diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b9eef90..adfc34b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Configuration options for fluent.conf are:
 * `retry_max_interval` - Maximum interval to wait between sending tries (default is `5m`)
 * `retry_timeout` - Time after which the data is going to be dropped (default is `72h`) (`0s` means that there is no timeout)
 * `retry_max_times` - Maximum number of retries (default is `0`) (`0` means that there is no max retry times, retries will happen forever)
+* `max_request_size` - Maximum request size (before applying compression). Default is `0k` which means no limit
 
 __NOTE:__ <sup>*</sup> [Placeholders](https://docs.fluentd.org/v1.0/articles/buffer-section#placeholders) are supported
 
diff --git a/lib/fluent/plugin/out_sumologic.rb b/lib/fluent/plugin/out_sumologic.rb
index 7b8f632..c8c21aa 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/plugin/out_sumologic.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/plugin/out_sumologic.rb
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ class Fluent::Plugin::Sumologic < Fluent::Plugin::Output
   config_param :retry_min_interval, :time, :default => 1  # 1s
   config_param :retry_max_interval, :time, :default => 5*60  # 5m
 
+  config_param :max_request_size, :size, :default => 0
+
   # https://help.sumologic.com/Manage/Fields
   desc 'Fields string (eg "cluster=payment, service=credit_card") which is going to be added to every log record.'
   config_param :custom_fields, :string, :default => nil
@@ -252,6 +254,10 @@ def configure(conf)
       conf['compress_encoding'],
       log,
       )
+
+    if !conf['max_request_size'].nil? && conf['max_request_size'].to_i <= 0
+      conf['max_request_size'] = '0'
+    end
     super
   end
 
@@ -405,50 +411,75 @@ def write(chunk)
         fields = [fields,@custom_fields].compact.join(",")
       end
 
-      retries = 0
-      start_time = Time.now
-      sleep_time = @retry_min_interval
-
-      while true
-        common_log_part = "#{@data_type} records with source category '#{source_category}', source host '#{source_host}', source name '#{source_name}', chunk #{chunk_id}, try #{retries}"
-        begin
-          @log.debug { "Sending #{messages.count}; #{common_log_part}" }
-
-          @sumo_conn.publish(
-              messages.join("\n"),
-              source_host         =source_host,
-              source_category     =source_category,
-              source_name         =source_name,
-              data_type           =@data_type,
-              metric_data_format  =@metric_data_format,
-              collected_fields    =fields,
-              dimensions          =@custom_dimensions
-          )
-          break
-        rescue => e
-          if !@use_internal_retry
-            raise e
+      if @max_request_size <= 0
+        messages_to_send = [messages]
+      else
+        messages_to_send = []
+        current_message = []
+        current_length = 0
+        messages.each do |message|
+          current_message.push message
+          current_length += message.length
+
+          if current_length > @max_request_size
+            messages_to_send.push(current_message)
+            current_message = []
+            current_length = 0
           end
-          # increment retries
-          retries = retries + 1
-
-          log.warn "error while sending request to sumo: #{e}; #{common_log_part}"
-          log.warn_backtrace e.backtrace
-
-          # drop data if
-          #   - we reached out the @retry_max_times retries
-          #   - or we exceeded @retry_timeout
-          if (retries >= @retry_max_times && @retry_max_times > 0) || (Time.now > start_time + @retry_timeout && @retry_timeout > 0)
-            log.warn "dropping records; #{common_log_part}"
+          current_length += 1  # this is for newline
+        end
+        if current_message.length > 0
+          messages_to_send.push(current_message)
+        end
+      end
+      
+      messages_to_send.each_with_index do |message, i|
+        retries = 0
+        start_time = Time.now
+        sleep_time = @retry_min_interval
+
+        while true
+          common_log_part = "#{@data_type} records with source category '#{source_category}', source host '#{source_host}', source name '#{source_name}', chunk #{chunk_id}, try #{retries}, batch #{i}"
+
+          begin
+            @log.debug { "Sending #{message.count}; #{common_log_part}" }
+
+            @sumo_conn.publish(
+              message.join("\n"),
+                source_host         =source_host,
+                source_category     =source_category,
+                source_name         =source_name,
+                data_type           =@data_type,
+                metric_data_format  =@metric_data_format,
+                collected_fields    =fields,
+                dimensions          =@custom_dimensions
+            )
             break
-          end
-
-          log.info "going to retry to send data at #{Time.now + sleep_time}; #{common_log_part}"
-          sleep sleep_time
-
-          sleep_time = sleep_time * 2
-          if sleep_time > @retry_max_interval
-            sleep_time = @retry_max_interval
+          rescue => e
+            if !@use_internal_retry
+              raise e
+            end
+            # increment retries
+            retries += 1
+
+            log.warn "error while sending request to sumo: #{e}; #{common_log_part}"
+            log.warn_backtrace e.backtrace
+
+            # drop data if
+            #   - we reached out the @retry_max_times retries
+            #   - or we exceeded @retry_timeout
+            if (retries >= @retry_max_times && @retry_max_times > 0) || (Time.now > start_time + @retry_timeout && @retry_timeout > 0)
+              log.warn "dropping records; #{common_log_part}"
+              break
+            end
+
+            log.info "going to retry to send data at #{Time.now + sleep_time}; #{common_log_part}"
+            sleep sleep_time
+
+            sleep_time *= 2
+            if sleep_time > @retry_max_interval
+              sleep_time = @retry_max_interval
+            end
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/test/plugin/test_out_sumologic.rb b/test/plugin/test_out_sumologic.rb
index be625a8..f23a8dc 100644
--- a/test/plugin/test_out_sumologic.rb
+++ b/test/plugin/test_out_sumologic.rb
@@ -912,4 +912,70 @@ def test_skip_retry
     assert_equal("Failed to send data to HTTP Source. 500 - ", exception.message)
   end
 
