diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9dc2d1d..24f34ef 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Pound -- history of user-visible changes. 2024-03-29
+Pound -- history of user-visible changes. 2024-03-30
 See the end of file for copying conditions.
 
 Pound is a continuation of the software originally developed by
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ Err400 - Err503 statements used in previous versions.  These
 statements are still supported for backward compatibility, although
 their use is discouraged.
 
+* New statement: MaxURI
+
+This statement sets the maximum allowed length of the request URI.
+It can be used in ListenHTTP and ListenHTTPS sections.
+
 * Bugfixes
 
 ** Don't try to access the include directory, unless needed by configuration.
diff --git a/doc/pound.8 b/doc/pound.8
index f3e355a..89466a3 100644
--- a/doc/pound.8
+++ b/doc/pound.8
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 .\" along with pound.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-.TH POUND 8 "March 28, 2024" "pound" "System Manager's Manual"
+.TH POUND 8 "March 30, 2024" "pound" "System Manager's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 pound \- HTTP/HTTPS reverse-proxy and load-balancer
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -889,6 +889,10 @@ Maximum allowed size of incoming request. All requests will be limited
 to these many bytes. If a request contains more data than allowed, an
 error 413 is returned. Default: unlimited.
 .TP
+\fBMaxURI\fR \fIn\fR
+Maximum allowed length of an URI.  If the URI of a request is longer than
+\fIn\fR bytes, an error 414 is returned. Default: unlimited.
+.TP
 \fBRewriteLocation\fR 0|1|2
 If set to 1, force
 .B pound
diff --git a/doc/pound.texi b/doc/pound.texi
index 2b2d8a8..ad65c88 100644
--- a/doc/pound.texi
+++ b/doc/pound.texi
@@ -2503,6 +2503,14 @@ A request bigger than that will be responded with status
 By default, there is no limit on the request size.
 @end deffn
 
+@deffn {ListenHTTP directive} MaxURI @var{n}
+Limits the maximum allowed length of incoming request URI.
+A request with an URI longer than that will be responded with status
+414.
+
+By default, there is no limit on the URI length.
+@end deffn
+
 @deffn {ListenHTTP directive} CheckURL "@var{pattern}"
 Define a pattern that must be matched by each request sent to this
 listener.  A request that does not match will be returned a 501
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index d89cf25..92384f2 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -4028,8 +4028,8 @@ static PARSER_TABLE http_parsetab[] = {
   { "Client", assign_timeout, NULL, offsetof (LISTENER, to) },
   { "CheckURL", listener_parse_checkurl },
   { "ErrorFile", parse_errorfile, NULL, offsetof (LISTENER, http_err) },
-  { "MaxRequest", assign_CONTENT_LENGTH, NULL, offsetof (LISTENER, max_req) },
-
+  { "MaxRequest", assign_CONTENT_LENGTH, NULL, offsetof (LISTENER, max_req_size) },
+  { "MaxURI", assign_unsigned, NULL, offsetof (LISTENER, max_uri_length) },
   { "Rewrite", parse_rewrite, NULL, offsetof (LISTENER, rewrite) },
   { "SetHeader", SETFN_SVC_NAME (set_header), NULL, offsetof (LISTENER, rewrite) },
   { "DeleteHeader", SETFN_SVC_NAME (delete_header), NULL, offsetof (LISTENER, rewrite) },
@@ -4681,7 +4681,8 @@ static PARSER_TABLE https_parsetab[] = {
   { "Client", assign_timeout, NULL, offsetof (LISTENER, to) },
   { "CheckURL", listener_parse_checkurl },
   { "ErrorFile", parse_errorfile, NULL, offsetof (LISTENER, http_err) },
-  { "MaxRequest", assign_CONTENT_LENGTH, NULL, offsetof (LISTENER, max_req) },
+  { "MaxRequest", assign_CONTENT_LENGTH, NULL, offsetof (LISTENER, max_req_size) },
+  { "MaxURI", assign_unsigned, NULL, offsetof (LISTENER, max_uri_length) },
 
