diff --git a/packages/pds/src/config/config.ts b/packages/pds/src/config/config.ts
index e433f7ed251..8ca807d39b5 100644
--- a/packages/pds/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/pds/src/config/config.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export const envToCfg = (env: ServerEnvironment): ServerConfig => {
     privacyPolicyUrl: env.privacyPolicyUrl,
     termsOfServiceUrl: env.termsOfServiceUrl,
     acceptingImports: env.acceptingImports ?? true,
+    blobUploadLimit: env.blobUploadLimit ?? 5 * 1024 * 1024, // 5mb
   }
 
   const dbLoc = (name: string) => {
@@ -275,9 +276,10 @@ export type ServiceConfig = {
   publicUrl: string
   did: string
   version?: string
-  acceptingImports: boolean
   privacyPolicyUrl?: string
   termsOfServiceUrl?: string
+  acceptingImports: boolean
+  blobUploadLimit: number
 }
 
 export type DatabaseConfig = {
diff --git a/packages/pds/src/config/env.ts b/packages/pds/src/config/env.ts
index abe1904ad5f..fb5aed8232f 100644
--- a/packages/pds/src/config/env.ts
+++ b/packages/pds/src/config/env.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export const readEnv = (): ServerEnvironment => {
     privacyPolicyUrl: envStr('PDS_PRIVACY_POLICY_URL'),
     termsOfServiceUrl: envStr('PDS_TERMS_OF_SERVICE_URL'),
     acceptingImports: envBool('PDS_ACCEPTING_REPO_IMPORTS'),
+    blobUploadLimit: envInt('PDS_BLOB_UPLOAD_LIMIT'),
 
     // database
     dataDirectory: envStr('PDS_DATA_DIRECTORY'),
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ export type ServerEnvironment = {
   privacyPolicyUrl?: string
   termsOfServiceUrl?: string
   acceptingImports?: boolean
+  blobUploadLimit?: number
 
   // database
   dataDirectory?: string
diff --git a/packages/pds/src/index.ts b/packages/pds/src/index.ts
index 77f5948e8aa..ea7c7aa53ee 100644
--- a/packages/pds/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/pds/src/index.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export class PDS {
       payload: {
         jsonLimit: 100 * 1024, // 100kb
         textLimit: 100 * 1024, // 100kb
-        blobLimit: 5 * 1024 * 1024, // 5mb
+        blobLimit: cfg.service.blobUploadLimit,
       },
     }
     if (cfg.rateLimits.enabled) {