diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 322e172174..554eca27fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - Add `app.in_foreground` and `thread.main` flag to protocol. ([#1578](https://github.com/getsentry/relay/pull/1578))
 - Add support for View Hierarchy attachment_type. ([#1642](https://github.com/getsentry/relay/pull/1642))
 - Add invalid replay recording outcome. ([#1684]https://github.com/getsentry/relay/pull/1684)
+- Add max replay size configuration parameter. ([#1694](https://github.com/getsentry/relay/pull/1694))
 
 **Bug Fixes**:
 
diff --git a/relay-config/src/config.rs b/relay-config/src/config.rs
index 4323495078..27eeaaf216 100644
--- a/relay-config/src/config.rs
+++ b/relay-config/src/config.rs
@@ -536,6 +536,8 @@ struct Limits {
     max_api_chunk_upload_size: ByteSize,
     /// The maximum payload size for a profile
     max_profile_size: ByteSize,
+    /// The maximum payload size for a replay.
+    max_replay_size: ByteSize,
     /// The maximum number of threads to spawn for CPU and web work, each.
     ///
     /// The total number of threads spawned will roughly be `2 * max_thread_count + 1`. Defaults to
@@ -571,6 +573,7 @@ impl Default for Limits {
             max_api_file_upload_size: ByteSize::mebibytes(40),
             max_api_chunk_upload_size: ByteSize::mebibytes(100),
             max_profile_size: ByteSize::mebibytes(50),
+            max_replay_size: ByteSize::mebibytes(100),
             max_thread_count: num_cpus::get(),
             query_timeout: 30,
             max_connection_rate: 256,
@@ -1714,6 +1717,11 @@ impl Config {
         self.values.limits.max_profile_size.as_bytes()
     }
 
+    /// Returns the maximum payload size for a replay.
+    pub fn max_replay_size(&self) -> usize {
+        self.values.limits.max_replay_size.as_bytes()
+    }
+
     /// Returns the maximum number of active requests
     pub fn max_concurrent_requests(&self) -> usize {
         self.values.limits.max_concurrent_requests
diff --git a/relay-server/src/actors/processor.rs b/relay-server/src/actors/processor.rs
index a2678282fb..9964ce225b 100644
--- a/relay-server/src/actors/processor.rs
+++ b/relay-server/src/actors/processor.rs
@@ -1021,11 +1021,11 @@ impl EnvelopeProcessorService {
                 // XXX: Temporarily, only the Sentry org will be allowed to parse replays while
                 // we measure the impact of this change.
                 if replays_enabled && state.project_state.organization_id == Some(1) {
-                    // Limit expansion of recordings to the envelope size. The payload is
+                    // Limit expansion of recordings to the max replay size. The payload is
                     // decompressed temporarily and then immediately re-compressed. However, to
-                    // limit memory pressure, we use the envelope limit as a good overall limit for
+                    // limit memory pressure, we use the replay limit as a good overall limit for
                     // allocations.
-                    let limit = self.config.max_envelope_size();
+                    let limit = self.config.max_replay_size();
                     let parsed_recording =
                         relay_replays::recording::process_recording(&item.payload(), limit);