diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/common/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb b/chef/cookbooks/common/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb
index 633c082f7..3d9bb2ba4 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/common/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/common/templates/default/nginx.conf.erb
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ http {
     proxy_redirect off;
     proxy_buffering off;
 
+    client_max_body_size 4M;
+    client_body_buffer_size 128K;
+
     if (-f $request_filename/index.html) {
       rewrite (.*) $1/index.html break;
     }