diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv.netcoreapp.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv.netcoreapp.cs
index f24337e79d..e6fa605b47 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv.netcoreapp.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv.netcoreapp.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv
     public partial class LibuvTransportOptions
     {
         public LibuvTransportOptions() { }
+        public int Backlog { [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]get { throw null; } [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]set { } }
         public long? MaxReadBufferSize { [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]get { throw null; } [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]set { } }
         public long? MaxWriteBufferSize { [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]get { throw null; } [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]set { } }
         public bool NoDelay { [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]get { throw null; } [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]set { } }
diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/Internal/LibuvConstants.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/Internal/LibuvConstants.cs
index 0e07f1a69c..1e5b7bb75b 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/Internal/LibuvConstants.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/Internal/LibuvConstants.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv.Internal
 {
     internal static class LibuvConstants
     {
-        public const int ListenBacklog = 128;
-
         public const int EOF = -4095;
         public static readonly int? ECONNRESET = GetECONNRESET();
         public static readonly int? EADDRINUSE = GetEADDRINUSE();
diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/Internal/Listener.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/Internal/Listener.cs
index 9dc11a31a4..6279764101 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/Internal/Listener.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/Internal/Listener.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv.Internal
             return Thread.PostAsync(listener =>
             {
                 listener.ListenSocket = listener.CreateListenSocket();
-                listener.ListenSocket.Listen(LibuvConstants.ListenBacklog, ConnectionCallback, listener);
+                listener.ListenSocket.Listen(TransportContext.Options.Backlog, ConnectionCallback, listener);
             }, this);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/Internal/ListenerPrimary.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/Internal/ListenerPrimary.cs
index acbc356294..add394b5e3 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/Internal/ListenerPrimary.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/Internal/ListenerPrimary.cs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv.Internal
             ListenPipe = new UvPipeHandle(Log);
             ListenPipe.Init(Thread.Loop, Thread.QueueCloseHandle, false);
             ListenPipe.Bind(_pipeName);
-            ListenPipe.Listen(LibuvConstants.ListenBacklog,
+            ListenPipe.Listen(TransportContext.Options.Backlog,
                 (pipe, status, error, state) => ((ListenerPrimary)state).OnListenPipe(pipe, status, error), this);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/LibuvTransportOptions.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/LibuvTransportOptions.cs
index 06c8aec796..0aa477f3af 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/LibuvTransportOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Libuv/src/LibuvTransportOptions.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv
         /// </remarks>
         public bool NoDelay { get; set; } = true;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The maximum length of the pending connection queue.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Defaults to 128.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public int Backlog { get; set; } = 128;
+
         public long? MaxReadBufferSize { get; set; } = 1024 * 1024;
 
         public long? MaxWriteBufferSize { get; set; } = 64 * 1024;
diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Sockets/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.netcoreapp.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Sockets/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.netcoreapp.cs
index c1e32cc39d..e54b0a2d21 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Sockets/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.netcoreapp.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Sockets/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.netcoreapp.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets
     public partial class SocketTransportOptions
     {
         public SocketTransportOptions() { }
+        public int Backlog { [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]get { throw null; } [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]set { } }
         public int IOQueueCount { [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]get { throw null; } [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]set { } }
         public long? MaxReadBufferSize { [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]get { throw null; } [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]set { } }
         public long? MaxWriteBufferSize { [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]get { throw null; } [System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute]set { } }
diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Sockets/src/SocketConnectionListener.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Sockets/src/SocketConnectionListener.cs
index 600d674d98..f829ae5591 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Sockets/src/SocketConnectionListener.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Sockets/src/SocketConnectionListener.cs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets
 
             EndPoint = listenSocket.LocalEndPoint;
 
-            listenSocket.Listen(512);
+            listenSocket.Listen(_options.Backlog);
 
             _listenSocket = listenSocket;
         }
diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Sockets/src/SocketTransportOptions.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Sockets/src/SocketTransportOptions.cs
index 4adb16ebfb..424a4375ae 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Sockets/src/SocketTransportOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Transport.Sockets/src/SocketTransportOptions.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets
         /// </remarks>
         public bool NoDelay { get; set; } = true;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The maximum length of the pending connection queue.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Defaults to 512.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public int Backlog { get; set; } = 512;
+
         public long? MaxReadBufferSize { get; set; } = 1024 * 1024;
 
         public long? MaxWriteBufferSize { get; set; } = 64 * 1024;