diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty.xml b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty.xml
index d7d295cef5b..5412979cacd 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty.xml
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
       <Set name="headerCacheSize"><Property name="jetty.httpConfig.headerCacheSize" default="512" /></Set>
       <Set name="delayDispatchUntilContent"><Property name="jetty.httpConfig.delayDispatchUntilContent" deprecated="jetty.delayDispatchUntilContent" default="true"/></Set>
       <Set name="maxErrorDispatches"><Property name="jetty.httpConfig.maxErrorDispatches" default="10"/></Set>
+      <Set name="blockingTimeout"><Property name="jetty.httpConfig.blockingTimeout" default="-1"/></Set>
       <!-- Uncomment to enable handling of X-Forwarded- style headers
       <Call name="addCustomizer">
         <Arg><New class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.ForwardedRequestCustomizer"/></Arg>
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/server.mod b/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/server.mod
index 6857cca5e4c..14d6b58e88f 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/server.mod
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/config/modules/server.mod
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ etc/jetty.xml
 ## Maximum number of error dispatches to prevent looping
 # jetty.httpConfig.maxErrorDispatches=10
 
+## Maximum time to block in total for a blocking IO operation (default -1 is to use idleTimeout on progress)
+# jetty.httpConfig.blockingTimeout=-1
+
 ### Server configuration
 ## Whether ctrl+c on the console gracefully stops the Jetty server
 # jetty.server.stopAtShutdown=true
@@ -73,3 +76,4 @@ etc/jetty.xml
 
 ## Dump the state of the Jetty server, components, and webapps before shutdown
 # jetty.server.dumpBeforeStop=false
+