diff --git a/ara/config/base.py b/ara/config/base.py
index c5986335..bcbc2349 100644
--- a/ara/config/base.py
+++ b/ara/config/base.py
@@ -41,6 +41,24 @@ class BaseConfig(object):
         )
         self.SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = self.ARA_DATABASE
         self.SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS = False
+        self.SQLALCHEMY_POOL_SIZE = ara_config(
+            'sqlalchemy_pool_size',
+            'SQLALCHEMY_POOL_SIZE',
+            None,
+            value_type='integer'
+        )
+        self.SQLALCHEMY_POOL_TIMEOUT = ara_config(
+            'sqlalchemy_pool_timeout',
+            'SQLALCHEMY_POOL_TIMEOUT',
+            None,
+            value_type='integer'
+        )
+        self.SQLALCHEMY_POOL_RECYCLE = ara_config(
+            'sqlalchemy_pool_recycle',
+            'SQLALCHEMY_POOL_RECYCLE',
+            None,
+            value_type='integer'
+        )
         self.DB_MIGRATIONS = os.path.join(ara_location, 'db')
 
         self.ARA_HOST = ara_config('host', 'ARA_HOST', '127.0.0.1')
diff --git a/ara/tests/unit/test_config.py b/ara/tests/unit/test_config.py
index b63c7f58..420dfea0 100644
--- a/ara/tests/unit/test_config.py
+++ b/ara/tests/unit/test_config.py
@@ -34,24 +34,27 @@ class TestConfig(TestAra):
     # TODO: Improve those
     def test_config_base(self):
         base_config = BaseConfig()
-        db = "sqlite:///%s/ansible.sqlite" % os.path.expanduser('~/.ara')
+        db = 'sqlite:///%s/ansible.sqlite' % os.path.expanduser('~/.ara')
         defaults = {
-            "FREEZER_IGNORE_MIMETYPE_WARNINGS": True,
-            "FREEZER_DEFAULT_MIMETYPE": "text/html",
-            "FREEZER_IGNORE_404_NOT_FOUND": True,
-            "ARA_DIR": os.path.expanduser('~/.ara'),
-            "SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI": db,
-            "ARA_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
-            "ARA_AUTOCREATE_DATABASE": True,
-            "ARA_PORT": "9191",
-            "ARA_DATABASE": db,
-            "ARA_IGNORE_EMPTY_GENERATION": True,
-            "ARA_IGNORE_PARAMETERS": [
-                "extra_vars"
+            'FREEZER_IGNORE_MIMETYPE_WARNINGS': True,
+            'FREEZER_DEFAULT_MIMETYPE': 'text/html',
+            'FREEZER_IGNORE_404_NOT_FOUND': True,
+            'ARA_DIR': os.path.expanduser('~/.ara'),
+            'SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI': db,
+            'ARA_HOST': '127.0.0.1',
+            'ARA_AUTOCREATE_DATABASE': True,
+            'ARA_PORT': "9191",
+            'ARA_DATABASE': db,
+            'ARA_IGNORE_EMPTY_GENERATION': True,
+            'ARA_IGNORE_PARAMETERS': [
+                'extra_vars'
             ],
-            "FREEZER_RELATIVE_URLS": True,
-            "SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS": False,
-            "DB_MIGRATIONS": os.path.join(ara_location, 'db')
+            'FREEZER_RELATIVE_URLS': True,
+            'SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS': False,
+            'SQLALCHEMY_POOL_SIZE': None,
+            'SQLALCHEMY_POOL_TIMEOUT': None,
+            'SQLALCHEMY_POOL_RECYCLE': None,
+            'DB_MIGRATIONS': os.path.join(ara_location, 'db')
         }
 
         for key, value in base_config.config.items():
diff --git a/doc/source/configuration.rst b/doc/source/configuration.rst
index aff0655b..65c5777b 100644
--- a/doc/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/source/configuration.rst
@@ -139,6 +139,17 @@ Parameters and their defaults
 +-------------------------------+----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
 | ARA_RESULT_PER_PAGE_          | result_per_page            | 25                                        |
 +-------------------------------+----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| SQLALCHEMY_POOL_SIZE_         | sqlalchemy_pool_size       | None (default managed by flask-sqlalchemy)|
++-------------------------------+----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| SQLALCHEMY_POOL_TIMEOUT_      | sqlalchemy_pool_timeout    | None (default managed by flask-sqlalchemy)|
++-------------------------------+----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+| SQLALCHEMY_POOL_RECYCLE_      | sqlalchemy_pool_recycle    | None (default managed by flask-sqlalchemy)|
++-------------------------------+----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
+
+.. _SQLALCHEMY_POOL_SIZE: http://flask-sqlalchemy.pocoo.org/2.3/config/#configuration-keys
+.. _SQLALCHEMY_POOL_TIMEOUT: http://flask-sqlalchemy.pocoo.org/2.3/config/#configuration-keys
+.. _SQLALCHEMY_POOL_RECYCLE: http://flask-sqlalchemy.pocoo.org/2.3/config/#configuration-keys
+
 
 ARA_DIR
 ~~~~~~~