diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index 08bb937e4c92a4..be023f7bc22965 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -3633,6 +3633,16 @@ try {
 }
 ```
 
+## `http.setMaxIdleHTTPParsers`
+
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+* {number}
+
+Set the maximum number of idle HTTP parsers. **Default:** `1000`.
+
 [RFC 8187]: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8187.txt
 [`'checkContinue'`]: #event-checkcontinue
 [`'finish'`]: #event-finish
diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 1366656e42eb94..d6d198bb587876 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ const {
   ObjectDefineProperty,
 } = primordials;
 
+const { validateInteger } = require('internal/validators');
 const httpAgent = require('_http_agent');
 const { ClientRequest } = require('_http_client');
-const { methods } = require('_http_common');
+const { methods, parsers } = require('_http_common');
 const { IncomingMessage } = require('_http_incoming');
 const {
   validateHeaderName,
@@ -123,7 +124,11 @@ module.exports = {
   validateHeaderName,
   validateHeaderValue,
   get,
-  request
+  request,
+  setMaxIdleHTTPParsers(max) {
+    validateInteger(max, 'max');
+    parsers.max = max;
+  }
 };
 
 ObjectDefineProperty(module.exports, 'maxHeaderSize', {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-set-max-idle-http-parser.js b/test/parallel/test-http-set-max-idle-http-parser.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0413152ce22135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-set-max-idle-http-parser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const httpCommon = require('_http_common');
+const http = require('http');
+assert.strictEqual(httpCommon.parsers.max !== 1, true);
+http.setMaxIdleHTTPParsers(1);
+assert.strictEqual(httpCommon.parsers.max, 1);