diff --git a/include/haproxy/global-t.h b/include/haproxy/global-t.h
index fbbc88da3..3544622d3 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/global-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/global-t.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ struct global {
 		int pool_high_count;  /* max number of opened fd before we start killing idle connections when creating new connections */
 		unsigned short idle_timer; /* how long before an empty buffer is considered idle (ms) */
 #ifdef USE_QUIC
+		unsigned int quic_retry_threshold;
 		unsigned int quic_streams_buf;
 #endif /* USE_QUIC */
 	} tune;
diff --git a/include/haproxy/xprt_quic-t.h b/include/haproxy/xprt_quic-t.h
index 5ea31189f..a85b47c46 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/xprt_quic-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/xprt_quic-t.h
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ typedef unsigned long long ull;
 #define QUIC_RETRY_TOKEN_SALTLEN       16 /* bytes */
 /* Retry token duration */
 #define QUIC_RETRY_DURATION_MS      10000
+/* Default Retry threshold */
+#define QUIC_DFLT_RETRY_THRESHOLD     100 /* in connection openings */
 
 /*
  *  0                   1                   2                   3
diff --git a/src/cfgparse-quic.c b/src/cfgparse-quic.c
index deaa13ffe..03f417825 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse-quic.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse-quic.c
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ static struct bind_kw_list bind_kws = { "QUIC", { }, {
 
 INITCALL1(STG_REGISTER, bind_register_keywords, &bind_kws);
 
-static int cfg_parse_quic_conn_buf_limit(char **args, int section_type,
-                                         struct proxy *curpx,
-                                         const struct proxy *defpx,
-                                         const char *file, int line, char **err)
+/* Parse any tune.quic.* setting with strictly positive integer values.
+ * Return -1 on alert, or 0 if succeeded.
+ */
+static int cfg_parse_quic_tune_setting(char **args, int section_type,
+                                       struct proxy *curpx,
+                                       const struct proxy *defpx,
+                                       const char *file, int line, char **err)
 {
 	unsigned int arg = 0;
+	int prefix_len = strlen("tune.quic.");
 
 	if (too_many_args(1, args, err, NULL))
 		return -1;
@@ -36,13 +40,21 @@ static int cfg_parse_quic_conn_buf_limit(char **args, int section_type,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	global.tune.quic_streams_buf = arg;
+	if (strcmp(args[0] + prefix_len, "conn-buf-limit") == 0)
+		global.tune.quic_streams_buf = arg;
+	else if (strcmp(args[0] + prefix_len, "retry-threshold") == 0)
+		global.tune.quic_retry_threshold = arg;
+	else {
+		memprintf(err, "'%s' keyword not unhandled (please report this bug).", args[0]);
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct cfg_kw_list cfg_kws = {ILH, {
-	{ CFG_GLOBAL, "tune.quic.conn-buf-limit", cfg_parse_quic_conn_buf_limit },
+	{ CFG_GLOBAL, "tune.quic.conn-buf-limit", cfg_parse_quic_tune_setting },
+	{ CFG_GLOBAL, "tune.quic.retry-threshold", cfg_parse_quic_tune_setting },
 	{ 0, NULL, NULL }
 }};
 
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index f3cf30ec9..1d6612619 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
 #include <haproxy/uri_auth-t.h>
 #include <haproxy/vars.h>
 #include <haproxy/version.h>
+#include <haproxy/xprt_quic-t.h>
 
 
 /* array of init calls for older platforms */
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ struct global global = {
 		.idle_timer = 1000, /* 1 second */
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_QUIC
+		.quic_retry_threshold = QUIC_DFLT_RETRY_THRESHOLD,
 		.quic_streams_buf = 30,
 #endif /* USE_QUIC */
 	},