diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/data.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/data.rs
index 056efe73d..8a6cd08a3 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/data.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/data.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ pub struct DataInner {
     pub db_path: String,
     pub api_keys: ApiKeys,
     pub server_pid: Pid,
+    pub http_payload_size_limit: usize,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -137,6 +138,8 @@ impl Data {
             update_map_size: opt.update_map_size,
         };
 
+        let http_payload_size_limit = opt.http_payload_size_limit;
+
         let db = Arc::new(Database::open_or_create(opt.db_path, db_opt).unwrap());
 
         let mut api_keys = ApiKeys {
@@ -152,6 +155,7 @@ impl Data {
             db_path,
             api_keys,
             server_pid,
+            http_payload_size_limit,
         };
 
         let data = Data {
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs
index 465f96caa..e2e24d4d2 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn create_app(
         .app_data(web::Data::new(data.clone()))
         .app_data(
             web::JsonConfig::default()
-                .limit(1024 * 1024 * 10) // Json Limit of 10Mb
+                .limit(data.http_payload_size_limit)
                 .content_type(|_mime| true) // Accept all mime types
                 .error_handler(|err, _req| json_error_handler(err).into()),
         )
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/option.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/option.rs
index d9fe3599c..2746b907c 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/option.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/option.rs
@@ -34,4 +34,8 @@ pub struct Opt {
     /// The maximum size, in bytes, of the update lmdb database directory
     #[structopt(long, env = "MEILI_UPDATE_MAP_SIZE", default_value = "107374182400")] // 100GB
     pub update_map_size: usize,
+
+    /// The maximum size, in bytes, of accepted JSON payloads
+    #[structopt(long, env = "MEILI_HTTP_PAYLOAD_SIZE_LIMIT", default_value = "10485760")] // 10MB
+    pub http_payload_size_limit: usize,
 }