diff --git a/src/replica/config/ConfigTestData.cc b/src/replica/config/ConfigTestData.cc
index cdf6ead25..886617a15 100644
--- a/src/replica/config/ConfigTestData.cc
+++ b/src/replica/config/ConfigTestData.cc
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ map<string, set<string>> ConfigTestData::parameters() {
                "async-loader-auto-resume",
                "async-loader-cleanup-on-resume",
                "http-max-listen-conn",
+               "http-max-queued-requests",
                "svc-port",
                "fs-port",
                "data-dir",
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ json ConfigTestData::data() {
                                          {"async-loader-auto-resume", 0},
                                          {"async-loader-cleanup-on-resume", 0},
                                          {"http-max-listen-conn", 512},
+                                         {"http-max-queued-requests", 1024},
                                          {"svc-port", 51000},
                                          {"fs-port", 52000},
                                          {"data-dir", "/data"},
diff --git a/src/replica/config/ConfigurationSchema.cc b/src/replica/config/ConfigurationSchema.cc
index 07c4f5238..41b8fbdac 100644
--- a/src/replica/config/ConfigurationSchema.cc
+++ b/src/replica/config/ConfigurationSchema.cc
@@ -352,6 +352,14 @@ json const ConfigurationSchema::_schemaJson = json::object(
               "The maximum length of the queue of pending connections sent to the Replication worker's"
               " HTTP-based ingest service. Must be greater than 0."},
              {"default", max_listen_connections}}},
+           {"http-max-queued-requests",
+            {{"description",
+              "The maximum number of pending requests, i.e. requests accept()ed by"
+              " the listener but still waiting to be routed by the HTTP server."
+              " If set to 0 then no specific limit will be enforced. It's recommented to keep"
+              " the default value unless there are specific reasons to change it."},
+             {"empty-allowed", 1},
+             {"default", 0}}},
            {"svc-port",
             {{"description", "The port number for the worker's replication service."}, {"default", 25000}}},
            {"fs-port",
diff --git a/src/replica/tests/testConfiguration.cc b/src/replica/tests/testConfiguration.cc
index f599d1bd5..8e1190525 100644
--- a/src/replica/tests/testConfiguration.cc
+++ b/src/replica/tests/testConfiguration.cc
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ConfigurationTestReadingGeneralParameters) {
     BOOST_CHECK(config->get<size_t>("worker", "async-loader-auto-resume") == 0);
     BOOST_CHECK(config->get<size_t>("worker", "async-loader-cleanup-on-resume") == 0);
     BOOST_CHECK(config->get<unsigned int>("worker", "http-max-listen-conn") == 512);
+    BOOST_CHECK(config->get<size_t>("worker", "http-max-queued-requests") == 1024);
     BOOST_CHECK(config->get<unsigned int>("worker", "loader-max-warnings") == 2);
     BOOST_CHECK(config->get<string>("worker", "ingest-charset-name") == "latin1");
     BOOST_CHECK(config->get<unsigned int>("worker", "ingest-num-retries") == 1);
@@ -375,6 +376,12 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ConfigurationTestModifyingGeneralParameters) {
     BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(config->set<unsigned int>("worker", "http-max-listen-conn", 2048));
     BOOST_CHECK(config->get<unsigned int>("worker", "http-max-listen-conn") == 2048);
 
+    BOOST_CHECK(config->get<size_t>("worker", "http-max-queued-requests") == 1024);
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(config->set<size_t>("worker", "http-max-queued-requests", 2048));
+    BOOST_CHECK(config->get<size_t>("worker", "http-max-queued-requests") == 2048);
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(config->set<size_t>("worker", "http-max-queued-requests", 0));
+    BOOST_CHECK(config->get<size_t>("worker", "http-max-queued-requests") == 0);
+
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(config->set<unsigned int>("worker", "loader-max-warnings", 0), std::invalid_argument);
     BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(config->set<unsigned int>("worker", "loader-max-warnings", 100));
     BOOST_CHECK(config->get<unsigned int>("worker", "loader-max-warnings") == 100);