diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index dffa4d53a..dc03ef9ee 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	HTTPReadTimeout             time.Duration             `yaml:"http_read_timeout"`
 	HTTPWriteTimeout            time.Duration             `yaml:"http_write_timeout"`
 	AccessLogLevel              string                    `yaml:"access_log_level"`
+	MaxBlobSize					int	                      `yaml:"max_blob_size"`
 
 	// Fields that are created by combinations of the flags above.
 	ProxyBackend cache.Proxy
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ func newFromArgs(dir string, maxSize int, storageMode string,
 	experimentalRemoteAssetAPI bool,
 	httpReadTimeout time.Duration,
 	httpWriteTimeout time.Duration,
-	accessLogLevel string) (*Config, error) {
+	accessLogLevel string,
+	maxBlobSize int) (*Config, error) {
 
 	c := Config{
 		Host:                        host,
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ func newFromArgs(dir string, maxSize int, storageMode string,
 		HTTPReadTimeout:             httpReadTimeout,
 		HTTPWriteTimeout:            httpWriteTimeout,
 		AccessLogLevel:              accessLogLevel,
+		MaxBlobSize:                 maxBlobSize,
 	}
 
 	err := validateConfig(&c)
@@ -381,5 +384,6 @@ func get(ctx *cli.Context) (*Config, error) {
 		ctx.Duration("http_read_timeout"),
 		ctx.Duration("http_write_timeout"),
 		ctx.String("access_log_level"),
+		ctx.Int("max_blob_size"),
 	)
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2468b1a71..2c053116b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func run(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 
 	validateAC := !c.DisableHTTPACValidation
 	h := server.NewHTTPCache(diskCache, c.AccessLogger, c.ErrorLogger, validateAC,
-		c.EnableACKeyInstanceMangling, c.AllowUnauthenticatedReads, gitCommit)
+		c.EnableACKeyInstanceMangling, c.AllowUnauthenticatedReads, c.MaxBlobSize, gitCommit)
 
 	var htpasswdSecrets auth.SecretProvider
 	authMode := "disabled"
@@ -206,12 +206,14 @@ func run(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 			log.Println("experimental gRPC remote asset API:", remoteAssetStatus)
 
 			checkClientCertForWrites := c.AllowUnauthenticatedReads && c.TLSCaFile != ""
+			maxBlobSize := c.MaxBlobSize
 
 			err3 := server.ListenAndServeGRPC(addr, opts,
 				validateAC,
 				c.EnableACKeyInstanceMangling,
 				enableRemoteAssetAPI,
 				checkClientCertForWrites,
+				maxBlobSize,
 				diskCache, c.AccessLogger, c.ErrorLogger)
 			if err3 != nil {
 				log.Fatal(err3)
diff --git a/server/grpc.go b/server/grpc.go
index c8bdd0635..9c5cbbbf4 100644
--- a/server/grpc.go
+++ b/server/grpc.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type grpcServer struct {
 	depsCheck                bool
 	mangleACKeys             bool
 	checkClientCertForWrites bool
+	maxBlobSize              int
 }
 
 // ListenAndServeGRPC creates a new gRPC server and listens on the given
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ func ListenAndServeGRPC(addr string, opts []grpc.ServerOption,
 	mangleACKeys bool,
 	enableRemoteAssetAPI bool,
 	checkClientCertForWrites bool,
+	maxBlobSize int,
 	c *disk.Cache, a cache.Logger, e cache.Logger) error {
 
 	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", addr)
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ func ListenAndServeGRPC(addr string, opts []grpc.ServerOption,
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return serveGRPC(listener, opts, validateACDeps, mangleACKeys, enableRemoteAssetAPI, checkClientCertForWrites, c, a, e)
+	return serveGRPC(listener, opts, validateACDeps, mangleACKeys, enableRemoteAssetAPI, checkClientCertForWrites, maxBlobSize, c, a, e)
 }
 
 func serveGRPC(l net.Listener, opts []grpc.ServerOption,
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ func serveGRPC(l net.Listener, opts []grpc.ServerOption,
 	mangleACKeys bool,
 	enableRemoteAssetAPI bool,
 	checkClientCertForWrites bool,
+	maxBlobSize int,
 	c *disk.Cache, a cache.Logger, e cache.Logger) error {
 
