diff --git a/include/common/defaults.h b/include/common/defaults.h
index 63b2b89..6193bdc 100644
--- a/include/common/defaults.h
+++ b/include/common/defaults.h
@@ -295,4 +295,15 @@
 #ifndef TLS_TICKETS_NO
 #define TLS_TICKETS_NO 3
 #endif
+
+/* pattern lookup default cache size, in number of entries :
+ * 10k entries at 10k req/s mean 1% risk of a collision after 60 years, that's
+ * already much less than the memory's reliability in most machines and more
+ * durable than most admin's life expectancy. A collision will result in a
+ * valid result to be returned for a different entry from the same list.
+ */
+#ifndef DEFAULT_PAT_LRU_SIZE
+#define DEFAULT_PAT_LRU_SIZE 10000
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _COMMON_DEFAULTS_H */
diff --git a/include/types/global.h b/include/types/global.h
index afd7aef..7533bb0 100644
--- a/include/types/global.h
+++ b/include/types/global.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
 		int pipesize;      /* pipe size in bytes, system defaults if zero */
 		int max_http_hdr;  /* max number of HTTP headers, use MAX_HTTP_HDR if zero */
 		int cookie_len;    /* max length of cookie captures */
+		int pattern_cache; /* max number of entries in the pattern cache. */
 		int sslcachesize;  /* SSL cache size in session, defaults to 20000 */
 #ifdef USE_OPENSSL
 		int sslprivatecache; /* Force to use a private session cache even if nbproc > 1 */