diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e95495..3d733b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ Maximal upload size.
 
 Maximum amount of memory that a script is allowed to allocate.
 
+## PHP_MAX_EXECUTION_TIME
+- default 30
+
+Execution time limit for php scripts in seconds.
+
 ## PHP_ADMIN_VALUES
 Comma seperated list of php admin values.
 
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/confd/conf.d/01_max_execution_time.ini.toml b/rootfs/etc/confd/conf.d/01_max_execution_time.ini.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e494d48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rootfs/etc/confd/conf.d/01_max_execution_time.ini.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[template]
+src = "01_memory_limit.ini.tmpl.ini"
+dest = "/etc/php7/conf.d/01_memory_limit.ini"
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/confd/templates/01_memory_limit.ini.tmpl.ini.tmpl b/rootfs/etc/confd/templates/01_memory_limit.ini.tmpl.ini.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..482a8ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rootfs/etc/confd/templates/01_memory_limit.ini.tmpl.ini.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+max_execution_time = {{ getenv "PHP_MAX_EXECUTION_TIME" "30"}}