diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/net/httpserver/ServerConfig.java b/src/share/classes/sun/net/httpserver/ServerConfig.java
index 5e898c75a990e766c0f940bec46d72a8248d36f3..a6b7427822d5f920cc903d0f29d113308a7263f7 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/net/httpserver/ServerConfig.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/net/httpserver/ServerConfig.java
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ class ServerConfig {
                     drainAmount = Long.getLong("sun.net.httpserver.drainAmount",
                             DEFAULT_DRAIN_AMOUNT);
 
+                    maxReqHeaders = Integer.getInteger(
+                            "sun.net.httpserver.maxReqHeaders",
+                            DEFAULT_MAX_REQ_HEADERS);
+
                     maxReqTime = Long.getLong("sun.net.httpserver.maxReqTime",
                             DEFAULT_MAX_REQ_TIME);