diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Target/Target.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Target/Target.h
index d37e6e8489e86e326d748a5a69a123fbe95b70df..908c7b544561e9dbd0cbc32d512600509fcfe477 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Target/Target.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Target/Target.h
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ public:
     
     uint32_t
     GetMaximumSizeOfStringSummary() const;
+
+    uint32_t
+    GetMaximumMemReadSize () const;
     
     FileSpec
     GetStandardInputPath () const;
diff --git a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectMemory.cpp b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectMemory.cpp
index 4d49e7ba9bd998ac80f1185998b8aa21bc182caa..fe44ad052abdc6fffbd0c1e6086126fc167c7c57 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectMemory.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectMemory.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ g_option_table[] =
     { LLDB_OPT_SET_3, true , "type"         ,'t', required_argument, NULL, 0, eArgTypeNone          ,"The name of a type to view memory as."}, 
     { LLDB_OPT_SET_1|
       LLDB_OPT_SET_2|
-      LLDB_OPT_SET_3, false, "force"        ,'r', no_argument,       NULL, 0, eArgTypeNone          ,"Necessary if reading over 1024 bytes of memory."},
+      LLDB_OPT_SET_3, false, "force"        ,'r', no_argument,       NULL, 0, eArgTypeNone          ,"Necessary if reading over target.max-memory-read-size bytes."},
 };
 
 
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ public:
         m_num_per_line.Clear();
         m_output_as_binary = false;
         m_view_as_type.Clear();
+        m_force = false;
     }
     
     Error
@@ -642,15 +643,16 @@ protected:
             item_count = total_byte_size / item_byte_size;
         }
         
-        if (total_byte_size > 1024 && !m_memory_options.m_force)
+        uint32_t max_unforced_size = target->GetMaximumMemReadSize();
+        
+        if (total_byte_size > max_unforced_size && !m_memory_options.m_force)
         {
-            result.AppendErrorWithFormat("Normally, \'memory read\' will not read over 1Kbyte of data.\n");
-            result.AppendErrorWithFormat("Please use --force to override this restriction.\n");
+            result.AppendErrorWithFormat("Normally, \'memory read\' will not read over %" PRIu32 " bytes of data.\n",max_unforced_size);
+            result.AppendErrorWithFormat("Please use --force to override this restriction just once.\n");
+            result.AppendErrorWithFormat("or set target.max-memory-read-size if you will often need a larger limit.\n");
             return false;
         }
         
-        
-        
         DataBufferSP data_sp;
         size_t bytes_read = 0;
         if (clang_ast_type.GetOpaqueQualType())
diff --git a/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp b/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp
index e04613d903277a2094c340ce6c8b157d32ead962..cac31a2bda497ad2a6ab651b6e03a59ddecb1d2a 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp
@@ -2295,6 +2295,7 @@ g_properties[] =
     { "exec-search-paths"                  , OptionValue::eTypeFileSpecList, false, 0                       , NULL, NULL, "Executable search paths to use when locating executable files whose paths don't match the local file system." },
     { "max-children-count"                 , OptionValue::eTypeSInt64    , false, 256                       , NULL, NULL, "Maximum number of children to expand in any level of depth." },
     { "max-string-summary-length"          , OptionValue::eTypeSInt64    , false, 1024                      , NULL, NULL, "Maximum number of characters to show when using %s in summary strings." },
+    { "max-memory-read-size"               , OptionValue::eTypeSInt64    , false, 1024                      , NULL, NULL, "Maximum number of bytes that 'memory read' will fetch before --force must be specified." },
     { "breakpoints-use-platform-avoid-list", OptionValue::eTypeBoolean   , false, true                      , NULL, NULL, "Consult the platform module avoid list when setting non-module specific breakpoints." },
     { "arg0"                               , OptionValue::eTypeString    , false, 0                         , NULL, NULL, "The first argument passed to the program in the argument array which can be different from the executable itself." },
     { "run-args"                           , OptionValue::eTypeArgs      , false, 0                         , NULL, NULL, "A list containing all the arguments to be passed to the executable when it is run. Note that this does NOT include the argv[0] which is in target.arg0." },
@@ -2329,6 +2330,7 @@ enum
     ePropertyExecutableSearchPaths,
     ePropertyMaxChildrenCount,
     ePropertyMaxSummaryLength,
+    ePropertyMaxMemReadSize,
     ePropertyBreakpointUseAvoidList,
     ePropertyArg0,
     ePropertyRunArgs,
@@ -2624,6 +2626,13 @@ TargetProperties::GetMaximumSizeOfStringSummary() const
     return m_collection_sp->GetPropertyAtIndexAsSInt64 (NULL, idx, g_properties[idx].default_uint_value);
 }
 
+uint32_t
+TargetProperties::GetMaximumMemReadSize () const
+{
+    const uint32_t idx = ePropertyMaxMemReadSize;
+    return m_collection_sp->GetPropertyAtIndexAsSInt64 (NULL, idx, g_properties[idx].default_uint_value);
+}
+
 FileSpec
 TargetProperties::GetStandardInputPath () const
 {