diff --git a/manifests/mod/worker.pp b/manifests/mod/worker.pp
index 2b1ca24fe4..652f9606d0 100644
--- a/manifests/mod/worker.pp
+++ b/manifests/mod/worker.pp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #   The max number of simultaneous requests that will be served.
 #   This is the old name and is still supported. The new name is
 #   MaxRequestWorkers as of 2.3.13.
+#   If maxrequestworkers is set, this value is ignored.
 #
 # @param minsparethreads
 #   Minimum number of idle threads to handle request spikes.
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@
 # @param apache_version
 #   Used to verify that the Apache version you have requested is compatible with the module.
 #
+# @param maxrequestworkers
+#   Maximum number of connections that will be processed simultaneously
+#   if set, maxclients is ignored
+#
 # @see https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/worker.html for additional documentation.
 #
 class apache::mod::worker (
@@ -53,6 +58,7 @@
   Integer $threadlimit             = 64,
   Integer $listenbacklog           = 511,
   Optional[String] $apache_version = undef,
+  Optional[Integer] $maxrequestworkers = undef,
 ) {
   include apache
   $_apache_version = pick($apache_version, $apache::apache_version)
diff --git a/spec/classes/mod/worker_spec.rb b/spec/classes/mod/worker_spec.rb
index aaed242378..5fafac88ac 100644
--- a/spec/classes/mod/worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/mod/worker_spec.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         {
           serverlimit: 10,
           startservers: 11,
-          maxclients: 12,
+          maxrequestworkers: 12,
           minsparethreads: 13,
           maxsparethreads: 14,
           threadsperchild: 15,
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@
       it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/worker.conf').with(content: %r{^<IfModule mpm_worker_module>$}) }
       it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/worker.conf').with(content: %r{^\s+ServerLimit\s+10$}) }
       it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/worker.conf').with(content: %r{^\s+StartServers\s+11$}) }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/worker.conf').with(content: %r{^\s+MaxClients\s+12$}) }
+      it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/worker.conf').without(content: %r{^\s+MaxClients}) }
+      it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/worker.conf').with(content: %r{^\s+MaxRequestWorkers\s+12$}) }
       it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/worker.conf').with(content: %r{^\s+MinSpareThreads\s+13$}) }
       it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/worker.conf').with(content: %r{^\s+MaxSpareThreads\s+14$}) }
       it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/worker.conf').with(content: %r{^\s+ThreadsPerChild\s+15$}) }
diff --git a/templates/mod/worker.conf.erb b/templates/mod/worker.conf.erb
index 8ad6451c75..cc8912ac25 100644
--- a/templates/mod/worker.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/mod/worker.conf.erb
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
   ServerLimit         <%= @serverlimit %>
   StartServers        <%= @startservers %>
   ThreadLimit         <%= @threadlimit %>
-  MaxClients          <%= @maxclients %>
   MinSpareThreads     <%= @minsparethreads %>
   MaxSpareThreads     <%= @maxsparethreads %>
   ThreadsPerChild     <%= @threadsperchild %>
   MaxRequestsPerChild <%= @maxrequestsperchild %>
   ListenBacklog       <%= @listenbacklog %>
+  <%- if @maxrequestworkers -%>
+  MaxRequestWorkers      <%= @maxrequestworkers %>
+  <%- elsif @maxclients -%>
+  MaxClients             <%= @maxclients %>
+  <%- end -%>
 </IfModule>