diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 22bc6ad..cf5a93f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@
     OFF
 )
 
+set (BMCWEB_HTTP_REQ_BODY_LIMIT_MB "30" CACHE STRING
+     "The max HTTP request body size in MB")
 
+configure_file(config.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/config.h)
 
 if (BMCWEB_ENABLE_MUTUAL_TLS_AUTHENTICATION AND BMCWEB_INSECURE_DISABLE_SSL)
     message("SSL Must be enabled to allow SSL authentication")
diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70b98c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#cmakedefine BMCWEB_HTTP_REQ_BODY_LIMIT_MB @BMCWEB_HTTP_REQ_BODY_LIMIT_MB@
diff --git a/http/http_connection.h b/http/http_connection.h
index 5a4ff57..4ef3bc6 100644
--- a/http/http_connection.h
+++ b/http/http_connection.h
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
+#include "config.h"
+
 #include "http_utility.hpp"
 
 #include <atomic>
@@ -241,8 +243,9 @@
 static std::atomic<int> connectionCount;
 #endif
 
-// request body limit size: 30M
-constexpr unsigned int httpReqBodyLimit = 1024 * 1024 * 30;
+// request body limit size set by the BMCWEB_HTTP_REQ_BODY_LIMIT_MB option
+constexpr unsigned int httpReqBodyLimit =
+    1024 * 1024 * BMCWEB_HTTP_REQ_BODY_LIMIT_MB;
 
 template <typename Adaptor, typename Handler, typename... Middlewares>
 class Connection : public std::enable_shared_from_this<
@@ -260,8 +263,9 @@
         timerQueue(timerQueueIn)
     {
         parser.emplace(std::piecewise_construct, std::make_tuple());
-        // Temporarily changed to 30MB; Need to modify uploading/authentication
-        // mechanism
+        // Temporarily set by the BMCWEB_HTTP_REQ_BODY_LIMIT_MB variable; Need
+        // to modify uploading/authentication mechanism to a better method that
+        // disallows a DOS attack based on a large file size.
         parser->body_limit(httpReqBodyLimit);
         req.emplace(parser->get());