diff --git a/kork-expressions/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/kork/expressions/config/ExpressionProperties.java b/kork-expressions/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/kork/expressions/config/ExpressionProperties.java
index 77100734f..0db8ba7fb 100644
--- a/kork-expressions/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/kork/expressions/config/ExpressionProperties.java
+++ b/kork-expressions/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/kork/expressions/config/ExpressionProperties.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.experimental.Accessors;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 
 @Data
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ public class ExpressionProperties {
 
   private final FeatureFlag doNotEvalSpel = new FeatureFlag().setEnabled(true);
 
+  @Value("${expression.max-expression-length:-1}")
+  private int maxExpressionLength;
+
   @Data
   @Accessors(chain = true)
   public static class FeatureFlag {