diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
index de067ce082..9d49aa4126 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   - Please provide source code and commit sha if you found a bug.
   - Review existing issues and provide feedback or react to them.
 
+- go version:
 - gin version (or commit ref):
-- git version:
 - operating system:
 
 ## Description
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e910156853..a93458f9e2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ go:
   - 1.8.x
   - 1.9.x
   - 1.10.x
-  - master
+  - 1.11.x
 
 git:
   depth: 10
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f66dd765f..df531cfec7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Gin is a web framework written in Go (Golang). It features a martini-like API wi
     - [Bind form-data request with custom struct](#bind-form-data-request-with-custom-struct)
     - [Try to bind body into different structs](#try-to-bind-body-into-different-structs)
     - [http2 server push](#http2-server-push)
+	- [Support limiting the number of accepted requests using netutil.LimitListener](#RunLimited)
 - [Testing](#testing)
 - [Users](#users)
 
@@ -557,7 +558,7 @@ func main() {
 	// Example for binding JSON ({"user": "manu", "password": "123"})
 	router.POST("/loginJSON", func(c *gin.Context) {
 		var json Login
-		if err := c.ShouldBindXML(&json); err != nil {
+		if err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&json); err != nil {
 			c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
 			return
 		}
@@ -1835,6 +1836,29 @@ func main() {
 }
 ```
 
+### RunLimited
+
+Limit the number of accepted requests via [netutils.LimitListener](https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/net/netutil) 
+
+
+[embedmd]:# (examples/run-limited/main.go go)
+```go
+package main
+
+import "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+
+const maxConnections = 10
+func main() {
+	r := gin.Default()
+	r.GET("/ping", func(c *gin.Context) {
+		c.JSON(200, gin.H{
+			"message": "pong",
+		})
+	})
+	r.RunLimited(maxConnections, ":80") // listen and serve on 0.0.0.0:8080
+}
+```
+
 ## Testing
 
 The `net/http/httptest` package is preferable way for HTTP testing.
@@ -1885,5 +1909,6 @@ func TestPingRoute(t *testing.T) {
 
 Awesome project lists using [Gin](https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin) web framework.
 
-* [drone](https://github.com/drone/drone): Drone is a Continuous Delivery platform built on Docker, written in Go
+* [drone](https://github.com/drone/drone): Drone is a Continuous Delivery platform built on Docker, written in Go.
 * [gorush](https://github.com/appleboy/gorush): A push notification server written in Go.
+* [fnproject](https://github.com/fnproject/fn): The container native, cloud agnostic serverless platform.
diff --git a/binding/json.go b/binding/json.go
index fea17bb2fd..310922c1bd 100644
--- a/binding/json.go
+++ b/binding/json.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/json"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/json"
 )
 
 // EnableDecoderUseNumber is used to call the UseNumber method on the JSON
diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index dbfccd856d..6f90377eec 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/json"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/json"
 )
 
 type ErrorType uint64
diff --git a/errors_test.go b/errors_test.go
index 0626611feb..9351b57893 100644
--- a/errors_test.go
+++ b/errors_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/json"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/json"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
diff --git a/examples/run-limited/main.go b/examples/run-limited/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d6d148da3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/run-limited/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package main
+
+import "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+
+const maxConnections = 10
+func main() {
+	r := gin.Default()
+	r.GET("/ping", func(c *gin.Context) {
+		c.JSON(200, gin.H{
+			"message": "pong",
+		})
+	})
+	r.RunLimited(maxConnections, ":80") // listen and serve on 0.0.0.0:8080
+}
diff --git a/gin.go b/gin.go
index aa62e014fe..75d0fba6d4 100644
--- a/gin.go
+++ b/gin.go
