diff --git a/etc/config.sample.toml b/etc/config.sample.toml
index f20c909..631f44f 100644
--- a/etc/config.sample.toml
+++ b/etc/config.sample.toml
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@
   # to cache snapshotting.
   # max-concurrent-compactions = 0
 
+  # MaxConcurrentDeletes is the maximum number of simultaneous DELETE calls on a shard
+  # The default is 1, and should be left unchanged for most users
+  # MaxConcurrentDeletes = 1
+
   # CompactThroughput is the rate limit in bytes per second that we
   # will allow TSM compactions to write to disk. Note that short bursts are allowed
   # to happen at a possibly larger value, set by CompactThroughputBurst
diff --git a/tsdb/config.go b/tsdb/config.go
index 025a847..b990e4a 100644
--- a/tsdb/config.go
+++ b/tsdb/config.go
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ const (
 	// write-ahead log file will compact into an index file.
 	DefaultMaxIndexLogFileSize = 1 * 1024 * 1024 // 1MB
 
+	// DefaultMaxConcurrentDeletes is the default number of concurrent DELETE calls on a shard.
+	DefaultMaxConcurrentDeletes = 1
+
 	// DefaultSeriesIDSetCacheSize is the default number of series ID sets to cache in the TSI index.
 	DefaultSeriesIDSetCacheSize = 100
 
@@ -131,6 +134,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// be compacted less frequently, store more series in-memory, and provide higher write throughput.
 	MaxIndexLogFileSize toml.Size `toml:"max-index-log-file-size"`
 
+	// MaxConcurrentDeletes is the maximum number of simultaneous DELETE calls on a shard
+	// The default is 1, which was the previous hard-coded value.
+	MaxConcurrentDeletes int `toml:"max-concurrent-deletes"`
+
 	// SeriesIDSetCacheSize is the number items that can be cached within the TSI index. TSI caching can help
 	// with query performance when the same tag key/value predicates are commonly used on queries.
 	// Setting series-id-set-cache-size to 0 disables the cache.
@@ -171,6 +178,7 @@ func NewConfig() Config {
 		MaxSeriesPerDatabase:     DefaultMaxSeriesPerDatabase,
 		MaxValuesPerTag:          DefaultMaxValuesPerTag,
 		MaxConcurrentCompactions: DefaultMaxConcurrentCompactions,
+		MaxConcurrentDeletes:     DefaultMaxConcurrentDeletes,
 
 		MaxIndexLogFileSize:  toml.Size(DefaultMaxIndexLogFileSize),
 		SeriesIDSetCacheSize: DefaultSeriesIDSetCacheSize,
@@ -194,6 +202,10 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 		return errors.New("max-concurrent-compactions must be non-negative")
 	}
 
+	if c.MaxConcurrentDeletes <= 0 {
+		return errors.New("max-concurrent-deletes must be positive")
+	}
+
 	if c.SeriesIDSetCacheSize < 0 {
 		return errors.New("series-id-set-cache-size must be non-negative")
 	}
@@ -241,6 +253,7 @@ func (c Config) Diagnostics() (*diagnostics.Diagnostics, error) {
 		"max-series-per-database":                c.MaxSeriesPerDatabase,
 		"max-values-per-tag":                     c.MaxValuesPerTag,
 		"max-concurrent-compactions":             c.MaxConcurrentCompactions,
+		"max-concurrent-deletes":                 c.MaxConcurrentDeletes,
 		"max-index-log-file-size":                c.MaxIndexLogFileSize,
 		"series-id-set-cache-size":               c.SeriesIDSetCacheSize,
 		"series-file-max-concurrent-compactions": c.SeriesFileMaxConcurrentSnapshotCompactions,
diff --git a/tsdb/store.go b/tsdb/store.go
index e301aa5..ce3b9ad 100644
--- a/tsdb/store.go
+++ b/tsdb/store.go
@@ -1031,9 +1031,9 @@ func (s *Store) DeleteMeasurement(database, name string) error {
 	epochs := s.epochsForShards(shards)
 	s.mu.RUnlock()
 
-	// Limit to 1 delete for each shard since expanding the measurement into the list
+	// Limit deletes for each shard since expanding the measurement into the list
 	// of series keys can be very memory intensive if run concurrently.
-	limit := limiter.NewFixed(1)
+	limit := limiter.NewFixed(s.EngineOptions.Config.MaxConcurrentDeletes)
 	return s.walkShards(shards, func(sh *Shard) error {
 		limit.Take()
 		defer limit.Release()
@@ -1425,9 +1425,9 @@ func (s *Store) DeleteSeries(database string, sources []influxql.Source, conditi
 	epochs := s.epochsForShards(shards)
 	s.mu.RUnlock()
 
-	// Limit to 1 delete for each shard since expanding the measurement into the list
+	// Limit deletes for each shard since expanding the measurement into the list
 	// of series keys can be very memory intensive if run concurrently.
-	limit := limiter.NewFixed(1)
+	limit := limiter.NewFixed(s.EngineOptions.Config.MaxConcurrentDeletes)
 
 	return s.walkShards(shards, func(sh *Shard) error {
 		// Determine list of measurements from sources.