diff --git a/deployment/memcached/memcached-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/memcached/memcached-container-puppet.yaml
index 233b08369e..8f7d067c6d 100644
--- a/deployment/memcached/memcached-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/memcached/memcached-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ parameters:
                  to use when installed. This can be either a percentage ('50%')
                  or a fixed value ('2048').
     type: string
+  MemcachedMaxConnections:
+    default: 8192
+    description: The maximum number of connections to be accepted by memcached
+    type: number
   MonitoringSubscriptionMemcached:
     default: 'overcloud-memcached'
     type: string
@@ -155,6 +159,7 @@ outputs:
                     "%{hiera('$NETWORK_uri')}"
                   params:
                     $NETWORK: {get_param: [ServiceNetMap, MemcachedNetwork]}
+            memcached::max_connections: {get_param: MemcachedMaxConnections}
             memcached::max_memory: {get_param: MemcachedMaxMemory}
             # https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1000115
             # Only accept TCP to avoid spoofed traffic amplification DoS on UDP.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/addmemcachedmaxconnections-b591c0fa39e821f5.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/addmemcachedmaxconnections-b591c0fa39e821f5.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb8e273bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/addmemcachedmaxconnections-b591c0fa39e821f5.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Added ``MemcachedMaxConnections`` setting with a default of 8192 maximum
+    connections in order to allow an operator to override that value in
+    environments where memcached is heavily sollicited.