diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75c176a..7283267 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ FluntBit custom output plugin which allows sending messages to AWS-SQS.
 | PluginTagAttribute     | attribute name of the message tag                        | no        |
 | QueueMessageGroupId    | the group id required for fifo queues                    | fifo-only |
 | ProxyUrl               | the proxy address between fluentbit and sqs (if exists)  | no        |
+| BatchSize              | set amount of messages to be sent in a batch request     | yes       |
 
 ```conf
 [SERVICE]
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ FluntBit custom output plugin which allows sending messages to AWS-SQS.
     Match *
     QueueUrl    http://aws-sqs-url.com
     QueueRegion eu-central-1
+    BatchSize   10
 ```
 
 ## Installation
diff --git a/out_sqs.go b/out_sqs.go
index 33d9081..05604a2 100644
--- a/out_sqs.go
+++ b/out_sqs.go
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"C"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 	"unsafe"
-	"os"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 // integer representation for this plugin log level
 // 0 - debug
 // 1 - info
-// 2 - error 
+// 2 - error
 var sqsOutLogLevel int
 
 // MessageCounter is used for count the current SQS Batch messages
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ type sqsConfig struct {
 	mySQS               *sqs.SQS
 	pluginTagAttribute  string
 	proxyURL            string
+	batchSize           int
 }
 
 //export FLBPluginRegister
@@ -54,12 +56,14 @@ func FLBPluginInit(plugin unsafe.Pointer) int {
 	queueMessageGroupID := output.FLBPluginConfigKey(plugin, "QueueMessageGroupId")
 	pluginTagAttribute := output.FLBPluginConfigKey(plugin, "PluginTagAttribute")
 	proxyURL := output.FLBPluginConfigKey(plugin, "ProxyUrl")
+	batchSizeString := output.FLBPluginConfigKey(plugin, "BatchSize")
 
 	writeInfoLog(fmt.Sprintf("QueueUrl is: %s", queueURL))
 	writeInfoLog(fmt.Sprintf("QueueRegion is: %s", queueRegion))
 	writeInfoLog(fmt.Sprintf("QueueMessageGroupId is: %s", queueMessageGroupID))
 	writeInfoLog(fmt.Sprintf("pluginTagAttribute is: %s", pluginTagAttribute))
 	writeInfoLog(fmt.Sprintf("ProxyUrl is: %s", proxyURL))
+	writeInfoLog(fmt.Sprintf("BatchSize is: %s", batchSizeString))
 
 	if queueURL == "" {
 		writeErrorLog(errors.New("QueueUrl configuration key is mandatory"))
@@ -78,6 +82,12 @@ func FLBPluginInit(plugin unsafe.Pointer) int {
 		}
 	}
 
+	batchSize, err := strconv.Atoi(batchSizeString)
+	if err != nil || (0 > batchSize && batchSize > 10) {
+		writeErrorLog(errors.New("BatchSize should be integer value between 1 and 10"))
+		return output.FLB_ERROR
+	}
+
 	writeInfoLog("retrieving aws credentials from environment variables")
 	awsCredentials := credentials.NewEnvCredentials()
 	var myAWSSession *session.Session
@@ -126,6 +136,7 @@ func FLBPluginInit(plugin unsafe.Pointer) int {
 		queueMessageGroupID: queueMessageGroupID,
 		mySQS:               sqs.New(myAWSSession),
 		pluginTagAttribute:  pluginTagAttribute,
+		batchSize:           batchSize,
 	})
 
 	return output.FLB_OK
@@ -212,7 +223,7 @@ func FLBPluginFlushCtx(ctx, data unsafe.Pointer, length C.int, tag *C.char) int
 
 		SqsRecords = append(SqsRecords, sqsRecord)
 
-		if MessageCounter == 10 {
+		if MessageCounter == sqsConf.batchSize {
 			err := sendBatchToSqs(sqsConf, SqsRecords)
 
 			SqsRecords = nil