diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 8b741a0b6fa3d5b40dea3dedc47708847cfe22f0..a741718fdef87121eb4d88fe69d5c6371594828e 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -903,6 +903,13 @@ void readQueryFromClient(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask) {
     } else {
         return;
     }
+    if (sdslen(c->querybuf) > server.client_max_querybuf_len) {
+        sds ci = getClientInfoString(c);
+        redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Closing client that reached max query buffer length: %s", ci);
+        sdsfree(ci);
+        freeClient(c);
+        return;
+    }
     processInputBuffer(c);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index a79ec025f2ecf9cf09e728e6737cf805eb3a8129..204740cdf9754b3f7fd796f4d12d09c23ad75d6b 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -843,6 +843,7 @@ void initServerConfig() {
     server.dbnum = REDIS_DEFAULT_DBNUM;
     server.verbosity = REDIS_VERBOSE;
     server.maxidletime = REDIS_MAXIDLETIME;
+    server.client_max_querybuf_len = REDIS_MAX_QUERYBUF_LEN;
     server.saveparams = NULL;
     server.loading = 0;
     server.logfile = NULL; /* NULL = log on standard output */
diff --git a/src/redis.h b/src/redis.h
index d532e385913375e8edc497bcc73aec7a1e904fe0..40d0d39ab8239c748ecad8f8cb5223bd4af9266f 100644
--- a/src/redis.h
+++ b/src/redis.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 /* Static server configuration */
 #define REDIS_SERVERPORT        6379    /* TCP port */
 #define REDIS_MAXIDLETIME       0       /* default client timeout: infinite */
+#define REDIS_MAX_QUERYBUF_LEN  (1024*1024*1024) /* 1GB max query buffer. */
 #define REDIS_IOBUF_LEN         (1024*16)
 #define REDIS_LOADBUF_LEN       1024
 #define REDIS_DEFAULT_DBNUM     16
@@ -533,6 +534,7 @@ struct redisServer {
     /* Configuration */
     int verbosity;
     int maxidletime;
+    size_t client_max_querybuf_len;
     int dbnum;
     int daemonize;
     int appendonly;
@@ -765,6 +767,7 @@ void addReplyMultiBulkLen(redisClient *c, long length);
 void *dupClientReplyValue(void *o);
 void getClientsMaxBuffers(unsigned long *longest_output_list,
                           unsigned long *biggest_input_buffer);
+sds getClientInfoString(redisClient *client);
 void rewriteClientCommandVector(redisClient *c, int argc, ...);
 void rewriteClientCommandArgument(redisClient *c, int i, robj *newval);