diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteShared.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteShared.scala
index 5293b4be8e..c38bf8395a 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteShared.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteShared.scala
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ object RemoteServerSettings {
     level
   }
 
+  val BACKLOG = config.getInt("akka.remote.server.backlog", 4096)
+
   val SECURE = {
     /*if (config.getBool("akka.remote.ssl.service",false)) {
       val properties = List(
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala
index 1f05ea7452..80ac2f08a5 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ class NettyRemoteServer(serverModule: NettyRemoteServerModule, val host: String,
 
   val pipelineFactory = new RemoteServerPipelineFactory(name, openChannels, loader, serverModule)
   bootstrap.setPipelineFactory(pipelineFactory)
+  bootstrap.setOption("backlog", RemoteServerSettings.BACKLOG)
   bootstrap.setOption("child.tcpNoDelay", true)
   bootstrap.setOption("child.keepAlive", true)
   bootstrap.setOption("child.reuseAddress", true)
diff --git a/config/akka-reference.conf b/config/akka-reference.conf
index 46b05ca1ec..4b0397571d 100644
--- a/config/akka-reference.conf
+++ b/config/akka-reference.conf
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ akka {
       message-frame-size = 1048576 # Increase this if you want to be able to send messages with large payloads
       connection-timeout = 1
       require-cookie = on          # Should the remote server require that it peers share the same secure-cookie (defined in the 'remote' section)?
-      untrusted-mode = off         # Enable untrusted mode for full security of server managed actors, allows untrusted clients to connect. 
+      untrusted-mode = off         # Enable untrusted mode for full security of server managed actors, allows untrusted clients to connect.
+      backlog = 4096               # Sets the size of the connection backlog
     }
 
     client {