diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index c905089..5f5742b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ mysql_read_rnd_buffer_size: "4M"
 mysql_myisam_sort_buffer_size: "64M"
 mysql_thread_cache_size: "8"
 mysql_query_cache_size: "16M"
+mysql_max_connections: 151
 
 # Other settings.
 mysql_wait_timeout: 28800
diff --git a/templates/my.cnf.j2 b/templates/my.cnf.j2
index 12c1564..99c4e8d 100644
--- a/templates/my.cnf.j2
+++ b/templates/my.cnf.j2
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ read_rnd_buffer_size = {{ mysql_read_rnd_buffer_size }}
 myisam_sort_buffer_size = {{ mysql_myisam_sort_buffer_size }}
 thread_cache_size = {{ mysql_thread_cache_size }}
 query_cache_size = {{ mysql_query_cache_size }}
+max_connections = {{ mysql_max_connections }}
 
 # Other settings.
 wait_timeout = {{ mysql_wait_timeout }}