diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1b7f939..b6dfad5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ By default, all the extra defaults below are applied through the php.ini include
     php_post_max_size: "32M"
     php_date_timezone: "America/Chicago"
     php_sendmail_path: "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i"
+    php_output_buffering: "4096"
     php_short_open_tag: false
     php_error_reporting: "E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT"
     php_display_errors: "Off"
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 1f0379c..8d2a6be 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ php_post_max_size: "32M"
 php_date_timezone: "America/Chicago"
 
 php_sendmail_path: "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i"
+php_output_buffering: "4096"
 php_short_open_tag: false
 
 php_session_cookie_lifetime: 0
diff --git a/templates/php.ini.j2 b/templates/php.ini.j2
index b34354b..2280d59 100644
--- a/templates/php.ini.j2
+++ b/templates/php.ini.j2
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ engine = On
 short_open_tag = {{ php_short_open_tag }}
 asp_tags = Off
 precision = 14
-output_buffering = 4096
+output_buffering = {{ php_output_buffering }}
 
 zlib.output_compression = Off