diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
index f686a9f9f9..68fac590b5 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
         public bool m_physicalPrim;
         public float m_maxNonphys = 65536;
         public float m_maxPhys = 10;
+        public bool m_clampPrimSize = false;
 
         public bool m_seeIntoRegionFromNeighbor;
         public int MaxUndoCount = 5;
@@ -326,6 +327,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
                 IConfig startupConfig = m_config.Configs["Startup"];
                 m_maxNonphys = startupConfig.GetFloat("NonPhysicalPrimMax", 65536.0f);
                 m_maxPhys = startupConfig.GetFloat("PhysicalPrimMax", 10.0f);
+                m_clampPrimSize = startupConfig.GetBoolean("ClampPrimSize", false);
 
                 m_defaultScriptEngine = startupConfig.GetString("DefaultScriptEngine", "DotNetEngine");
             }
diff --git a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
index 369f940785..6b3cb94804 100644
--- a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
+++ b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ TextureOnMapTile = false
 ; Maximum total size, and maximum size where a prim can be physical
 NonPhysicalPrimMax = 256
 PhysicalPrimMax = 10
+ClampPrimSize = false
 
 ; ##
 ; ## STORAGE