diff --git a/refine b/refine
index c014552b8..ca901759c 100755
--- a/refine
+++ b/refine
@@ -917,6 +917,11 @@ if [ -z "$REFINE_MEMORY" ] ; then
 fi
 add_option "-Xms256M -Xmx$REFINE_MEMORY -Drefine.memory=$REFINE_MEMORY"
 
+if [ -z "$REFINE_MAX_FORM_CONTENT_SIZE" ] ; then
+    REFINE_MAX_FORM_CONTENT_SIZE="1048576"
+fi
+add_option "-Drefine.max_form_content_size=$REFINE_MAX_FORM_CONTENT_SIZE"
+
 if [ -z "$REFINE_PORT" ] ; then
     REFINE_PORT="3333"
 fi
diff --git a/refine.ini b/refine.ini
index 5df2e3a35..2fdab231c 100644
--- a/refine.ini
+++ b/refine.ini
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ no_proxy="localhost,127.0.0.1"
 #REFINE_PORT=3334
 #REFINE_HOST=127.0.0.1
 #REFINE_WEBAPP=main\webapp
+
+# Memory and max form size allocations
+#REFINE_MAX_FORM_CONTENT_SIZE=1048576
 REFINE_MEMORY=1400M
 
 # Some sample configurations. These have no defaults.