diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/.env.example b/packages/twenty-server/.env.example
index 305de015a2..90c0fb7ea2 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/.env.example
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/.env.example
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:3001
 # APPLICATION_LOG_DRIVER=CONSOLE
 # LOG_LEVELS=error,warn
 # SERVER_URL=http://localhost:3000
+# Keep above your reverse proxy / load balancer idle timeout (nginx, ALB, ... 60s).
+# SERVER_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS=65000
 # WORKSPACE_INACTIVE_DAYS_BEFORE_NOTIFICATION=7
 # WORKSPACE_INACTIVE_DAYS_BEFORE_SOFT_DELETION=14
 # WORKSPACE_INACTIVE_DAYS_BEFORE_DELETION=21
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/twenty-config/config-variables.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/twenty-config/config-variables.ts
index e6d002142d..d0274845c7 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/twenty-config/config-variables.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/core-modules/twenty-config/config-variables.ts
@@ -1255,6 +1255,20 @@ export class ConfigVariables {
   @IsOptional()
   NODE_PORT = 3000;
 
+  @ConfigVariablesMetadata({
+    group: ConfigVariablesGroup.SERVER_CONFIG,
+    description:
+      'Idle keep-alive timeout (ms) for the HTTP server. Should be higher ' +
+      'than the idle timeout of any reverse proxy / load balancer in front ' +
+      'of it (nginx, ALB, ... default 60s), so the proxy is the side that ' +
+      'closes idle connections.',
+    type: ConfigVariableType.NUMBER,
+    isEnvOnly: true,
+  })
+  @CastToPositiveNumber()
+  @IsOptional()
+  SERVER_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS = 65000;
+
   @ConfigVariablesMetadata({
     group: ConfigVariablesGroup.SERVER_CONFIG,
     description: 'Base URL for the server',
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/main.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/main.ts
index 121505c376..75eba83ae9 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/main.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ const bootstrap = async () => {
   // Inject the server url in the frontend page
   generateFrontConfig();
 
+  const keepAliveTimeout = twentyConfigService.get(
+    'SERVER_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS',
+  );
+  const httpServer = app.getHttpServer();
+
+  httpServer.keepAliveTimeout = keepAliveTimeout;
+  httpServer.headersTimeout = keepAliveTimeout + 1000;
+
   await app.listen(twentyConfigService.get('NODE_PORT'));
 };