diff --git a/src/coordinator/coordinator.go b/src/coordinator/coordinator.go
index e35f661264..90eefa9064 100644
--- a/src/coordinator/coordinator.go
+++ b/src/coordinator/coordinator.go
@@ -700,6 +700,26 @@ func (self *CoordinatorImpl) CommitSeriesData(db string, serieses []*protocol.Se
 
 func (self *CoordinatorImpl) write(db string, series []*protocol.Series, shard cluster.Shard, sync bool) error {
 	request := &protocol.Request{Type: &write, Database: &db, MultiSeries: series}
+	// break the request if it's too big
+	if request.Size() >= MAX_REQUEST_SIZE {
+		if l := len(series); l > 1 {
+			// create two requests with half the serie
+			if err := self.write(db, series[:l/2], shard, sync); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return self.write(db, series[l/2:], shard, sync)
+		}
+
+		// otherwise, split the points of the only series
+		s := series[0]
+		l := len(s.Points)
+		s1 := &protocol.Series{Name: s.Name, Fields: s.Fields, Points: s.Points[:l/2]}
+		if err := self.write(db, []*protocol.Series{s1}, shard, sync); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		s2 := &protocol.Series{Name: s.Name, Fields: s.Fields, Points: s.Points[l/2:]}
+		return self.write(db, []*protocol.Series{s2}, shard, sync)
+	}
 	if sync {
 		return shard.SyncWrite(request)
 	}
diff --git a/src/integration/multiple_servers_test.go b/src/integration/multiple_servers_test.go
index 28331da89b..e08dcdf675 100644
--- a/src/integration/multiple_servers_test.go
+++ b/src/integration/multiple_servers_test.go
@@ -53,6 +53,23 @@ func (self *ServerSuite) TearDownSuite(c *C) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (self *ServerSuite) TestLargeRequestSize(c *C) {
+	client := self.serverProcesses[0].GetClient("db1", c)
+	c.Assert(client.CreateDatabase("db1"), IsNil)
+	numberOfPoints := 2 * 1024 * 1024
+	data := CreatePoints("test_large_requests", 1, numberOfPoints)
+	self.serverProcesses[0].WriteData(data, c)
+	for _, s := range self.serverProcesses {
+		s.WaitForServerToSync()
+	}
+	for _, s := range self.serverProcesses {
+		data = s.RunQuery("select count(column0) from test_large_requests", "m", c)
+		c.Assert(data, HasLen, 1)
+		c.Assert(data[0].Points, HasLen, 1)
+		c.Assert(data[0].Points[0][1], Equals, float64(numberOfPoints))
+	}
+}
+
 func (self *ServerSuite) TestChangingRootPassword(c *C) {
 	rootClient := self.serverProcesses[0].GetClient("", c)
 	c.Assert(rootClient.CreateClusterAdmin("newroot", "root"), IsNil)
diff --git a/src/protocol/protocol_extensions.go b/src/protocol/protocol_extensions.go
index cafc70b4df..27f601e20b 100644
--- a/src/protocol/protocol_extensions.go
+++ b/src/protocol/protocol_extensions.go
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ func (self *Point) GetFieldValueAsString(idx int) string {
 	}
 }
 
+func (self *Request) Size() int {
+	return proto.Size(self)
+}
+
 func DecodeRequest(buff *bytes.Buffer) (request *Request, err error) {
 	request = &Request{}
 	err = proto.Unmarshal(buff.Bytes(), request)
@@ -112,6 +116,10 @@ func (self *Request) Decode(data []byte) error {
 	return proto.Unmarshal(data, self)
 }
 
+func (self *Response) Size() int {
+	return proto.Size(self)
+}
+
 func DecodeResponse(buff *bytes.Buffer) (response *Response, err error) {
 	response = &Response{}
 	err = proto.Unmarshal(buff.Bytes(), response)