diff --git a/config/reverb.php b/config/reverb.php
index ae77f839..b919ea11 100644
--- a/config/reverb.php
+++ b/config/reverb.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
                 'enabled' => env('REVERB_SCALING_ENABLED', false),
                 'channel' => env('REVERB_SCALING_CHANNEL', 'reverb'),
             ],
+            'connection_limit' => env('REVERB_CONNECTION_LIMIT', null),
         ],
 
         'api_gateway' => [
diff --git a/src/Servers/Reverb/Console/Commands/StartServer.php b/src/Servers/Reverb/Console/Commands/StartServer.php
index 5768699d..ff805281 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Reverb/Console/Commands/StartServer.php
+++ b/src/Servers/Reverb/Console/Commands/StartServer.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public function handle(): void
         $this->subscribeToRedis($loop);
         $this->scheduleCleanup($loop);
 
-        $server = ServerFactory::make($host, $port, $loop);
+        $server = ServerFactory::make($host, $port, $config['connection_limit'], $loop);
 
         $this->components->info("Starting server on {$host}:{$port}");
 
diff --git a/src/Servers/Reverb/Factory.php b/src/Servers/Reverb/Factory.php
index b54c274a..33eb9ef2 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Reverb/Factory.php
+++ b/src/Servers/Reverb/Factory.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use Laravel\Reverb\Server;
 use React\EventLoop\Loop;
 use React\EventLoop\LoopInterface;
+use React\Socket\LimitingServer;
 use React\Socket\SocketServer;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Matcher\UrlMatcher;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\RequestContext;
@@ -25,10 +26,13 @@ class Factory
     /**
      * Create a new WebSocket server instance.
      */
-    public static function make(string $host = '0.0.0.0', string $port = '8080', LoopInterface $loop = null)
+    public static function make(string $host = '0.0.0.0', string $port = '8080', ?int $connectionLimit = null, LoopInterface $loop = null)
     {
         $loop = $loop ?: Loop::get();
-        $socket = new SocketServer("{$host}:{$port}", [], $loop);
+        $socket = new LimitingServer(
+            new SocketServer("{$host}:{$port}", [], $loop), $connectionLimit
+        );
+
         $router = new Router(new UrlMatcher(static::routes(), new RequestContext));
 
         return new HttpServer($socket, $router, $loop);
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Reverb/ServerTest.php b/tests/Feature/Reverb/ServerTest.php
index 17eaf2bc..a9449f55 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Reverb/ServerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Reverb/ServerTest.php
@@ -315,6 +315,15 @@
     $this->connect();
 });
 
+it('cconnections can be limited', function () {
+    $this->app['config']->set('reverb.servers.reverb.connection_limit', 1);
+    $this->stopServer();
+    $this->startServer();
+    $this->connect();
+    
+  $this->connect();  
+})->throws('Connection closed before handshake');
+
 it('clears application state between requests', function () {
     $this->subscribe('test-channel');
 
diff --git a/tests/ReverbTestCase.php b/tests/ReverbTestCase.php
index e92e3c55..fbf254bb 100644
--- a/tests/ReverbTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/ReverbTestCase.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public function usingRedis()
     public function startServer($host = '0.0.0.0', $port = '8080')
     {
         $this->resetFiber();
-        $this->server = Factory::make($host, $port, $this->loop);
+        $this->server = Factory::make($host, $port, config('reverb.servers.reverb.connection_limit'), $this->loop);
     }
 
     /**