diff --git a/django/core/servers/fastcgi.py b/django/core/servers/fastcgi.py
index c6507fe173..0df68dcf56 100644
--- a/django/core/servers/fastcgi.py
+++ b/django/core/servers/fastcgi.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ Optional Fcgi settings: (setting=value)
   port=PORTNUM         port to listen on.
   socket=FILE          UNIX socket to listen on.
   method=IMPL          prefork or threaded (default prefork)
+  maxrequests=NUMBER   number of requests a child handles before it is 
+                       killed and a new child is forked (0 = no limit).
   maxspare=NUMBER      max number of spare processes to keep running.
   minspare=NUMBER      min number of spare processes to prefork.
   maxchildren=NUMBER   hard limit number of processes in prefork mode.
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ FASTCGI_OPTIONS = {
     'maxspare': 5,
     'minspare': 2,
     'maxchildren': 50,
+    'maxrequests': 0,
 }
 
 def fastcgi_help(message=None):
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ def runfastcgi(argset=[], **kwargs):
             'maxSpare': int(options["maxspare"]),
             'minSpare': int(options["minspare"]),
             'maxChildren': int(options["maxchildren"]),
+            'maxRequests': int(options["maxrequests"]), 
         }
     elif options['method'] in ('thread', 'threaded'):
         from flup.server.fcgi import WSGIServer