diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Web.config b/src/Orchard.Web/Web.config
index 6562878c1..fcd259ab8 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Web.config
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Web.config
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
   </system.transactions>
   <system.web>
     <!--<trust level="Medium" originUrl="" />-->
-    <httpRuntime requestValidationMode="2.0" maxRequestLength="65536" />
+    <!-- Accept file uploads up to 64 Mb -->
+    <httpRuntime requestValidationMode="2.0" maxRequestLength="65536" /> 
     <!-- 
             Set compilation debug="true" to insert debugging 
             symbols into the compiled page. Because this 
@@ -142,6 +143,12 @@
     </handlers>
     <!-- Prevent IIS 7.0 from returning a custom 404/500 error page of its own -->
     <httpErrors existingResponse="PassThrough"/>
+    <security>
+      <requestFiltering>
+        <!-- Accept file uploads up to 64 Mb -->
+        <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="67108864" />
+      </requestFiltering>
+    </security>
   </system.webServer>
   <runtime>
     <gcServer enabled="true"/>