diff --git a/common/src/config.rs b/common/src/config.rs
index c9f2e0bcc7..91bb4d4782 100644
--- a/common/src/config.rs
+++ b/common/src/config.rs
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ impl Default for Metrics {
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 #[serde(default)]
 struct Limits {
-    /// How many requests can be sent concurrently before Relay starts buffering.
+    /// How many requests can be sent concurrently from Relay to the upstream before Relay starts buffering.
     max_concurrent_requests: usize,
     /// The maximum payload size for events.
     max_event_payload_size: ByteSize,
@@ -261,6 +261,13 @@ struct Limits {
     /// The maximum number of seconds a query is allowed to take across retries. Individual requests
     /// have lower timeouts. Defaults to 30 seconds.
     query_timeout: u64,
+    /// The maximum number of connections to Relay that can be created at once.
+    max_connection_rate: usize,
+    /// The maximum number of pending connects to Relay. This corresponds to the backlog param of
+    /// `listen(2)` in POSIX.
+    max_pending_connections: i32,
+    /// The maximum number of open connections to Relay.
+    max_connections: usize,
 }
 
 impl Default for Limits {
@@ -273,6 +280,9 @@ impl Default for Limits {
             max_api_chunk_upload_size: ByteSize::from_megabytes(100),
             max_thread_count: num_cpus::get(),
             query_timeout: 30,
+            max_connection_rate: 256,
+            max_pending_connections: 2048,
+            max_connections: 25_000,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -822,6 +832,21 @@ impl Config {
         Duration::from_secs(self.values.limits.query_timeout)
     }
 
+    /// The maximum number of open connections to Relay.
+    pub fn max_connections(&self) -> usize {
+        self.values.limits.max_connections
+    }
+
+    /// The maximum number of connections to Relay that can be created at once.
+    pub fn max_connection_rate(&self) -> usize {
+        self.values.limits.max_connection_rate
+    }
+
+    /// The maximum number of pending connects to Relay.
+    pub fn max_pending_connections(&self) -> i32 {
+        self.values.limits.max_pending_connections
+    }
+
     /// Returns the number of cores to use for thread pools.
     pub fn cpu_concurrency(&self) -> usize {
         self.values.limits.max_thread_count
diff --git a/server/src/service.rs b/server/src/service.rs
index 7b1ba4e293..8133e5fe83 100644
--- a/server/src/service.rs
+++ b/server/src/service.rs
@@ -288,6 +288,9 @@ pub fn start(state: ServiceState) -> Result<Recipient<server::StopServer>, Serve
     server = server
         .workers(config.cpu_concurrency())
         .shutdown_timeout(SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT)
+        .maxconn(config.max_connections())
+        .maxconnrate(config.max_connection_rate())
+        .backlog(config.max_pending_connections())
         .disable_signals();
 
     let connector = ClientConnector::default()