diff --git a/roles/koji_builder/templates/kojid.conf b/roles/koji_builder/templates/kojid.conf
index 53b682521d..823d0e8d99 100644
--- a/roles/koji_builder/templates/kojid.conf
+++ b/roles/koji_builder/templates/kojid.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 ; The number of seconds to sleep between tasks
 ; sleeptime=15
 
+; upload in 10Mb chunks rather tha 1Mb this is a client configurable option
+upload_blocksize = 10485760
+
 ; The maximum number of jobs that kojid will handle at a time
 maxjobs=25