diff --git a/output_http.go b/output_http.go
index de59d7f..0b47799 100644
--- a/output_http.go
+++ b/output_http.go
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ type response struct {
 type HTTPOutputConfig struct {
 	redirectLimit int
 
-	stats   bool
-	workers int
+	stats     bool
+	workers   int
+	queueLen int
 
 	elasticSearch string
 
@@ -71,8 +72,8 @@ func NewHTTPOutput(address string, config *HTTPOutputConfig) io.Writer {
 		o.queueStats = NewGorStat("output_http")
 	}
 
-	o.queue = make(chan []byte, 1000)
-	o.responses = make(chan response, 1000)
+	o.queue = make(chan []byte, o.config.queueLen)
+	o.responses = make(chan response, o.config.queueLen)
 	o.needWorker = make(chan int, 1)
 
 	// Initial workers count
diff --git a/settings.go b/settings.go
index 2591a92..58831b2 100644
--- a/settings.go
+++ b/settings.go
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ func init() {
 	flag.Var(&Settings.outputHTTP, "output-http", "Forwards incoming requests to given http address.\n\t# Redirect all incoming requests to staging.com address \n\tgor --input-raw :80 --output-http http://staging.com")
 	flag.IntVar(&Settings.outputHTTPConfig.BufferSize, "output-http-response-buffer", 0, "HTTP response buffer size, all data after this size will be discarded.")
 	flag.IntVar(&Settings.outputHTTPConfig.workers, "output-http-workers", 0, "Gor uses dynamic worker scaling by default.  Enter a number to run a set number of workers.")
+	flag.IntVar(&Settings.outputHTTPConfig.queueLen, "output-http-queue-len", 1000, "Number of requests that can be queued for output, if all workers are busy. default = 1000")
 	flag.IntVar(&Settings.outputHTTPConfig.redirectLimit, "output-http-redirects", 0, "Enable how often redirects should be followed.")
 	flag.DurationVar(&Settings.outputHTTPConfig.Timeout, "output-http-timeout", 5*time.Second, "Specify HTTP request/response timeout. By default 5s. Example: --output-http-timeout 30s")
 	flag.BoolVar(&Settings.outputHTTPConfig.TrackResponses, "output-http-track-response", false, "If turned on, HTTP output responses will be set to all outputs like stdout, file and etc.")