diff --git a/manifests/mod/event.pp b/manifests/mod/event.pp
index cb7ed96cd..f2b28fde2 100644
--- a/manifests/mod/event.pp
+++ b/manifests/mod/event.pp
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 class apache::mod::event (
-  $startservers        = '2',
-  $maxclients          = '150',
-  $minsparethreads     = '25',
-  $maxsparethreads     = '75',
-  $threadsperchild     = '25',
-  $maxrequestsperchild = '0',
-  $serverlimit         = '25',
-  $apache_version      = $::apache::apache_version,
+  $startservers           = '2',
+  $maxclients             = '150',
+  $minsparethreads        = '25',
+  $maxsparethreads        = '75',
+  $threadsperchild        = '25',
+  $maxrequestsperchild    = '0',
+  $serverlimit            = '25',
+  $apache_version         = $::apache::apache_version,
+  $threadlimit            = '64',
+  $listenbacklog          = '511',
+  $maxrequestworkers      = '256',
+  $maxconnectionsperchild = '0',
 ) {
   if defined(Class['apache::mod::itk']) {
     fail('May not include both apache::mod::event and apache::mod::itk on the same node')
diff --git a/spec/classes/mod/event_spec.rb b/spec/classes/mod/event_spec.rb
index 3061ca9b1..f85f4d328 100644
--- a/spec/classes/mod/event_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/mod/event_spec.rb
@@ -34,11 +34,44 @@
       }
     end
 
+
     it { is_expected.to contain_class("apache::params") }
     it { is_expected.not_to contain_apache__mod('event') }
     it { is_expected.to contain_file("/etc/apache2/mods-available/event.conf").with_ensure('file') }
     it { is_expected.to contain_file("/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/event.conf").with_ensure('link') }
 
+    context "Test mpm_event params" do
+      let :params do
+        {
+          :serverlimit            => '0',
+          :startservers           => '1',
+          :maxclients             => '2',
+          :minsparethreads        => '3',
+          :maxsparethreads        => '4',
+          :threadsperchild        => '5',
+          :maxrequestsperchild    => '6',
+          :threadlimit            => '7',
+          :listenbacklog          => '8',
+          :maxrequestworkers      => '9',
+          :maxconnectionsperchild => '10',
+        }
+      end
+    
+      it { is_expected.to contain_file("/etc/apache2/mods-available/event.conf").with_ensure('file')
+           .with_content(/^\s*ServerLimit\s*0/)
+           .with_content(/^\s*StartServers\s*1/)
+           .with_content(/^\s*MaxClients\s*2/)
+           .with_content(/^\s*MinSpareThreads\s*3/)
+           .with_content(/^\s*MaxSpareThreads\s*4/)
+           .with_content(/^\s*ThreadsPerChild\s*5/)
+           .with_content(/^\s*MaxRequestsPerChild\s*6/)
+           .with_content(/^\s*ThreadLimit\s*7/)
+           .with_content(/^\s*ListenBacklog\s*8/)
+           .with_content(/^\s*MaxRequestWorkers\s*9/)
+           .with_content(/^\s*MaxConnectionsPerChild\s*10/)
+      }
+    end
+
     context "with Apache version < 2.4" do
       let :params do
         {
diff --git a/templates/mod/event.conf.erb b/templates/mod/event.conf.erb
index 40099543d..e7ef7ea6e 100644
--- a/templates/mod/event.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/mod/event.conf.erb
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@
   MaxSpareThreads     <%= @maxsparethreads %>
   ThreadsPerChild     <%= @threadsperchild %>
   MaxRequestsPerChild <%= @maxrequestsperchild %>
+  ThreadLimit         <%= @threadlimit %>
+  ListenBacklog       <%= @listenbacklog %>
+  MaxRequestWorkers   <%= @maxrequestworkers %>
+  MaxConnectionsPerChild <%= @maxconnectionsperchild %>
 </IfModule>