diff --git a/cfg/rippled-example.cfg b/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
index 907eb0eef0..9f9fb67e91 100644
--- a/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
+++ b/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
@@ -453,6 +453,13 @@
 #
 #
 #
+# [max_transactions]
+#
+#   Configure the maximum number of transactions to have in the job queue
+#
+#   Must be a number between 100 and 1000, defaults to 250
+# 
+#
 # [overlay]
 #
 #   Controls settings related to the peer to peer overlay.
diff --git a/src/ripple/core/Config.h b/src/ripple/core/Config.h
index 4bf26a6141..26e18cbdbf 100644
--- a/src/ripple/core/Config.h
+++ b/src/ripple/core/Config.h
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ public:
     // Compression
     bool COMPRESSION = false;
 
+    // Work queue limits
+    int MAX_TRANSACTIONS = 250;
+    static constexpr int MAX_JOB_QUEUE_TX = 1000;
+    static constexpr int MIN_JOB_QUEUE_TX = 100;
+
     // Amendment majority time
     std::chrono::seconds AMENDMENT_MAJORITY_TIME = defaultAmendmentMajorityTime;
 
diff --git a/src/ripple/core/ConfigSections.h b/src/ripple/core/ConfigSections.h
index a3c7b57414..c7467d032f 100644
--- a/src/ripple/core/ConfigSections.h
+++ b/src/ripple/core/ConfigSections.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct ConfigSection
 #define SECTION_IPS "ips"
 #define SECTION_IPS_FIXED "ips_fixed"
 #define SECTION_LEDGER_HISTORY "ledger_history"
+#define SECTION_MAX_TRANSACTIONS "max_transactions"
 #define SECTION_NETWORK_QUORUM "network_quorum"
 #define SECTION_NODE_SEED "node_seed"
 #define SECTION_NODE_SIZE "node_size"
diff --git a/src/ripple/core/impl/Config.cpp b/src/ripple/core/impl/Config.cpp
index bdaa47b28e..63c6a8ed3a 100644
--- a/src/ripple/core/impl/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/core/impl/Config.cpp
@@ -488,6 +488,14 @@ Config::loadFromString(std::string const& fileContents)
         REDUCE_RELAY_SQUELCH = sec.value_or("squelch", false);
     }
 
+    if (getSingleSection(secConfig, SECTION_MAX_TRANSACTIONS, strTemp, j_))
+    {
+        MAX_TRANSACTIONS = std::clamp(
+            beast::lexicalCastThrow<int>(strTemp),
+            MIN_JOB_QUEUE_TX,
+            MAX_JOB_QUEUE_TX);
+    }
+
     if (getSingleSection(
             secConfig, SECTION_AMENDMENT_MAJORITY_TIME, strTemp, j_))
     {
diff --git a/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp b/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp
index 3e0c1ae26c..b2b1a8145b 100644
--- a/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp
@@ -1512,9 +1512,8 @@ PeerImp::onMessage(std::shared_ptr<protocol::TMTransaction> const& m)
             }
         }
 
-        // The maximum number of transactions to have in the job queue.
-        constexpr int max_transactions = 250;
-        if (app_.getJobQueue().getJobCount(jtTRANSACTION) > max_transactions)
+        if (app_.getJobQueue().getJobCount(jtTRANSACTION) >
+            app_.config().MAX_TRANSACTIONS)
         {
             overlay_.incJqTransOverflow();
             JLOG(p_journal_.info()) << "Transaction queue is full";