+  def test_split_negative_or_zero
+    endpoint = "https://collectors.sumologic.com/v1/receivers/http/1234"
+
+    configs = [
+      %{
+        endpoint #{endpoint}
+        max_request_size -5
+      },
+      %{
+        endpoint #{endpoint}
+        max_request_size 0
+      }
+    ]
+
+    time = event_time
+
+    configs.each do |config|
+      WebMock.reset_executed_requests!
+      driver = create_driver(config)
+      stub_request(:post, endpoint).to_return(status: 200, headers: {content_type: 'application/json'})
+
+      driver.run do
+        driver.feed("test", time, {"message": "test"})
+        driver.feed("test", time, {"message": "test"})
+        driver.feed("test", time, {"message": "test"})
+      end
+
+      assert_requested :post, "https://collectors.sumologic.com/v1/receivers/http/1234",
+                      body: /\A{"timestamp":\d+.,"message":"test"}\n{"timestamp":\d+.,"message":"test"}\n{"timestamp":\d+.,"message":"test"}\z/,
+                      times:1
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_split
+    endpoint = "https://collectors.sumologic.com/v1/receivers/http/1234"
+
+    config = %{
+        endpoint #{endpoint}
+        max_request_size 80
+      }
+
+    time = event_time
+
+    WebMock.reset_executed_requests!
+    driver = create_driver(config)
+    stub_request(:post, endpoint).to_return(status: 200, headers: {content_type: 'application/json'})
+
+    driver.run do
+      driver.feed("test", time, {"message": "test1"})
+      driver.feed("test", time, {"message": "test2"})
+      driver.feed("test", time, {"message": "test3"})
+      driver.feed("test", time, {"message": "test4"})
+      driver.feed("test", time, {"message": "test5"})
+    end
+
+    assert_requested :post, "https://collectors.sumologic.com/v1/receivers/http/1234",
+                    body: /\A{"timestamp":\d+.,"message":"test1"}\n{"timestamp":\d+.,"message":"test2"}\z/,
+                    times:1
+    assert_requested :post, "https://collectors.sumologic.com/v1/receivers/http/1234",
+                    body: /\A{"timestamp":\d+.,"message":"test3"}\n{"timestamp":\d+.,"message":"test4"}\z/,
+                    times:1
+    assert_requested :post, "https://collectors.sumologic.com/v1/receivers/http/1234",
+                    body: /\A{"timestamp":\d+.,"message":"test5"}\z/,
+                    times:1
+  end
+
 end