diff --git a/conf.d/beanstalkd b/conf.d/beanstalkd
index cd126d9..f0f7e94 100644
--- a/conf.d/beanstalkd
+++ b/conf.d/beanstalkd
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 BEANSTALKD_BINARY="/usr/bin/beanstalkd"
 PIDFILE="/var/run/beanstalkd.pid"
+JOB_SIZE="2097152"
 
 # User to run as
 USER="beanstalk"
diff --git a/init.d/beanstalkd b/init.d/beanstalkd
index 73358b7..d8ab150 100755
--- a/init.d/beanstalkd
+++ b/init.d/beanstalkd
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ start() {
         --background \
 		--pidfile ${PIDFILE} --make-pidfile \
 		--exec ${BEANSTALKD_BINARY} \
-		-- -b ${DATADIR} -p ${PORT} -l ${ADDR} -u ${USER}
+		-- -b ${DATADIR} -p ${PORT} -l ${ADDR} -u ${USER} -z ${JOB_SIZE}
 	eend $?
 }
 
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ stop() {
 		--pidfile ${PIDFILE} \
 		--exec ${BEANSTALKD_BINARY}
 	eend $?
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}