diff --git a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
index 7773b26d..ff7ff87c 100755
--- a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
+++ b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ use Role::Tiny::With;
 use MCE::Signal '-setpgrp';
 use MCE;
 
+# set max outstanding requests for AnyEvent::DNS
+local $ENV{'PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_OUTSTANDING_DNS'}
+    = setting('dns')->{max_outstanding} || 10;
+
 # set temporary MCE files' location in home directory
 my $home = ($ENV{NETDISCO_HOME} || $ENV{HOME});
 my $tmp_dir = ($ENV{NETDISCO_TEMP} || dir($home, 'tmp'));
diff --git a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-do b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-do
index a201f651..6e2fd1f2 100755
--- a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-do
+++ b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-do
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ $CONFIG->{log} = ($debug ? 'debug' : 'info');
 # reconfigure logging to force console output
 Dancer::Logger->init('console', $CONFIG);
 
+# set max outstanding requests for AnyEvent::DNS
+local $ENV{'PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_OUTSTANDING_DNS'}
+    = setting('dns')->{max_outstanding} || 10;
+
 # for the in-memory local job queue
 schema('daemon')->deploy;