diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/gerrit.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/gerrit.pp
index ae94e2cdc6..b7465ceba5 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/gerrit.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/gerrit.pp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class openstack_project::gerrit (
   $httpd_acceptorthreads = '',
   $httpd_minthreads = '',
   $httpd_maxthreads = '',
+  $httpd_maxqueued = '',
   $httpd_maxwait = '',
   $war = '',
   $contactstore = false,
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ class openstack_project::gerrit (
     httpd_acceptorthreads               => $httpd_acceptorthreads,
     httpd_minthreads                    => $httpd_minthreads,
     httpd_maxthreads                    => $httpd_maxthreads,
+    httpd_maxqueued                     => $httpd_maxqueued,
     httpd_maxwait                       => $httpd_maxwait,
     commentlinks                        => [
       {
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/review.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/review.pp
index 4028945e8f..7c82d07991 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/review.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/review.pp
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 # http:
 #  //groups.google.com/group/repo-discuss/browse_thread/thread/b91491c185295a71
 
+# httpd.maxQueued:
+# Default value is too low, should increase to new default.
+# https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/#/c/70627
+
 # httpd.maxWait:
 # 12:07 <@spearce> httpd.maxwait defaults to 5 minutes and is how long gerrit
 #                  waits for an idle sshd.thread before aboring the http request
@@ -113,6 +117,7 @@ class openstack_project::review (
     core_packedgitwindowsize            => '16k',
     sshd_threads                        => '100',
     index_threads                       => 4,
+    httpd_maxqueued                     => '200',
     httpd_maxwait                       => '5000min',
     war                                 =>
       'http://tarballs.openstack.org/ci/gerrit/gerrit-v2.11.4.11.a14450f.war',