diff --git a/deployment/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-container-puppet.yaml
index f175323370..b248d0c0ac 100644
--- a/deployment/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ parameters:
     default: 65536
     description: Configures RabbitMQ FD limit
     type: number
+  RabbitTCPBacklog:
+    default: 4096
+    description: Configures RabbitMQ maximum TCP Backlog
+    type: number
   RabbitIPv6:
     default: false
     description: Enable IPv6 in RabbitMQ
@@ -143,7 +147,7 @@ outputs:
             rabbitmq::wipe_db_on_cookie_change: true
             rabbitmq::port: 5672
             rabbitmq::loopback_users: []
-            rabbitmq::tcp_backlog: 4096
+            rabbitmq::tcp_backlog: {get_param: RabbitTCPBacklog}
             rabbitmq::package_provider: yum
             rabbitmq::package_source: undef
             rabbitmq::repos_ensure: false
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/releasenotes/notes/add_params_to_configure_rabbitmq_backlog-68da3a07ef506f57.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/releasenotes/notes/add_params_to_configure_rabbitmq_backlog-68da3a07ef506f57.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4be8b2c831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/releasenotes/notes/add_params_to_configure_rabbitmq_backlog-68da3a07ef506f57.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+other:
+  - |
+    A new parameter called ``RabbitTCPBacklog`` that specifies the maximum tcp
+    backlog for RabbitMQ as been added. The value defaults to 4096 to match
+    previous behavior and can be modified for the needs of larger scale
+    deployments by operators.