diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f72fc3e6d54d..ec59f2ab18d9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ For more detailed information, see the [White Paper](https://www.iresty.com/down
 - **Scalability**
 - **High performance**
 - **Custom plugins**
+- **Anti-ReDoS(Regular expression Denial of Service)**
 - **Health Checks**: TODO.
 - **Caching**: TODO.
 - **Dashboard**: TODO.
diff --git a/README_CN.md b/README_CN.md
index da796ec71308..5c1493a33e72 100644
--- a/README_CN.md
+++ b/README_CN.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ APISIX 通过插件机制，提供动态负载平衡、身份验证、限流限
 - **可扩展**
 - **高性能**
 - **自定义插件**
+- **防御 ReDoS(正则表达式拒绝服务)**
 - **健康检查**: TODO
 - **缓存**: TODO.
 - **管理控制台**: TODO.
diff --git a/bin/apisix b/bin/apisix
index e1dda5924188..66e8af01dae4 100755
--- a/bin/apisix
+++ b/bin/apisix
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ http {
 
     lua_http10_buffering off;
 
+    lua_regex_match_limit 100000;
+    lua_regex_cache_max_entries 8192;
+
     log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] $http_host "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent $request_time "$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" $upstream_addr $upstream_status $upstream_response_time';
 
     access_log logs/access.log main buffer=32768 flush=3;