diff --git a/lib/netstd/Thrift/TConfiguration.cs b/lib/netstd/Thrift/TConfiguration.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Thrift
+{
+    public class TConfiguration
+    {
+        public const int DEFAULT_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE = 100 * 1024 * 1024;
+        public const int DEFAULT_MAX_FRAME_SIZE = 16384000;      // this value is used consistently across all Thrift libraries
+        public const int DEFAULT_RECURSION_DEPTH = 64;
+
+        public int MaxMessageSize { get; set; } = DEFAULT_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE;
+        public int MaxFrameSize { get; set; } = DEFAULT_MAX_FRAME_SIZE;
+        public int RecursionLimit { get; set; } = DEFAULT_RECURSION_DEPTH;
+
+        // TODO(JensG): add connection and i/o timeouts
+    }
+}