diff --git a/scripts/setup-seafile-mysql.py b/scripts/setup-seafile-mysql.py
index 360bd4f..85505bf 100644
--- a/scripts/setup-seafile-mysql.py
+++ b/scripts/setup-seafile-mysql.py
@@ -1197,6 +1197,8 @@ accesslog = os.path.join(logs_dir, 'gunicorn_access.log')
 
 # for file upload, we need a longer timeout value (default is only 30s, too short)
 timeout = 1200
+
+limit_request_line = 8190
 '''
 
         text = template % dict(pids_dir=env_mgr.central_pids_dir,