diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9be9aa5e..32fe23d3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Set up (the latest version of) [HAProxy](http://www.haproxy.org/) in Ubuntu syst
 * `haproxy_global_log.{n}.level`: [optional]: Can be specified to filter outgoing messages (e.g. `notice`)
 * `haproxy_global_log.{n}.minlevel`: [optional]: Can be specified to filter outgoing messages (e.g. `notice`)
 * `haproxy_global_log.{n}.format`: [optional]: Specifies the log format string to use for traffic logs (e.g. `%{+Q}o\ %t\ %s\ %{-Q}r`)
+* `haproxy_global_log.{n}.length`: [optional]: Can be specified to adjust message length in log (e.g. `2048`)
 * `haproxy_global_chroot`: [optional]: Changes current directory to `<jail dir>` and performs a `chroot()` there before dropping privileges
 * `haproxy_global_stats`: [default: See `defaults/main.yml`]: Stats declarations
 * `haproxy_global_stats.sockets`:  [default: `[{listen: /run/haproxy/admin.sock }}"}]`]: Sockets declarations
diff --git a/templates/etc/haproxy/global.cfg.j2 b/templates/etc/haproxy/global.cfg.j2
index 6543b96a..6474cdbd 100644
--- a/templates/etc/haproxy/global.cfg.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/haproxy/global.cfg.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% if haproxy_global_log != false %}
 {% for log in haproxy_global_log %}
-  log {{ log.address }} {{ log.facility }}{% if log.level is defined %} {{log.level }}{% endif %}{% if log.minlevel is defined %} {{ log.minlevel }}{% endif %}
+  log {{ log.address }}{% if log.length is defined %} len {{log.length }}{% endif %} {{ log.facility }}{% if log.level is defined %} {{log.level }}{% endif %}{% if log.minlevel is defined %} {{ log.minlevel }}{% endif %}
 
 {% if log.format is defined %}
     log-format {{ log.format }}