diff --git a/config/crd/bases/awx.ansible.com_awxs.yaml b/config/crd/bases/awx.ansible.com_awxs.yaml
index a3fb9dfa..652a1b1e 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/awx.ansible.com_awxs.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/awx.ansible.com_awxs.yaml
@@ -1736,6 +1736,9 @@ spec:
               nginx_worker_connections:
                 description: Set the number of connections per worker for nginx
                 type: integer
+              nginx_client_max_body_size:
+                description: Sets the maximum allowed size of the client request body in megabytes (defaults to 5M)
+                type: integer
               nginx_worker_cpu_affinity:
                 description: Set the CPU affinity for nginx workers
                 type: string
diff --git a/config/manifests/bases/awx-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/config/manifests/bases/awx-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index f5ee7a7b..f63b7d1a 100644
--- a/config/manifests/bases/awx-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/config/manifests/bases/awx-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -584,6 +584,11 @@ spec:
         - urn:alm:descriptor:com.tectonic.ui:advanced
         - urn:alm:descriptor:com.tectonic.ui:number
         - urn:alm:descriptor:com.tectonic.ui:hidden
+      - displayName: Set the maximum allowed size of the client request body in megabytes for nginx
+        path: nginx_client_max_body_size
+        x-descriptors:
+        - urn:alm:descriptor:com.tectonic.ui:advanced
+        - urn:alm:descriptor:com.tectonic.ui:number
       - displayName: Task Replicas
         path: task_replicas
         x-descriptors:
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/advanced-configuration/custom-volume-and-volume-mount-options.md b/docs/user-guide/advanced-configuration/custom-volume-and-volume-mount-options.md
index d3f2a99b..100f915e 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/advanced-configuration/custom-volume-and-volume-mount-options.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/advanced-configuration/custom-volume-and-volume-mount-options.md
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ configuration.
 * [worker_cpu_affinity](http://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#worker_cpu_affinity) with `nginx_worker_cpu_affinity` (default "auto")
 * [worker_connections](http://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_core_module.html#worker_connections) with `nginx_worker_connections` (minimum of 1024)
 * [listen](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#listen) with `nginx_listen_queue_size` (default same as uwsgi listen queue size)
+* [client_max_body_size](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#client_max_body_size) with `nginx_client_max_body_size` (default of 5M)
 
 ## Custom Logos
 
diff --git a/roles/installer/defaults/main.yml b/roles/installer/defaults/main.yml
index e9933efa..d3068595 100644
--- a/roles/installer/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/installer/defaults/main.yml
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ nginx_worker_processes: 1
 nginx_worker_connections: "{{ uwsgi_listen_queue_size }}"
 nginx_worker_cpu_affinity: 'auto'
 nginx_listen_queue_size: "{{ uwsgi_listen_queue_size }}"
+nginx_client_max_body_size: 5
 
 extra_settings_files: {}
 
diff --git a/roles/installer/templates/configmaps/config.yaml.j2 b/roles/installer/templates/configmaps/config.yaml.j2
index 99acf723..2ea88e52 100644
--- a/roles/installer/templates/configmaps/config.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/installer/templates/configmaps/config.yaml.j2
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ data:
         include       /etc/nginx/mime.types;
         default_type  application/octet-stream;
         server_tokens off;
-        client_max_body_size 5M;
+        client_max_body_size {{ nginx_client_max_body_size }}M;
 
         log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
                           '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '