diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index eff1618b..a9889450 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@
 #   HTTPProxyToWSGI middleware.
 #   Defaults to $::os_service_default.
 #
+# [*max_request_body_size*]
+#   (Optional) Set max request body size
+#   Defaults to $::os_service_default.
+#
 # [*enable_v1_api*]
 #   (Optional) Enable or not Glance API v1.
 #   If you enable this option, you'll get a deprecation warning in Glance
@@ -354,6 +358,7 @@ class glance::api(
   $conversion_format                    = $::os_service_default,
   $os_region_name                       = 'RegionOne',
   $enable_proxy_headers_parsing         = $::os_service_default,
+  $max_request_body_size                = $::os_service_default,
   $enable_v1_api                        = false,
   $enable_v2_api                        = $::os_service_default,
   $sync_db                              = true,
@@ -542,6 +547,7 @@ class glance::api(
 
   oslo::middleware { 'glance_api_config':
     enable_proxy_headers_parsing => $enable_proxy_headers_parsing,
+    max_request_body_size        => $max_request_body_size,
   }
 
   # SSL Options
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/max_request_body_size-91efd06b477a9ff8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/max_request_body_size-91efd06b477a9ff8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f29fec52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/max_request_body_size-91efd06b477a9ff8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Add support to configure `[oslo_middleware]/max_request_body_size` with
+    `$max_request_body_size`.
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb
index fb378978..d5daedfb 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_api_spec.rb
@@ -291,6 +291,16 @@ describe 'glance::api' do
       )}
     end
 
+    describe 'setting max_request_body_size' do
+      let :params do
+        default_params.merge({:max_request_body_size => '102400' })
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.to contain_oslo__middleware('glance_api_config').with(
+        :max_request_body_size => '102400',
+      )}
+    end
+
     describe 'with ssl options' do
       let :params do
         default_params.merge({