diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index d3d4a9c..f47f501 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ DATA_FSYNC=false
 DISABLE_SCRUB=false
 BLOCK_SIZE=1MiB # only increase if there is a fast network connection between nodes
 
+# Change this to limit the maximum size of uploads.  By default it's
+# 5GiB, the maximum chunk size for multipart uploads.
+#MAX_REQUEST_BODY_BYTES=5368709120
+
 ## Bootstrap this node in an existing Garage cluster 
 #BOOTSTRAP_HOST=""
 #BOOTSTRAP_ID=""
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a597439..2e7084c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -102,6 +102,18 @@ abra app deploy <app-domain>
 
 Within your chosen monitoring software (ie. Telegraf, Prometheus, etc.), you'll need to make sure it interprets the correct scheme (https), and point it at <app-domain>/metrics as the monitoring endpoint. The secret you copied earlier called metrics_token will be used to authenticate the request.
 
+## Upload limits
+
+To prevent "499 Client Closed Request" errors you should make sure your
+`READ_TIMEOUT` and `WRITE_TIMEOUT` variables on Traefik are high enough.
+Same on the proxy if you're reverse-proxying Traefik.
+
+Change `MAX_REQUEST_BODY_BYTES` to limit the maximum uploaded chunk
+size, which could range from 5MiB to 5GiB.  Take into account S3 clients
+will perform multipart uploads, so this variable doesn't limit the
+maximum file size, just what amount of bytes Traefik considers before
+closing the connection.
+
 ## Backups
 
 > In development, not currently reliable
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index ba59129..c02b530 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ services:
         - "backupbot.backup=true"
         - "backupbot.backup.pre-hook=/garage meta snapshot --all"
         - "backupbot.backup.path=/var/lib/garage/meta/snapshots/,/var/lib/garage/meta/cluster_layout,/var/lib/garage/meta/data_layout,/var/lib/garage/meta/node_key,/var/lib/garage/meta/node_key.pub"
+        - "traefik.http.middlewares.${STACK_NAME}-buffering.buffering.maxRequestBodyBytes=${MAX_REQUEST_BODY_BYTES:-5368709120}"
     volumes:
       - "${LOCAL_FOLDER_META:-meta}:/var/lib/garage/meta"
       - "${LOCAL_FOLDER_DATA:-data}:/var/lib/garage/data"