diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/api/CodeOwnersInfo.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/api/CodeOwnersInfo.java
index 5ce7ac2..2d3a84c 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/api/CodeOwnersInfo.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/api/CodeOwnersInfo.java
@@ -26,4 +26,11 @@
 public class CodeOwnersInfo {
   /** List of code owners. */
   public List<CodeOwnerInfo> codeOwners;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether the path is owned by all users.
+   *
+   * <p>Not set if {@code false}.
+   */
+  public Boolean ownedByAllUsers;
 }
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/restapi/AbstractGetCodeOwnersForPath.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/restapi/AbstractGetCodeOwnersForPath.java
index a0ab229..1464ecb 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/restapi/AbstractGetCodeOwnersForPath.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/restapi/AbstractGetCodeOwnersForPath.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
 
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@
     CodeOwnerScoring.Builder distanceScoring = CodeOwnerScore.DISTANCE.createScoring(maxDistance);
 
     Set<CodeOwner> codeOwners = new HashSet<>();
+    AtomicBoolean ownedByAllUsers = new AtomicBoolean(false);
     codeOwnerConfigHierarchy.visit(
         rsrc.getBranch(),
         rsrc.getRevision(),
@@ -167,6 +169,7 @@
           codeOwners.addAll(filterCodeOwners(rsrc, pathCodeOwners.codeOwners()));
 
           if (pathCodeOwners.ownedByAllUsers()) {
+            ownedByAllUsers.set(true);
             fillUpWithRandomUsers(rsrc, codeOwners, limit);
 
             if (codeOwners.size() < limit) {
@@ -191,15 +194,13 @@
               .forEach(
                   localCodeOwner -> distanceScoring.putValueForCodeOwner(localCodeOwner, distance));
 
-          // If codeOwners.size() >= limit we have gathered enough code owners and do not need to
-          // look at further code owner configs.
-          // We can abort here, since all further code owners will have a lower distance scoring
-          // and hence they would appear at the end of the sorted code owners list and be dropped
-          // due to the limit.
-          return codeOwners.size() < limit;
+          // If codeOwners.size() >= limit we have gathered enough code owners, but we still need to
+          // inspect the further code owner configs to know if the path is maybe owned by all user
+          // (in which case we need to set the ownedByAllUsers flag in the response).
+          return true;
         });
 
-    if (codeOwners.size() < limit) {
+    if (codeOwners.size() < limit || !ownedByAllUsers.get()) {
       CodeOwnerResolverResult globalCodeOwners = getGlobalCodeOwners(rsrc.getBranch().project());
       globalCodeOwners
           .codeOwners()
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@
       codeOwners.addAll(filterCodeOwners(rsrc, globalCodeOwners.codeOwners()));
 
       if (globalCodeOwners.ownedByAllUsers()) {
+        ownedByAllUsers.set(true);
         fillUpWithRandomUsers(rsrc, codeOwners, limit);
       }
     }
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@
         codeOwnerJsonFactory
             .create(getFillOptions())
             .format(sortAndLimit(distanceScoring.build(), ImmutableSet.copyOf(codeOwners)));
+    codeOwnersInfo.ownedByAllUsers = ownedByAllUsers.get() ? true : null;
     return Response.ok(codeOwnersInfo);
   }
 
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/testing/CodeOwnersInfoSubject.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/testing/CodeOwnersInfoSubject.java
index 5e30c97..28ea59e 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/testing/CodeOwnersInfoSubject.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/testing/CodeOwnersInfoSubject.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import static com.google.gerrit.plugins.codeowners.testing.CodeOwnerInfoSubject.codeOwnerInfos;
 import static com.google.gerrit.truth.ListSubject.elements;
 
+import com.google.common.truth.BooleanSubject;
 import com.google.common.truth.FailureMetadata;
 import com.google.common.truth.Subject;
 import com.google.gerrit.plugins.codeowners.api.CodeOwnerInfo;
@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@
         .thatCustom(codeOwnersInfo().codeOwners, codeOwnerInfos());
   }
 
+  public BooleanSubject hasOwnedByAllUsersThat() {
+    return check("ownedByAllUsers").that(codeOwnersInfo().ownedByAllUsers);
+  }
+
   private CodeOwnersInfo codeOwnersInfo() {
     isNotNull();
     return codeOwnersInfo;
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/acceptance/api/AbstractGetCodeOwnersForPathIT.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/acceptance/api/AbstractGetCodeOwnersForPathIT.java
index 9138ef0..cd57b24 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/acceptance/api/AbstractGetCodeOwnersForPathIT.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/plugins/codeowners/acceptance/api/AbstractGetCodeOwnersForPathIT.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.plugins.codeowners.acceptance.testsuite.TestPathExpressions;
 import com.google.gerrit.plugins.codeowners.api.CodeOwners;
 import com.google.gerrit.plugins.codeowners.api.CodeOwnersInfo;
+import com.google.gerrit.plugins.codeowners.backend.CodeOwnerResolver;
 import com.google.gerrit.plugins.codeowners.backend.CodeOwnerSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.plugins.codeowners.restapi.GetCodeOwnersForPathInBranch;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
@@ -104,8 +105,11 @@
         .folderPath("/abc/def/")
         .addCodeOwnerEmail(admin.email())
         .addCodeOwnerEmail(user.email())
+        .addCodeOwnerEmail(CodeOwnerResolver.ALL_USERS_WILDCARD)
         .create();
-    assertThat(queryCodeOwners("/foo/bar/baz.md")).hasCodeOwnersThat().isEmpty();
+    CodeOwnersInfo codeOwnersInfo = queryCodeOwners("/foo/bar/baz.md");
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasCodeOwnersThat().isEmpty();
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isNull();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -156,6 +160,7 @@
         .hasCodeOwnersThat()
         .comparingElementsUsing(hasAccountName())
         .containsExactly(null, null, null);
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isNull();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -186,15 +191,16 @@
         .addCodeOwnerEmail(user.email())
         .create();
 
