diff --git a/doc/configuration.rst b/doc/configuration.rst
index 6b6ec837..bdd89f40 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/configuration.rst
@@ -1345,6 +1345,32 @@ Advanced publishing configuration
     - |confluence_publish_postfix|_
     - |confluence_publish_prefix|_
 
+.. confval:: confluence_page_search_mode
+
+    .. versionadded:: 2.6
+
+    .. note::
+
+        This option is only supported using the ``v1``
+        :ref:`editor <confluence_editor>`.
+
+    Configures the mode which pages will be fetched from Confluence. For
+    Confluence Data Center instances, there may be performance issues when
+    attempting to query ``content/`` API (CONFSERVER-57639_). Select environments
+    may opt to disable this endpoint in attempt to avoid performance issues,
+    which in turn prevents this extension from fetching page content. To
+    support these environments, users can configure this extension to use an
+    alternative mode for fetching page content.
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+        confluence_page_search_mode = 'search'
+
+    Supported modes are as follows:
+
+    - ``content`` `(default)`: Pages will fetched using the ``content/`` API.
+    - ``search``: Pages will fetched using the ``content/search/`` API.
+
 .. confval:: confluence_parent_override_transform
 
     .. versionadded:: 2.2
@@ -2167,6 +2193,7 @@ Deprecated options
 .. references ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 .. _API tokens: https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/api-tokens-938839638.html
+.. _CONFSERVER-57639: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-57639
 .. _Confluence editor: https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/confluence-cloud-editor-roadmap/
 .. _Confluence-supported syntax highlight languages: https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/code-block-macro-724765175.html
 .. _Key of the space: https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/choose-a-space-key/
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/__init__.py b/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/__init__.py
index c044658b..88b90e8d 100644
--- a/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/__init__.py
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ def setup(app):
     cm.add_conf_bool('confluence_disable_ssl_validation')
     # Ignore adding a titlefix on the index document.
     cm.add_conf_bool('confluence_ignore_titlefix_on_index', 'confluence')
+    # The mode to search for page contents.
+    cm.add_conf('confluence_page_search_mode')
     # Translation to override parent page identifier to publish to.
     cm.add_conf('confluence_parent_override_transform')
     # Proxy server needed to communicate with Confluence server.
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/config/checks.py b/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/config/checks.py
index eed2fc2a..aa5a3a68 100644
--- a/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/config/checks.py
+++ b/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/config/checks.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from sphinxcontrib.confluencebuilder.config.exceptions import ConfluenceLatexMacroInvalidConfigError
 from sphinxcontrib.confluencebuilder.config.exceptions import ConfluenceLatexMacroMissingKeysConfigError
 from sphinxcontrib.confluencebuilder.config.exceptions import ConfluencePageGenerationNoticeConfigError
+from sphinxcontrib.confluencebuilder.config.exceptions import ConfluencePageSearchModeConfigError
 from sphinxcontrib.confluencebuilder.config.exceptions import ConfluenceParentPageConfigError
 from sphinxcontrib.confluencebuilder.config.exceptions import ConfluencePermitRawHtmlConfigError
 from sphinxcontrib.confluencebuilder.config.exceptions import ConfluencePrevNextButtonsLocationConfigError
@@ -407,6 +408,18 @@ def validate_configuration(builder):
 
     # ##################################################################
 
+    # confluence_page_search_mode
+    try:
+        validator.conf('confluence_page_search_mode').matching(
+            'default',
+            'content',
+            'search',
+        )
+    except ConfluenceConfigError as ex:
+        raise ConfluencePageSearchModeConfigError(ex) from ex
+
+    # ##################################################################
+
     # confluence_root_homepage
     validator.conf('confluence_root_homepage') \
              .bool()
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/config/exceptions.py b/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/config/exceptions.py
index 50be10b6..6aa3f8fd 100644
--- a/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/config/exceptions.py
+++ b/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/config/exceptions.py
@@ -166,6 +166,17 @@ def __init__(self):
 ''')
 
 
+class ConfluencePageSearchModeConfigError(ConfluenceConfigError):
+    def __init__(self, msg):
+        super().__init__(f'''\
+{msg}
+
+The option 'confluence_page_search_mode' has been provided to override the
+default method for querying page content. Accepted values include 'default',
+'content' and 'search'.
+''')
+
+
 class ConfluenceParentPageConfigError(ConfluenceConfigError):
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__('''\
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/publisher.py b/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/publisher.py
index 160a130f..1a0635e7 100644
--- a/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/publisher.py
+++ b/sphinxcontrib/confluencebuilder/publisher.py
@@ -549,6 +549,18 @@ def get_page(self, page_name, expand='version', status='current'):
                 'status': status,
                 'title': page_name,
             })
+        elif self.config.confluence_page_search_mode == 'search':
+            rsp = self.rest.get(f'{self.APIV1}content/search', {
+                'cql': 'space="' + self.space_key +
+                    '" and type=page and title="' + page_name + '"',
+                "cqlcontext": json.dumps({
+                    'contentStatuses': [
+                        status,
+                    ],
+                }),
+                'expand': expand,
+                'limit': 1,
+            })
         else:
             rsp = self.rest.get(f'{self.APIV1}content', {
                 'type': 'page',
diff --git a/tests/unit-tests/test_config_checks.py b/tests/unit-tests/test_config_checks.py
index 2c9dcd43..685e726f 100644
--- a/tests/unit-tests/test_config_checks.py
+++ b/tests/unit-tests/test_config_checks.py
@@ -653,6 +653,23 @@ def test_config_check_parent_page_id_check(self):
         with self.assertRaises(ConfluenceConfigError):
             self._try_config()
 
+    def test_config_check_page_search_mode(self):
+        self.config['confluence_page_search_mode'] = ''
+        self._try_config()
+
+        self.config['confluence_page_search_mode'] = 'default'
+        self._try_config()
+
+        self.config['confluence_page_search_mode'] = 'content'
+        self._try_config()
+
+        self.config['confluence_page_search_mode'] = 'search'
+        self._try_config()
+
+        self.config['confluence_page_search_mode'] = 'invalid'
+        with self.assertRaises(ConfluenceConfigError):
+            self._try_config()
+
     def test_config_check_permit_raw_html(self):
         self.config['confluence_permit_raw_html'] = True
         self._try_config()