 	srv := grpc.NewServer(opts...)
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ func serveGRPC(l net.Listener, opts []grpc.ServerOption,
 		depsCheck:                validateACDepsCheck,
 		mangleACKeys:             mangleACKeys,
 		checkClientCertForWrites: checkClientCertForWrites,
+		maxBlobSize:              maxBlobSize,
 	}
 	pb.RegisterActionCacheServer(srv, s)
 	pb.RegisterCapabilitiesServer(srv, s)
diff --git a/server/grpc_bytestream.go b/server/grpc_bytestream.go
index a2e4826b8..13ae1e60d 100644
--- a/server/grpc_bytestream.go
+++ b/server/grpc_bytestream.go
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ func (s *grpcServer) parseWriteResource(r string) (string, int64, casblob.Compre
 
 var errWriteOffset error = errors.New("bytestream writes from non-zero offsets are unsupported")
 var errDecoderPoolFail error = errors.New("failed to get DecoderWrapper from pool")
+var errRequestObjectTooLarge error = errors.New("write request exceeds configured maximum object size")
 
 func (s *grpcServer) Write(srv bytestream.ByteStream_WriteServer) error {
 
@@ -411,6 +412,11 @@ func (s *grpcServer) Write(srv bytestream.ByteStream_WriteServer) error {
 					return
 				}
 
+				if (s.maxBlobSize > 0 && size > int64(s.maxBlobSize) * 1024 * 1024) {
+					recvResult <- errRequestObjectTooLarge
+					return
+				}
+
 				resp.CommittedSize = req.WriteOffset
 				if req.WriteOffset != 0 {
 					err = errWriteOffset
diff --git a/server/http.go b/server/http.go
index a5634cc53..6d7dcc468 100644
--- a/server/http.go
+++ b/server/http.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type httpCache struct {
 	mangleACKeys             bool
 	gitCommit                string
 	checkClientCertForWrites bool
+	maxBlobSize              int
 }
 
 type statusPageData struct {
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ type statusPageData struct {
 // accessLogger will print one line for each HTTP request to stdout.
 // errorLogger will print unexpected server errors. Inexistent files and malformed URLs will not
 // be reported.
-func NewHTTPCache(cache *disk.Cache, accessLogger cache.Logger, errorLogger cache.Logger, validateAC bool, mangleACKeys bool, checkClientCertForWrites bool, commit string) HTTPCache {
+func NewHTTPCache(cache *disk.Cache, accessLogger cache.Logger, errorLogger cache.Logger, validateAC bool, mangleACKeys bool, checkClientCertForWrites bool, maxBlobSize int, commit string) HTTPCache {
 
 	_, _, numItems, _ := cache.Stats()
 
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ func NewHTTPCache(cache *disk.Cache, accessLogger cache.Logger, errorLogger cach
 		validateAC:               validateAC,
 		mangleACKeys:             mangleACKeys,
 		checkClientCertForWrites: checkClientCertForWrites,
+		maxBlobSize:              maxBlobSize,
 	}
 
 	if commit != "{STABLE_GIT_COMMIT}" {
@@ -293,6 +295,14 @@ func (h *httpCache) CacheHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			return
 		}
 
+		if (h.maxBlobSize > 0 && contentLength > int64(h.maxBlobSize) * 1024 * 1024) {
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("write request length %d exceeds configured maximum object size %d MB",
+				contentLength, h.maxBlobSize)
+			http.Error(w, msg, http.StatusBadRequest)
+			h.errorLogger.Printf("PUT %s: %s", path(kind, hash), msg)
+			return
+		}
+
 		zstdCompressed := false
 
 		// Content-Encoding must be one of "identity", "zstd" or not present.
diff --git a/utils/flags/flags.go b/utils/flags/flags.go
index 70b5b5eab..193a70779 100644
--- a/utils/flags/flags.go
+++ b/utils/flags/flags.go
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ func GetCliFlags() []cli.Flag {
 			Usage:   "When using proxy backends, sets the maximum number of objects in queue for upload. If the queue is full, uploads will be skipped until the queue has space again.",
 			EnvVars: []string{"BAZEL_REMOTE_MAX_QUEUED_UPLOADS"},
 		},
+		&cli.Int64Flag{
+			Name:    "max_blob_size",
+			Value:   0,
+			Usage:   "The maximum size of an individual blob stored in the cache in MiB. Upload requests will fail for any larger blobs.",
+			DefaultText: "0, ie unlimited",
+			EnvVars: []string{"BAZEL_REMOTE_MAX_BLOB_SIZE"},
+		},
 		&cli.IntFlag{
 			Name:    "num_uploaders",
 			Value:   100,