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/render"
+	"golang.org/x/net/netutil"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -288,6 +290,42 @@ func (engine *Engine) Run(addr ...string) (err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+// RunLimited - use netuil.LimitListener to limit the number of inbound accepts
+func (engine *GalapagosEngine) RunLimited(limit int, addr ...string) (err error) {
+	defer func() { debugPrintError(err) }()
+
+	address := resolveAddress(addr)
+	debugPrint("Listening and serving HTTP on %s\n", address)
+
+	// err = http.ListenAndServe(address, engine)
+
+	srv := &http.Server{Addr: address, Handler: engine}
+	address = srv.Addr
+	if address == "" {
+		address = ":http"
+	}
+	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	lnLimited := netutil.LimitListener(tcpKeepAliveListener{ln.(*net.TCPListener)}, limit)
+	return srv.Serve(lnLimited)
+}
+
+type tcpKeepAliveListener struct {
+	*net.TCPListener
+}
+
+func (ln tcpKeepAliveListener) Accept() (net.Conn, error) {
+	tc, err := ln.AcceptTCP()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	tc.SetKeepAlive(true)
+	tc.SetKeepAlivePeriod(3 * time.Minute)
+	return tc, nil
+}
+
 // RunTLS attaches the router to a http.Server and starts listening and serving HTTPS (secure) requests.
 // It is a shortcut for http.ListenAndServeTLS(addr, certFile, keyFile, router)
 // Note: this method will block the calling goroutine indefinitely unless an error happens.
diff --git a/json/json.go b/internal/json/json.go
similarity index 100%
rename from json/json.go
rename to internal/json/json.go
diff --git a/json/jsoniter.go b/internal/json/jsoniter.go
similarity index 100%
rename from json/jsoniter.go
rename to internal/json/jsoniter.go
diff --git a/render/json.go b/render/json.go
index 4d1857f599..f6b7878ee3 100644
--- a/render/json.go
+++ b/render/json.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"html/template"
 	"net/http"
 
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/json"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/json"
 )
 
 type JSON struct {
diff --git a/render/json_17.go b/render/json_17.go
index df0dc1458f..75f7f37405 100644
--- a/render/json_17.go
+++ b/render/json_17.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ package render
 import (
 	"net/http"
 
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/json"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/json"
 )
 
 type PureJSON struct {
diff --git a/vendor/vendor.json b/vendor/vendor.json
index e6d038a40a..86df11bee1 100644
--- a/vendor/vendor.json
+++ b/vendor/vendor.json
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 			"path": "github.com/json-iterator/go",
 			"revision": "1624edc4454b8682399def8740d46db5e4362ba4",
 			"revisionTime": "2018-08-06T06:07:27Z",
-			"version": "1.1.5",
-			"versionExact": "1.1.5"
+			"version": "v1.1",
+			"versionExact": "v1.1.5"
 		},
 		{
 			"checksumSHA1": "y/A5iuvwjytQE2CqVuphQRXR2nI=",
@@ -38,24 +38,6 @@
 			"version": "v0.0.3",
 			"versionExact": "v0.0.3"
 		},
-		{
-			"checksumSHA1": "ZTcgWKWHsrX0RXYVXn5Xeb8Q0go=",
-			"path": "github.com/modern-go/concurrent",
-			"revision": "bacd9c7ef1dd9b15be4a9909b8ac7a4e313eec94",
-			"revisionTime": "2018-03-06T01:26:44Z"
-		},
-		{
-			"checksumSHA1": "qvH48wzTIV3QKSDqI0dLFtVjaDI=",
-			"path": "github.com/modern-go/reflect2",
-			"revision": "94122c33edd36123c84d5368cfb2b69df93a0ec8",
-			"revisionTime": "2018-07-18T01:23:57Z"
-		},
-		{
-			"checksumSHA1": "LuFv4/jlrmFNnDb/5SCSEPAM9vU=",
-			"path": "github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/difflib",
-			"revision": "792786c7400a136282c1664665ae0a8db921c6c2",
-			"revisionTime": "2016-01-10T10:55:54Z"
-		},
 		{
 			"checksumSHA1": "c6pbpF7eowwO59phRTpF8cQ80Z0=",
 			"path": "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert",
@@ -79,12 +61,6 @@
 			"revision": "d4c55e66d8c3a2f3382d264b08e3e3454a66355a",
 			"revisionTime": "2016-10-18T08:54:36Z"
 		},
-		{
-			"checksumSHA1": "7Gocawl8bm27cpAILtuf21xvVD8=",
-			"path": "golang.org/x/sys/unix",
-			"revision": "1c9583448a9c3aa0f9a6a5241bf73c0bd8aafded",
-			"revisionTime": "2018-08-15T07:37:39Z"
-		},
 		{
 			"checksumSHA1": "P/k5ZGf0lEBgpKgkwy++F7K1PSg=",
 			"path": "gopkg.in/go-playground/validator.v8",