diff --git a/config/alfresco/remote-api-context.xml b/config/alfresco/remote-api-context.xml
index 018dd362f6..e2ed0d8293 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/remote-api-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/remote-api-context.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
       <property name="tenantService">
          <ref bean="tenantService" />
       </property>
+      <property name="sizeLimitString">
+         <value>${system.content.maximumFileSizeLimit}</value>
+      </property>
       <property name="policyBehaviourFilter">
          <ref bean="policyBehaviourFilter" />
       </property>
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVHelper.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVHelper.java
index 963c09dccd..91ba5cbb3d 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVHelper.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVHelper.java
@@ -115,6 +115,29 @@ public class WebDAVHelper
 
     private String m_urlPathPrefix;
         
+    private long sizeLimit = -1L;
+    
+    /**
+     * This method sets a value for the limit. If the string does not {@link Long#parseLong(String) parse} to a
+     * java long.
+     * 
+     * @param limit a String representing a valid Java long.
+     */
+    public void setSizeLimitString(String limit)
+    {
+        // A string parameter is used here in order to not to require end users to provide a value for the limit in a property
+        // file. This results in the empty string being injected to this method.
+        long longLimit = -1L;
+        try
+        {
+            longLimit = Long.parseLong(limit);
+        } catch (NumberFormatException ignored)
+        {
+            // Intentionally empty
+        }
+        this.sizeLimit = longLimit;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Set the regular expression that will be applied to filenames during renames
      * to detect whether clients are performing a renaming shuffle - common during
@@ -129,6 +152,14 @@ public class WebDAVHelper
         this.m_renameShufflePattern = renameShufflePattern;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return          Return the limit size
+     */
+    public long getSizeLimit()
+    {
+        return sizeLimit;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * @return          Return the authentication service
      */
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVMethod.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVMethod.java
index d3e32f7cb7..b7b70e0c4b 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVMethod.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVMethod.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -46,8 +45,7 @@ import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 
 import org.alfresco.model.ContentModel;
-import org.alfresco.repo.model.filefolder.HiddenAspect;
-import org.alfresco.repo.model.filefolder.HiddenAspect.Visibility;
+import org.alfresco.repo.content.LimitedStreamCopier;
 import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationUtil;
 import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationUtil.RunAsWork;
 import org.alfresco.repo.security.permissions.AccessDeniedException;
@@ -68,15 +66,12 @@ import org.alfresco.service.cmr.security.AuthenticationService;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.security.PermissionService;
 import org.alfresco.service.namespace.NamespaceService;
 import org.alfresco.service.transaction.TransactionService;
-import org.alfresco.util.FileFilterMode;
-import org.alfresco.util.FileFilterMode.Client;
 import org.alfresco.util.TempFileProvider;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.dom4j.DocumentHelper;
 import org.dom4j.io.OutputFormat;
 import org.dom4j.io.XMLWriter;
-import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
@@ -289,12 +284,15 @@ public abstract class WebDAVMethod
         if (this.m_requestBody == null)
         {
             this.m_requestBody = TempFileProvider.createTempFile("webdav_" + req.getMethod() + "_", ".bin");
-            OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(this.m_requestBody);
-            int bytesRead = FileCopyUtils.copy(req.getInputStream(), out);
+            // copy the streams
+            LimitedStreamCopier streamCopier = new LimitedStreamCopier();
+            long bytes = streamCopier.copyStreamsLong(req.getInputStream(), new FileOutputStream(this.m_requestBody), m_davHelper.getSizeLimit());
+            
+            // get content length
+            long contentLength = Long.valueOf(req.getHeader(WebDAV.HEADER_CONTENT_LENGTH));
             
             // ALF-7377: check for corrupt request
-            int contentLength = req.getIntHeader(WebDAV.HEADER_CONTENT_LENGTH);
-            if (contentLength >= 0 && contentLength != bytesRead)
+            if (contentLength >= 0 && contentLength != bytes)
             {
                 throw new IOException("Request body does not have specified Content Length");
             }