diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38039c3..92cf9f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ Attributes:
 	port:           Backend's listening port.                                      (Default: 80)
 	max_ips:        IP buffer size. Maximum number of resolved IPs to cache.       (Default: 4)
 	interval:       How many seconds to resolve domain name.                       (Default: 1)
+	max_fails:      How many failures to allow before disabling
+	                This is the same as round robin max_fails                      (Default: 1)
 	ipver:          Only addresses of family IPv4 or IPv6 will be used if defined  (Default: 0)
 	ignore_failure: Allow nginx to start even if resolution fails (1 to enable)    (Default: 0)
 	strict:         Require the DNS resolution to succeed and return addresses,
diff --git a/src/ngx_http_upstream_jdomain_module.c b/src/ngx_http_upstream_jdomain_module.c
index b53c00d..db715f2 100644
--- a/src/ngx_http_upstream_jdomain_module.c
+++ b/src/ngx_http_upstream_jdomain_module.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define NGX_JDOMAIN_ARG_STR_PORT "port="
 #define NGX_JDOMAIN_ARG_STR_IPVER "ipver="
 #define NGX_JDOMAIN_ARG_STR_MAX_CONNS "max_conns="
+#define NGX_JDOMAIN_ARG_STR_MAX_FAILS "max_fails="
 #define NGX_JDOMAIN_ARG_STR_STRICT "strict"
 
 typedef struct
@@ -626,6 +627,14 @@ ngx_http_upstream_jdomain(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd, void *conf)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		arglen = ngx_strlen(NGX_JDOMAIN_ARG_STR_MAX_FAILS);
+		if (ngx_strncmp(value[i].data, NGX_JDOMAIN_ARG_STR_MAX_FAILS, arglen) == 0) {
+			num = ngx_atoi(value[i].data + arglen, value[i].len - arglen);
+			server->max_fails = num;
+
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		goto invalid;
 	}