', () => {
               c1: 880,
               c2: 34,
               c3: 440,
+              c4: 440,
             },
           },
         },
@@ -548,6 +630,7 @@ describe('connectRefinementList', () => {
               c1: 880,
               c2: 34,
               c3: 440,
+              c4: 440,
             },
           },
         },
diff --git a/src/connectors/refinement-list/connectRefinementList.js b/src/connectors/refinement-list/connectRefinementList.js
index 2a17b6c98a..0d5d7d3df9 100644
--- a/src/connectors/refinement-list/connectRefinementList.js
+++ b/src/connectors/refinement-list/connectRefinementList.js
@@ -338,7 +338,20 @@ export default function connectRefinementList(renderFn) {
         const facetValues = results.getFacetValues(attributeName, { sortBy });
         const items = facetValues.slice(0, this.getLimit()).map(formatItems);
 
-        const hasExhaustiveItems = facetValues.length <= this.getLimit();
+        const maxValuesPerFacetConfig = state.getQueryParameter(
+          'maxValuesPerFacet'
+        );
+        const currentLimit = this.getLimit();
+        // If the limit is the max number of facet retrieved it is impossible to know
+        // if the facets are exhaustives. The only moment we are sure it is exhaustive
+        // is when it is strictly under the number requested unless we know that another
+        // widget has requested more values (maxValuesPerFacet > getLimit()).
+        // Because this is used for making the search of facets unable or not, it is important
+        // to be conservative here.
+        const hasExhaustiveItems =
+          maxValuesPerFacetConfig > currentLimit
+            ? facetValues.length <= currentLimit
+            : facetValues.length < currentLimit;
 
         lastResultsFromMainSearch = items;
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/refinement-list/__tests__/refinement-list-test.js b/src/widgets/refinement-list/__tests__/refinement-list-test.js
index fc048b9917..791edff5a0 100644
--- a/src/widgets/refinement-list/__tests__/refinement-list-test.js
+++ b/src/widgets/refinement-list/__tests__/refinement-list-test.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import sinon from 'sinon';
 import expectJSX from 'expect-jsx';
 expect.extend(expectJSX);
 
+import algoliasearchHelper from 'algoliasearch-helper';
+const SearchParameters = algoliasearchHelper.SearchParameters;
 import refinementList from '../refinement-list.js';
 const instantSearchInstance = { templatesConfig: {} };
 
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ describe('refinementList()', () => {
           .stub()
           .returns([{ name: 'foo' }, { name: 'bar' }]),
       };
-      state = { toggleRefinement: sinon.spy() };
+      state = SearchParameters.make({});
       createURL = () => '#';
     });