diff --git a/sanic/app.py b/sanic/app.py
index 776fcbec..f6b1e84e 100644
--- a/sanic/app.py
+++ b/sanic/app.py
@@ -696,7 +696,9 @@ class Sanic:
             'loop': loop,
             'register_sys_signals': register_sys_signals,
             'backlog': backlog,
-            'has_log': has_log
+            'has_log': has_log,
+            'websocket_max_size': self.config.WEBSOCKET_MAX_SIZE,
+            'websocket_max_queue': self.config.WEBSOCKET_MAX_QUEUE
         }
 
         # -------------------------------------------- #
diff --git a/sanic/config.py b/sanic/config.py
index 8ffdb6c4..e3563bc1 100644
--- a/sanic/config.py
+++ b/sanic/config.py
@@ -122,9 +122,11 @@ class Config(dict):
 ▌     ▐                ▀▀▄▄▄▀
  ▀▀▄▄▀
 """
-        self.REQUEST_MAX_SIZE = 100000000  # 100 megababies
+        self.REQUEST_MAX_SIZE = 100000000  # 100 megabytes
         self.REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 60  # 60 seconds
         self.KEEP_ALIVE = keep_alive
+        self.WEBSOCKET_MAX_SIZE = 2 ** 20  # 1 megabytes
+        self.WEBSOCKET_MAX_QUEUE = 32
 
         if load_env:
             self.load_environment_vars()
diff --git a/sanic/server.py b/sanic/server.py
index 36b2a7a2..f3106226 100644
--- a/sanic/server.py
+++ b/sanic/server.py
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ class HttpProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
     def __init__(self, *, loop, request_handler, error_handler,
                  signal=Signal(), connections=set(), request_timeout=60,
                  request_max_size=None, request_class=None, has_log=True,
-                 keep_alive=True, is_request_stream=False, router=None):
+                 keep_alive=True, is_request_stream=False, router=None,
+                 **kwargs):
         self.loop = loop
         self.transport = None
         self.request = None
@@ -387,7 +388,8 @@ def serve(host, port, request_handler, error_handler, before_start=None,
           reuse_port=False, loop=None, protocol=HttpProtocol, backlog=100,
           register_sys_signals=True, run_async=False, connections=None,
           signal=Signal(), request_class=None, has_log=True, keep_alive=True,
-          is_request_stream=False, router=None):
+          is_request_stream=False, router=None, websocket_max_size=None,
+          websocket_max_queue=None):
     """Start asynchronous HTTP Server on an individual process.
 
     :param host: Address to host on
@@ -442,6 +444,8 @@ def serve(host, port, request_handler, error_handler, before_start=None,
         keep_alive=keep_alive,
         is_request_stream=is_request_stream,
         router=router,
+        websocket_max_size=websocket_max_size,
+        websocket_max_queue=websocket_max_queue
     )
 
     server_coroutine = loop.create_server(
diff --git a/sanic/websocket.py b/sanic/websocket.py
index a712eda8..94320a5e 100644
--- a/sanic/websocket.py
+++ b/sanic/websocket.py
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ from websockets import ConnectionClosed  # noqa
 
 
 class WebSocketProtocol(HttpProtocol):
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, *args, websocket_max_size=None,
+                 websocket_max_queue=None, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.websocket = None
+        self.websocket_max_size = websocket_max_size
+        self.websocket_max_queue = websocket_max_queue
 
     def connection_timeout(self):
         # timeouts make no sense for websocket routes
@@ -62,6 +65,9 @@ class WebSocketProtocol(HttpProtocol):
         request.transport.write(rv)
 
         # hook up the websocket protocol
-        self.websocket = WebSocketCommonProtocol()
+        self.websocket = WebSocketCommonProtocol(
+            max_size=self.websocket_max_size,
+            max_queue=self.websocket_max_queue
+        )
         self.websocket.connection_made(request.transport)
         return self.websocket