diff --git a/web/app.js b/web/app.js
index 80d64f220..1d7fed31e 100644
--- a/web/app.js
+++ b/web/app.js
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ let PDFViewerApplication = {
         renderInteractiveForms: viewerPrefs['renderInteractiveForms'],
         enablePrintAutoRotate: viewerPrefs['enablePrintAutoRotate'],
         useOnlyCssZoom: PDFJS.useOnlyCssZoom,
+        maxCanvasPixels: PDFJS.maxCanvasPixels,
       });
       pdfRenderingQueue.setViewer(this.pdfViewer);
       pdfLinkService.setViewer(this.pdfViewer);
diff --git a/web/base_viewer.js b/web/base_viewer.js
index acc2d439f..259817da9 100644
--- a/web/base_viewer.js
+++ b/web/base_viewer.js
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ const DEFAULT_CACHE_SIZE = 10;
  * @property {string} renderer - 'canvas' or 'svg'. The default is 'canvas'.
  * @property {boolean} useOnlyCssZoom - (optional) Enables CSS only zooming.
  *   The default value is `false`.
+ * @property {number} maxCanvasPixels - (optional) The maximum supported canvas
+ *   size in total pixels, i.e. width * height. Use -1 for no limit.
+ *   The default value is 4096 * 4096 (16 mega-pixels).
  * @property {IL10n} l10n - Localization service.
  */
 
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ class BaseViewer {
     this.enablePrintAutoRotate = options.enablePrintAutoRotate || false;
     this.renderer = options.renderer || RendererType.CANVAS;
     this.useOnlyCssZoom = options.useOnlyCssZoom || false;
+    this.maxCanvasPixels = options.maxCanvasPixels;
     this.l10n = options.l10n || NullL10n;
 
     this.defaultRenderingQueue = !options.renderingQueue;
@@ -381,6 +385,7 @@ class BaseViewer {
           renderInteractiveForms: this.renderInteractiveForms,
           renderer: this.renderer,
           useOnlyCssZoom: this.useOnlyCssZoom,
+          maxCanvasPixels: this.maxCanvasPixels,
           l10n: this.l10n,
         });
         bindOnAfterAndBeforeDraw(pageView);
diff --git a/web/pdf_page_view.js b/web/pdf_page_view.js
index df2cdd9ab..5abbf0703 100644
--- a/web/pdf_page_view.js
+++ b/web/pdf_page_view.js
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ import {
   RendererType, roundToDivide
 } from './ui_utils';
 import {
-  createPromiseCapability, PDFJS, RenderingCancelledException, SVGGraphics
+  createPromiseCapability, RenderingCancelledException, SVGGraphics
 } from 'pdfjs-lib';
 import { getGlobalEventBus } from './dom_events';
 import { RenderingStates } from './pdf_rendering_queue';
+import { viewerCompatibilityParams } from './viewer_compatibility';
 
 /**
  * @typedef {Object} PDFPageViewOptions
@@ -40,9 +41,14 @@ import { RenderingStates } from './pdf_rendering_queue';
  * @property {string} renderer - 'canvas' or 'svg'. The default is 'canvas'.
  * @property {boolean} useOnlyCssZoom - (optional) Enables CSS only zooming.
  *   The default value is `false`.
+ * @property {number} maxCanvasPixels - (optional) The maximum supported canvas
+ *   size in total pixels, i.e. width * height. Use -1 for no limit.
+ *   The default value is 4096 * 4096 (16 mega-pixels).
  * @property {IL10n} l10n - Localization service.
  */
 
+const MAX_CANVAS_PIXELS = viewerCompatibilityParams.maxCanvasPixels || 16777216;
+
 /**
  * @implements {IRenderableView}
  */
@@ -67,6 +73,7 @@ class PDFPageView {
     this.enhanceTextSelection = options.enhanceTextSelection || false;
     this.renderInteractiveForms = options.renderInteractiveForms || false;
     this.useOnlyCssZoom = options.useOnlyCssZoom || false;
+    this.maxCanvasPixels = options.maxCanvasPixels || MAX_CANVAS_PIXELS;
 
     this.eventBus = options.eventBus || getGlobalEventBus();
     this.renderingQueue = options.renderingQueue;
@@ -211,11 +218,11 @@ class PDFPageView {
     }
 
     let isScalingRestricted = false;
-    if (this.canvas && PDFJS.maxCanvasPixels > 0) {
+    if (this.canvas && this.maxCanvasPixels > 0) {
       let outputScale = this.outputScale;
       if (((Math.floor(this.viewport.width) * outputScale.sx) | 0) *
           ((Math.floor(this.viewport.height) * outputScale.sy) | 0) >
-          PDFJS.maxCanvasPixels) {
+          this.maxCanvasPixels) {
         isScalingRestricted = true;
       }
     }
@@ -529,9 +536,9 @@ class PDFPageView {
       outputScale.scaled = true;
     }
 
-    if (PDFJS.maxCanvasPixels > 0) {
+    if (this.maxCanvasPixels > 0) {
       let pixelsInViewport = viewport.width * viewport.height;
-      let maxScale = Math.sqrt(PDFJS.maxCanvasPixels / pixelsInViewport);
+      let maxScale = Math.sqrt(this.maxCanvasPixels / pixelsInViewport);
       if (outputScale.sx > maxScale || outputScale.sy > maxScale) {
         outputScale.sx = maxScale;
         outputScale.sy = maxScale;