-    // 3. code owner config that makes "admin" a code owner, but for this test this code owner
-    // config is ignored, since the 2. code owner config ignores code owners from parent code owner
-    // configs
+    // 3. code owner config that makes "admin" a code owner and assigns code ownership to all users,
+    // but for this test this code owner config is ignored, since the 2. code owner config ignores
+    // code owners from parent code owner configs
     codeOwnerConfigOperations
         .newCodeOwnerConfig()
         .project(project)
         .branch("master")
         .folderPath("/")
         .addCodeOwnerEmail(admin.email())
+        .addCodeOwnerEmail(CodeOwnerResolver.ALL_USERS_WILDCARD)
         .create();
 
     // Assert the code owners for "/foo/bar/baz.md". This evaluates the code owner configs in the
@@ -208,6 +214,7 @@
         .comparingElementsUsing(hasAccountId())
         .containsExactly(user2.id(), user.id())
         .inOrder();
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isNull();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -629,6 +636,7 @@
         .hasCodeOwnersThat()
         .comparingElementsUsing(hasAccountId())
         .containsExactly(user.id(), user2.id(), admin.id());
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
 
     // Query code owners with a limit.
     requestScopeOperations.setApiUser(user.id());
@@ -644,6 +652,7 @@
         .element(1)
         .hasAccountIdThat()
         .isAnyOf(user.id(), user2.id(), admin.id());
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -922,6 +931,7 @@
         .hasCodeOwnersThat()
         .comparingElementsUsing(hasAccountId())
         .containsExactly(user.id(), user2.id(), admin.id());
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
 
     // Query code owners with a limit.
     requestScopeOperations.setApiUser(user.id());
@@ -937,6 +947,7 @@
         .element(1)
         .hasAccountIdThat()
         .isAnyOf(user.id(), user2.id(), admin.id());
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -963,6 +974,7 @@
         .hasCodeOwnersThat()
         .comparingElementsUsing(hasAccountId())
         .containsExactly(user.id());
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
 
     // user2 can see user3 and itself
     requestScopeOperations.setApiUser(user2.id());
@@ -971,6 +983,7 @@
         .hasCodeOwnersThat()
         .comparingElementsUsing(hasAccountId())
         .containsExactly(user2.id(), user3.id());
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
 
     // admin can see all users
     requestScopeOperations.setApiUser(admin.id());
@@ -979,6 +992,7 @@
         .hasCodeOwnersThat()
         .comparingElementsUsing(hasAccountId())
         .containsExactly(admin.id(), user.id(), user2.id(), user3.id());
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
 
     // Query code owners with a limit, user2 can see user3 and itself
     requestScopeOperations.setApiUser(user2.id());
@@ -989,6 +1003,7 @@
         .element(0)
         .hasAccountIdThat()
         .isAnyOf(user2.id(), user3.id());
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -1023,6 +1038,7 @@
         .hasCodeOwnersThat()
         .comparingElementsUsing(hasAccountId())
         .containsExactly(user.id(), user2.id(), user3.id());
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
 
     // user2 can see user3 and itself
     requestScopeOperations.setApiUser(user2.id());
@@ -1031,6 +1047,7 @@
         .hasCodeOwnersThat()
         .comparingElementsUsing(hasAccountId())
         .containsExactly(user2.id(), user3.id());
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
 
     // admin can see all users
     requestScopeOperations.setApiUser(admin.id());
@@ -1039,6 +1056,7 @@
         .hasCodeOwnersThat()
         .comparingElementsUsing(hasAccountId())
         .containsExactly(admin.id(), user.id(), user2.id(), user3.id());
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
 
