diff --git a/manifests/resource/vhost.pp b/manifests/resource/vhost.pp
index 457d40b..aa0b556 100644
--- a/manifests/resource/vhost.pp
+++ b/manifests/resource/vhost.pp
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 #      password with HTTP Basic Authentication.
 #   [*auth_basic_user_file*]    - This directive sets the htpasswd filename for
 #     the authentication realm.
+#   [*client_max_body_size*]    - This directive sets client_max_body_size.
 #   [*vhost_cfg_append*]        - It expects a hash with custom directives to
 #     put after everything else inside vhost
 #   [*vhost_cfg_prepend*]       - It expects a hash with custom directives to
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ define nginx::resource::vhost (
   $try_files              = undef,
   $auth_basic             = undef,
   $auth_basic_user_file   = undef,
+  $client_max_body_size   = undef,
   $vhost_cfg_prepend      = undef,
   $vhost_cfg_append       = undef,
   $include_files          = undef,
diff --git a/templates/vhost/vhost_header.erb b/templates/vhost/vhost_header.erb
index 3bc488b..5973bf3 100644
--- a/templates/vhost/vhost_header.erb
+++ b/templates/vhost/vhost_header.erb
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ server {
 <% if defined? @auth_basic_user_file -%>
   auth_basic_user_file <%= @auth_basic_user_file %>;
 <% end -%>
+<% if defined? @client_max_body_size -%>
+  client_max_body_size <%= @client_max_body_size %>;
+<% end -%>
 <%# make sure that allow comes before deny by forcing the allow key (if it -%>
 <%# exists) to be first in the output order.  The hash keys also need to be -%>
 <%# sorted so that the ordering is stable. -%>