diff --git a/assignment-client/src/assets/AssetServer.cpp b/assignment-client/src/assets/AssetServer.cpp
index f5f83399d6..fad8ece7bf 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/assets/AssetServer.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/assets/AssetServer.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,18 @@ void AssetServer::completeSetup() {
 
     auto assetServerObject = settingsObject[ASSET_SERVER_SETTINGS_KEY].toObject();
 
+    static const QString MAX_BANDWIDTH_OPTION = "max_bandwidth";
+    auto maxBandwidthValue = assetServerObject[MAX_BANDWIDTH_OPTION];
+    auto maxBandwidthFloat = maxBandwidthValue.toDouble(-1);
+
+    if (maxBandwidthFloat > 0.0) {
+        const int BYTES_PER_MEGABITS = (1024 * 1024) / 8;
+        int maxBandwidth = maxBandwidthFloat * BYTES_PER_MEGABITS;
+        nodeList->setConnectionMaxBandwidth(maxBandwidth);
+        qInfo() << "Set maximum bandwith per connection to" << maxBandwidthFloat << "Mb/s."
+                    " (" << maxBandwidth << "bytes/sec)";
+    }
+
     // get the path to the asset folder from the domain server settings
     static const QString ASSETS_PATH_OPTION = "assets_path";
     auto assetsJSONValue = assetServerObject[ASSETS_PATH_OPTION];
diff --git a/domain-server/resources/describe-settings.json b/domain-server/resources/describe-settings.json
index cde398e01f..80ee32efa1 100644
--- a/domain-server/resources/describe-settings.json
+++ b/domain-server/resources/describe-settings.json
@@ -186,6 +186,15 @@
           "help": "The path to the directory assets are stored in.<br/>If this path is relative, it will be relative to the application data directory.<br/>If you change this path you will need to manually copy any existing assets from the previous directory.",
           "default": "",
           "advanced": true
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "max_bandwidth",
+          "type": "double",
+          "label": "Max Bandwidth Per User",
+          "help": "The maximum upstream bandwidth each user can use (in Mb/s).",
+          "placeholder": "10.0",
+          "default": "",
+          "advanced": true
         }
       ]
     },