diff --git a/src/roles/apache-php/templates/php.ini.j2 b/src/roles/apache-php/templates/php.ini.j2
index c5e7cf450..d83907ad9 100644
--- a/src/roles/apache-php/templates/php.ini.j2
+++ b/src/roles/apache-php/templates/php.ini.j2
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ max_input_time = 60
 ;max_input_nesting_level = 64
 
 ; How many GET/POST/COOKIE input variables may be accepted
-; max_input_vars = 1000
+max_input_vars = {{ php_max_input_vars }}
 
 ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (128MB)
 ; http://php.net/memory-limit