diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2069255f..97e39878 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ ENV MS_DEBUGLEVEL=0 \
     BUSY_TIMEOUT=300 \
     IDLE_TIMEOUT=300 \
     IO_TIMEOUT=40 \
+    APACHE_LIMIT_REQUEST_LINE=8190 \
     GET_ENV=env
 
 CMD ["/usr/local/bin/start-server"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d834733a..9ad32eca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ to tune it:
   this period of time will be terminated (defaults to `300`)
 - `IO_TIMEOUT`: The maximum period of time the module will wait while trying to
   read from or write to a FastCGI application (defaults to `40`)
+- `APACHE_LIMIT_REQUEST_LINE`: The maximum size of the HTTP request line in
+  bytes (defaults to `8190`)
 
 ## Running multiple Mapfiles
 
diff --git a/runtime/etc/apache2/conf-enabled/mapserver.conf b/runtime/etc/apache2/conf-enabled/mapserver.conf
index 0831d1b3..7a23b3db 100644
--- a/runtime/etc/apache2/conf-enabled/mapserver.conf
+++ b/runtime/etc/apache2/conf-enabled/mapserver.conf
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ FcgidMaxProcessesPerClass ${MAX_PROCESSES}
 FcgidBusyTimeout ${BUSY_TIMEOUT}
 FcgidIdleTimeout ${IDLE_TIMEOUT}
 FcgidIOTimeout ${IO_TIMEOUT}
+LimitRequestLine ${APACHE_LIMIT_REQUEST_LINE}
 
 ScriptAliasMatch "^/(.*)" /usr/local/bin/mapserv_wrapper/$1
 <LocationMatch "^/.*">