diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e4fab7b..f401f74 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@
         meta:
           dir: '/opt/influxdb/meta'
 
+InfluxDB server with customized parameters for the data service:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    influxdb:
+      server:
+        enabled: true
+        data:
+          max_series_per_database: 20000000
+
 Single-node influxdb with an admin user:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
diff --git a/influxdb/files/influxdb.conf b/influxdb/files/influxdb.conf
index 26477fe..eac95b0 100644
--- a/influxdb/files/influxdb.conf
+++ b/influxdb/files/influxdb.conf
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@
   # block in a TSM file. Larger numbers may yield better compression
   # but could incur a performance penalty when querying
   # max-points-per-block = 1000
+
+  max-series-per-database = {{ server.data.max_series_per_database|default(1000000) }}
 {%- else %}
 [data]
   enabled = false