diff --git a/manifests/dpdk.pp b/manifests/dpdk.pp
index c5fd3e21..263fb6a4 100644
--- a/manifests/dpdk.pp
+++ b/manifests/dpdk.pp
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
 #   socket 1 and no allocation for socket 0, the value should be "0,1024"
 #   Defaults to undef.
 #
+# [*socket_limit*]
+#   (Optional) Limits the maximum amount of memory that can be used from
+#   the hugepage pool, on a per-socket basis.
+#   Defaults to undef.
+#
 # [*enable_hw_offload*]
 #   (optional) Configure OVS to use
 #   Hardware Offload. This feature is
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@ class vswitch::dpdk (
   $package_ensure        = 'present',
   $pmd_core_list         = undef,
   $socket_mem            = undef,
+  $socket_limit          = undef,
   $enable_hw_offload     = false,
   $disable_emc           = false,
   $vlan_limit            = undef,
@@ -103,6 +109,7 @@ class vswitch::dpdk (
   $dpdk_configs = {
     'other_config:dpdk-extra'            => { value => $memory_channels_conf},
     'other_config:dpdk-socket-mem'       => { value => join(any2array($socket_mem), ',')},
+    'other_config:dpdk-socket-limit'     => { value => join(any2array($socket_limit), ',')},
     'other_config:dpdk-lcore-mask'       => { value => $dpdk_lcore_mask},
     'other_config:pmd-cpu-mask'          => { value => $pmd_core_mask},
     'other_config:n-revalidator-threads' => { value => $revalidator_cores},
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/dpdk-socket-limit-3a03f281787b776e.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/dpdk-socket-limit-3a03f281787b776e.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2895936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/dpdk-socket-limit-3a03f281787b776e.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The new ``vswitch::dpdk::socket_limit`` parameter has been added.
diff --git a/spec/classes/vswitch_dpdk_spec.rb b/spec/classes/vswitch_dpdk_spec.rb
index abf4de4c..c2b5a691 100644
--- a/spec/classes/vswitch_dpdk_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/vswitch_dpdk_spec.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe 'vswitch::dpdk' do
       before :each do
         params.merge!(:host_core_list  => '')
         params.merge!(:socket_mem      => '')
+        params.merge!(:socket_limit    => '')
         params.merge!(:memory_channels => '' )
         params.merge!(:pmd_core_list => '')
         params.merge!(:enable_hw_offload => false)
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ describe 'vswitch::dpdk' do
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-socket-mem').with(
           :value => '', :wait => false,
         )
+        is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-socket-limit').with(
+          :value => '', :wait => false,
+        )
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-lcore-mask').with(
           :value => nil, :wait => false,
         )
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ describe 'vswitch::dpdk' do
       before :each do
         params.merge!(:host_core_list  => '1,2')
         params.merge!(:socket_mem      => '1024,1024')
+        params.merge!(:socket_limit    => '2048,2048')
         params.merge!(:memory_channels => 2)
         params.merge!(:pmd_core_list => '22,23,24,25,66,67,68,69')
         params.merge!(:enable_hw_offload => true)
@@ -77,6 +82,9 @@ describe 'vswitch::dpdk' do
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-socket-mem').with(
           :value => '1024,1024', :wait => false,
         )
+        is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-socket-limit').with(
+          :value => '2048,2048', :wait => false,
+        )
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-lcore-mask').with(
           :value => '6', :wait => false,
         )
@@ -97,13 +105,19 @@ describe 'vswitch::dpdk' do
 
     context 'when passing arrays' do
       before :each do
-        params.merge!(:socket_mem => [1024, 1024])
+        params.merge!({
+          :socket_mem   => [1024, 1024],
+          :socket_limit => [2048, 2048],
+        })
       end
 
       it 'configres dpdk options with comma-separated lists' do
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-socket-mem').with(
           :value => '1024,1024', :wait => false,
         )
+        is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-socket-limit').with(
+          :value => '2048,2048', :wait => false,
+        )
       end
     end