diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 08350ed0c..9bcdb48de 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
   $use_sasl        = false,
   $use_registry    = $::memcached::params::use_registry,
   $registry_key    = 'HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\services\memcached\ImagePath',
-  $large_mem_pages = false
+  $large_mem_pages = false,
+  $object_size     = undef
 ) inherits memcached::params {
 
   # validate type and convert string to boolean if necessary
diff --git a/templates/memcached.conf.erb b/templates/memcached.conf.erb
index 1586d9426..2ed1e5a64 100644
--- a/templates/memcached.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/memcached.conf.erb
@@ -67,3 +67,8 @@ logfile <%= @logfile -%>
 # Disable automatic removal of items from the cache when out of memory
 -M
 <% end -%>
+
+<% if @object_size -%>
+# Max Object size
+-I <%= object_size %>
+<% end -%>