   { "Rewrite", parse_rewrite, NULL, offsetof (LISTENER, rewrite) },
   { "SetHeader", SETFN_SVC_NAME (set_header), NULL, offsetof (LISTENER, rewrite) },
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index 84a0976..5aa9f9e 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -4095,7 +4095,7 @@ send_to_backend (POUND_HTTP *phttp, int chunked, CONTENT_LENGTH content_length)
        */
       int rc = copy_chunks (phttp->cl, phttp->be, NULL,
 			    phttp->backend->be_type != BE_BACKEND,
-			    phttp->lstn->max_req);
+			    phttp->lstn->max_req_size);
       if (rc != HTTP_STATUS_OK)
 	{
 	  log_error (phttp, rc, errno, "error sending chunks");
@@ -4603,11 +4603,36 @@ do_http (POUND_HTTP *phttp)
 	    }
 	}
 
+      if (phttp->lstn->max_uri_length > 0)
+	{
+	  int rc;
+	  char const *url;
+	  rc = http_request_get_url (&phttp->request, &url);
+	  if (rc == RETRIEVE_OK)
+	    {
+	      size_t urlen;
+	      if ((urlen = strlen (url)) > phttp->lstn->max_uri_length)
+		{
+		  log_error (phttp, HTTP_STATUS_URI_TOO_LONG, 0,
+			     "URI too long: %zu bytes",
+			     urlen);
+		  http_err_reply (phttp, HTTP_STATUS_URI_TOO_LONG);
+		  return;
+		}
+	    }
+	  else
+	    {
+	      log_error (phttp, HTTP_STATUS_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, 0,
+			 "can't get URL from the request (shouldn't happen)");
+	      goto err;
+	    }
+	}
+
       /*
        * possibly limited request size
        */
-      if (phttp->lstn->max_req > 0 && content_length > 0
-	  && content_length > phttp->lstn->max_req)
+      if (phttp->lstn->max_req_size > 0 && content_length > 0
+	  && content_length > phttp->lstn->max_req_size)
 	{
 	  log_error (phttp, HTTP_STATUS_PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE, 0,
 		     "request too large: %"PRICLEN" bytes",
diff --git a/src/pound.h b/src/pound.h
index 32e0e1f..c9aa71b 100644
--- a/src/pound.h
+++ b/src/pound.h
@@ -734,7 +734,8 @@ typedef struct _listener
   unsigned to;			/* client time-out */
   regex_t *url_pat;		/* pattern to match the request URL against */
   char *http_err[HTTP_STATUS_MAX];	/* error messages */
-  CONTENT_LENGTH max_req;	/* max. request size */
+  CONTENT_LENGTH max_req_size;	/* max. request size */
+  unsigned max_uri_length;      /* max. URI length */
   int rewr_loc;			/* rewrite location response */
   int rewr_dest;		/* rewrite destination header */
   int disabled;			/* true if the listener is disabled */
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 0129a34..9bdb7e4 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ TESTSUITE_AT = \
  logsup.at\
  lstset.at\
  maxrequest.at\
+ maxuri.at\
  multival.at\
  nb.at\
  not.at\
diff --git a/tests/maxuri.at b/tests/maxuri.at
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ef075d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/maxuri.at
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# This file is part of pound testsuite. -*- autotest -*-
+# Copyright (C) 2022-2024 Sergey Poznyakoff
+#
+# Pound is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Pound is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with pound.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+AT_SETUP([MaxURI])
+AT_KEYWORDS([maxuri])
+
+PT_CHECK([ListenHTTP
+	MaxURI 8
+	Service
+		Backend
+			Address
+			Port
+		End
+	End
+End
+],
+[GET /echo/file
+
+end
+
+414
+end
+])
+
+AT_CLEANUP
diff --git a/tests/testsuite.at b/tests/testsuite.at
index 3f98880..28f05f6 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite.at
+++ b/tests/testsuite.at
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ m4_include([xhttp.at])
 m4_include([checkurl.at])
 m4_include([errfile.at])
 m4_include([maxrequest.at])
+m4_include([maxuri.at])
 m4_include([rewriteloc.at])
 m4_include([nb.at])
 m4_include([chunked.at])