diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f724b93..da04182 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ This plugin can be configured [through environment variables](https://github.com
 - `NEW_RELIC_UTILIZATION_BILLING_HOSTNAME`: sets Utilization.BillingHostname
 - `NEW_RELIC_UTILIZATION_LOGICAL_PROCESSORS`: sets Utilization.LogicalProcessors using [strconv.Atoi](https://golang.org/pkg/strconv/#Atoi).
 - `NEW_RELIC_UTILIZATION_TOTAL_RAM_MIB`: sets Utilization.TotalRAMMIB using [strconv.Atoi](https://golang.org/pkg/strconv/#Atoi).
+- `NEW_RELIC_TRANSACTION_EVENTS_MAX_SAMPLES_STORED`: sets TransactionEvents.MaxSamplesStored using [strconv.Atoi](https://golang.org/pkg/strconv/#Atoi).
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5aaf8d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package restqlnewrelic
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/newrelic/go-agent/v3/newrelic"
+)
+
+const transactionEventsMaxSamples = "NEW_RELIC_TRANSACTION_EVENTS_MAX_SAMPLES_STORED"
+
+func ExtraConfigFromEnvironment() newrelic.ConfigOption {
+	return extraConfigFromEnvironment(os.Getenv)
+}
+
+func extraConfigFromEnvironment(getenv func(string) string) newrelic.ConfigOption {
+	return func(cfg *newrelic.Config) {
+		// Because fields could have been assigned in a previous
+		// ConfigOption, we only want to assign fields using environment
+		// variables that have been populated.  This is especially
+		// relevant for the string case where no processing occurs.
+		assignInt := func(field *int, name string) {
+			if env := getenv(name); env != "" {
+				if i, err := strconv.Atoi(env); nil != err {
+					cfg.Error = fmt.Errorf("invalid %s value: %s", name, env)
+				} else {
+					*field = i
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		assignInt(&cfg.TransactionEvents.MaxSamplesStored, transactionEventsMaxSamples)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e28469c..d8439ca 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func MakeNewRelicPlugin(logger restql.Logger) (restql.LifecyclePlugin, error) {
-	app, err := newrelic.NewApplication(newrelic.ConfigFromEnvironment())
+	app, err := newrelic.NewApplication(
+		newrelic.ConfigFromEnvironment(),
+		ExtraConfigFromEnvironment(),
+	)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error("failed to initialize new relic", err)