diff --git a/scm-webapp/pom.xml b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
index 0bd46093f4..ff1bc18590 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@
             <connector implementation="org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector">
               <port>8081</port>
               <maxIdleTime>60000</maxIdleTime>
+              <headerBufferSize>16384</headerBufferSize>
             </connector>
           </connectors>
           <contextPath>/scm</contextPath>