diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 463cac8..ef6caf7 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -74,3 +74,5 @@ pep_replicas: 1
 # hostnames to be used as vhosts
 #pep_credentials: in vault
 nginx_pep_debug_enabled: False
+nginx_pep_max_body_size: 500M
+nginx_pep_body_timeout: 60s
diff --git a/templates/nginx.default.conf.j2 b/templates/nginx.default.conf.j2
index c463304..44bdd19 100644
--- a/templates/nginx.default.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/nginx.default.conf.j2
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ server {
   # Required for new HTTP-based CLI
   proxy_request_buffering off;
 
+  client_max_body_size {{ nginx_pep_max_body_size }};
+  client_body_timeout {{ nginx_pep_body_timeout }};
+
   location / {
     proxy_set_header Host $host;
     proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;