diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index b631afc0570cae..e3b0b0af450751 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -1581,6 +1581,16 @@ added: v0.5.9
 Global instance of `Agent` which is used as the default for all HTTP client
 requests.
 
+## http.maxHeaderSize
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+* {number}
+
+Read-only property specifying the maximum allowed size of HTTP headers in bytes.
+Defaults to 8KB. Configurable using the [`--max-http-header-size`][] CLI option.
+
 ## http.request(options[, callback])
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.3.6
@@ -1698,6 +1708,7 @@ There are a few special headers that should be noted.
 * Sending an Authorization header will override using the `auth` option
   to compute basic authentication.
 
+[`--max-http-header-size`]: cli.html#cli_max_http_header_size_size
 [`'checkContinue'`]: #http_event_checkcontinue
 [`'listening'`]: net.html#net_event_listening
 [`'request'`]: #http_event_request
diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 64788dd5c07f9f..0afd36e70126e7 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ const server = require('_http_server');
 exports.ServerResponse = server.ServerResponse;
 exports.STATUS_CODES = server.STATUS_CODES;
 
+let maxHeaderSize;
+
 
 const agent = require('_http_agent');
 const Agent = exports.Agent = agent.Agent;
@@ -92,8 +94,21 @@ Client.prototype.request = function(method, path, headers) {
   return c;
 };
 
+
 exports.Client = internalUtil.deprecate(Client, 'http.Client is deprecated.');
 
 exports.createClient = internalUtil.deprecate(function(port, host) {
   return new Client(port, host);
 }, 'http.createClient is deprecated. Use http.request instead.');
+
+Object.defineProperty(module.exports, 'maxHeaderSize', {
+  configurable: true,
+  enumerable: true,
+  get() {
+    if (maxHeaderSize === undefined) {
+      maxHeaderSize = process.binding('config').maxHTTPHeaderSize;
+    }
+
+    return maxHeaderSize;
+  }
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-max-header-size.js b/test/parallel/test-http-max-header-size.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..07fbe902963525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-max-header-size.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
+const http = require('http');
+
+assert.strictEqual(http.maxHeaderSize, 8 * 1024);
+const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, ['--max-http-header-size=10', '-p',
+                                           'http.maxHeaderSize']);
+assert.strictEqual(+child.stdout.toString().trim(), 10);