     // Query code owners with a limit, user2 can see user3 and itself
     requestScopeOperations.setApiUser(user2.id());
@@ -1049,6 +1067,7 @@
         .element(0)
         .hasAccountIdThat()
         .isAnyOf(user2.id(), user3.id());
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -1069,6 +1088,7 @@
     requestScopeOperations.setApiUser(user.id());
     CodeOwnersInfo codeOwnersInfo = queryCodeOwners("/foo/bar/baz.md");
     assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasCodeOwnersThat().isEmpty();
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -1096,6 +1116,7 @@
         .hasCodeOwnersThat()
         .comparingElementsUsing(hasAccountId())
         .containsExactly(admin.id(), user.id(), user2.id());
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -1205,4 +1226,92 @@
           .inOrder();
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void allUsersOwnershipThatIsAssignedInParentIsConsideredEvenIfLimitWasAlreadyReached()
+      throws Exception {
+    // Create some code owner configs.
+    // The order below reflects the order in which the code owner configs are evaluated.
+
+    // 1. code owner config that makes "user" a code owner, inheriting code owners from parent code
+    // owner configs is enabled by default
+    codeOwnerConfigOperations
+        .newCodeOwnerConfig()
+        .project(project)
+        .branch("master")
+        .folderPath("/foo/bar/")
+        .addCodeOwnerEmail(user.email())
+        .create();
+
+    // 2. code owner config that makes "admin" a code owner, inheriting code owners from parent code
+    // owner configs is enabled by default
+    codeOwnerConfigOperations
+        .newCodeOwnerConfig()
+        .project(project)
+        .branch("master")
+        .folderPath("/foo/")
+        .addCodeOwnerEmail(admin.email())
+        .create();
+
+    // 3. code owner config that makes all users code owners
+    codeOwnerConfigOperations
+        .newCodeOwnerConfig()
+        .project(project)
+        .branch("master")
+        .folderPath("/")
+        .addCodeOwnerEmail(CodeOwnerResolver.ALL_USERS_WILDCARD)
+        .create();
+
+    // Query code owners for "/foo/bar/baz.md" with limit 2. After inspecting code owner config 1.
+    // and 2. enough code owners are found to satisfy the limit, but code owner config 3. is still
+    // inspected so that the ownedByAllUsers field in the response gets set.
+    CodeOwnersInfo codeOwnersInfo =
+        queryCodeOwners(getCodeOwnersApi().query().withLimit(2), "/foo/bar/baz.md");
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo)
+        .hasCodeOwnersThat()
+        .comparingElementsUsing(hasAccountId())
+        .containsExactly(user.id(), admin.id())
+        .inOrder();
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @GerritConfig(name = "plugin.code-owners.globalCodeOwner", value = "*")
+  public void allUsersOwnershipThatIsAssignedAsGlobalOwnerIsConsideredEvenIfLimitWasAlreadyReached()
+      throws Exception {
+    // Create some code owner configs.
+    // The order below reflects the order in which the code owner configs are evaluated.
+
+    // 1. code owner config that makes "user" a code owner, inheriting code owners from parent code
+    // owner configs is enabled by default
+    codeOwnerConfigOperations
+        .newCodeOwnerConfig()
+        .project(project)
+        .branch("master")
+        .folderPath("/foo/bar/")
+        .addCodeOwnerEmail(user.email())
+        .create();
+
+    // 2. code owner config that makes "admin" a code owner, inheriting code owners from parent code
+    // owner configs is enabled by default
+    codeOwnerConfigOperations
+        .newCodeOwnerConfig()
+        .project(project)
+        .branch("master")
+        .folderPath("/foo/")
+        .addCodeOwnerEmail(admin.email())
+        .create();
+
+    // Query code owners for "/foo/bar/baz.md" with limit 2. After inspecting code owner config 1.
+    // and 2. enough code owners are found to satisfy the limit, but global code owners are still
+    // inspected so that the ownedByAllUsers field in the response gets set.
+    CodeOwnersInfo codeOwnersInfo =
+        queryCodeOwners(getCodeOwnersApi().query().withLimit(2), "/foo/bar/baz.md");
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo)
+        .hasCodeOwnersThat()
+        .comparingElementsUsing(hasAccountId())
+        .containsExactly(user.id(), admin.id())
+        .inOrder();
+    assertThat(codeOwnersInfo).hasOwnedByAllUsersThat().isTrue();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/resources/Documentation/rest-api.md b/resources/Documentation/rest-api.md
index 6656020..df7d90e 100644
--- a/resources/Documentation/rest-api.md
+++ b/resources/Documentation/rest-api.md
@@ -788,9 +788,10 @@
 ### <a id="code-owners-info"> CodeOwnersInfo
 The `CodeOwnersInfo` entity contains information about a list of code owners.
 
-| Field Name    | Description |
-| ------------- | ----------- |
-| `code_owners` | List of code owners as [CodeOwnerInfo](#code-owner-info) entities. The code owners are sorted by [score](#scores).
+| Field Name    |          | Description |
+| ------------- | -------- | ----------- |
+| `code_owners` |          | List of code owners as [CodeOwnerInfo](#code-owner-info) entities. The code owners are sorted by [score](#scores).
+| `owned_by_all_users` | optional | Whether the path is owned by all users. Not set if `false`.
 
 ### <a id="file-code-owner-status-info"> FileCodeOwnerStatusInfo
 The `FileCodeOwnerStatusInfo` entity describes the code owner statuses for a