diff --git a/magick/memory-private.h b/magick/memory-private.h
index 17666f2da..61dd3cef2 100644
--- a/magick/memory-private.h
+++ b/magick/memory-private.h
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ extern MagickPrivate MagickBooleanType
 
 extern MagickPrivate void
   ResetMaxMemoryRequest(void),
-  ResetVirtualAnonymousMemory(void);
+  ResetVirtualAnonymousMemory(void),
+  SetMaxMemoryRequest(const MagickSizeType);
 
 #if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(c_plusplus)
 }
diff --git a/magick/memory.c b/magick/memory.c
index 92d43759f..794822b72 100644
--- a/magick/memory.c
+++ b/magick/memory.c
@@ -1563,6 +1563,33 @@ MagickExport void SetMagickMemoryMethods(
 %                                                                             %
 %                                                                             %
 %                                                                             %
++   S e t M a x M e m o r y R e q u e s t                                     %
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+%  SetMaxMemoryRequest() sets the max_memory_request value.
+%
+%  The format of the ResetMaxMemoryRequest method is:
+%
+%      void SetMaxMemoryRequest(const MagickSizeType limit)
+%
+%  A description of each parameter follows:
+%
+%    o limit: the maximum memory request limit.
+%
+*/
+MagickPrivate void SetMaxMemoryRequest(const MagickSizeType limit)
+{
+  max_memory_request=MagickMin(limit,GetMaxMemoryRequest());
+}
+
+/*
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
+%                                                                             %
 %   S h r e d F i l e                                                         %
 %                                                                             %
 %                                                                             %
diff --git a/magick/policy.c b/magick/policy.c
index 8da219479..ab0516975 100644
--- a/magick/policy.c
+++ b/magick/policy.c
@@ -1275,7 +1275,13 @@ static MagickBooleanType SetMagickSecurityPolicyValue(const PolicyDomain domain,
     {
       if (LocaleCompare(name,"max-memory-request") == 0)
         {
-          ResetMaxMemoryRequest();
+          MagickSizeType
+            limit;
+
+          limit=MagickResourceInfinity;
+          if (LocaleCompare("unlimited",value) != 0)
+            limit=StringToMagickSizeType(value,100.0);
+          SetMaxMemoryRequest(limit);
           return(MagickTrue);
         }
       if (LocaleCompare(name,"memory-map") == 0)