diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ab6b26b4..1b65b508 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 v1.1.1
+New : command -M, to limit allowed memory consumption
 
 v1.1.0
 New : contrib/pzstd, parallel version of zstd, by Nick Terrell
diff --git a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c
index d157e005..e6c40999 100644
--- a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c
+++ b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c
@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_setDStreamParameter(ZSTD_DStream* zds,
     switch(paramType)
     {
         default : return ERROR(parameter_unknown);
-        case ZSTDdsp_maxWindowSize : zds->maxWindowSize = paramValue; break;
+        case ZSTDdsp_maxWindowSize : zds->maxWindowSize = paramValue ? paramValue : (U32)(-1); break;
     }
     return 0;
 }
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_decompressStream(ZSTD_DStream* zds, ZSTD_outBuffer* output, ZSTD_inB
             }   }
 
             zds->fParams.windowSize = MAX(zds->fParams.windowSize, 1U << ZSTD_WINDOWLOG_ABSOLUTEMIN);
-            if (zds->fParams.windowSize > zds->maxWindowSize) return ERROR(frameParameter_unsupported);
+            if (zds->fParams.windowSize > zds->maxWindowSize) return ERROR(frameParameter_windowTooLarge);
 
             /* Adapt buffer sizes to frame header instructions */
             {   size_t const blockSize = MIN(zds->fParams.windowSize, ZSTD_BLOCKSIZE_ABSOLUTEMAX);
diff --git a/programs/fileio.c b/programs/fileio.c
index d57ffedd..c4c308e0 100644
--- a/programs/fileio.c
+++ b/programs/fileio.c
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ static U32 g_checksumFlag = 1;
 void FIO_setChecksumFlag(unsigned checksumFlag) { g_checksumFlag = checksumFlag; }
 static U32 g_removeSrcFile = 0;
 void FIO_setRemoveSrcFile(unsigned flag) { g_removeSrcFile = (flag>0); }
+static U32 g_memLimit = 0;
+void FIO_setMemLimit(unsigned memLimit) { g_memLimit = memLimit; }
+
 
 
 /*-*************************************
@@ -480,6 +483,7 @@ static dRess_t FIO_createDResources(const char* dictFileName)
     /* Allocation */
     ress.dctx = ZSTD_createDStream();
     if (ress.dctx==NULL) EXM_THROW(60, "Can't create ZSTD_DStream");
+    ZSTD_setDStreamParameter(ress.dctx, ZSTDdsp_maxWindowSize, g_memLimit);
     ress.srcBufferSize = ZSTD_DStreamInSize();
     ress.srcBuffer = malloc(ress.srcBufferSize);
     ress.dstBufferSize = ZSTD_DStreamOutSize();
diff --git a/programs/fileio.h b/programs/fileio.h
index 1e89aec2..60a7e0de 100644
--- a/programs/fileio.h
+++ b/programs/fileio.h
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-
 /* *************************************
 *  Special i/o constants
 **************************************/
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ void FIO_setSparseWrite(unsigned sparse);  /**< 0: no sparse; 1: disable on stdo
 void FIO_setDictIDFlag(unsigned dictIDFlag);
 void FIO_setChecksumFlag(unsigned checksumFlag);
 void FIO_setRemoveSrcFile(unsigned flag);
+void FIO_setMemLimit(unsigned memLimit);
 
 
 /*-*************************************
diff --git a/programs/zstdcli.c b/programs/zstdcli.c
index f64909d9..3a284c31 100644
--- a/programs/zstdcli.c
+++ b/programs/zstdcli.c
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ static int usage_advanced(const char* programName)
     DISPLAY( "--test  : test compressed file integrity \n");
     DISPLAY( "--[no-]sparse : sparse mode (default:enabled on file, disabled on stdout)\n");
 #endif
+    DISPLAY( " -M#    : Set a memory usage limit for decompression \n");
     DISPLAY( "--      : All arguments after \"--\" are treated as files \n");
 #ifndef ZSTD_NODICT
     DISPLAY( "\n");
@@ -172,14 +173,19 @@ static void waitEnter(void)
 }
 
 /*! readU32FromChar() :
-    @return : unsigned integer value reach from input in `char` format
+    @return : unsigned integer value read from input in `char` format
+    allows and interprets K, KB, KiB, M, MB and MiB suffix.
     Will also modify `*stringPtr`, advancing it to position where it stopped reading.
-    Note : this function can overflow if digit string > MAX_UINT */
+    Note : function result can overflow if digit string > MAX_UINT */
 static unsigned readU32FromChar(const char** stringPtr)
 {
     unsigned result = 0;
     while ((**stringPtr >='0') && (**stringPtr <='9'))
         result *= 10, result += **stringPtr - '0', (*stringPtr)++ ;
+    if (toupper(**stringPtr)=='K') result <<= 10, (*stringPtr)++ ;
+    else if (toupper(**stringPtr)=='M') result <<= 20, (*stringPtr)++ ;
+    if (toupper(**stringPtr)=='i') (*stringPtr)++;
+    if (toupper(**stringPtr)=='B') (*stringPtr)++;
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -206,6 +212,7 @@ int main(int argCount, const char* argv[])
     int cLevel = ZSTDCLI_CLEVEL_DEFAULT;
     int cLevelLast = 1;
     unsigned recursive = 0;
+    unsigned memLimit = 0;
     const char** filenameTable = (const char**)malloc(argCount * sizeof(const char*));   /* argCount >= 1 */
     unsigned filenameIdx = 0;
     const char* programName = argv[0];
@@ -224,8 +231,8 @@ int main(int argCount, const char* argv[])
     /* init */
     (void)recursive; (void)cLevelLast;    /* not used when ZSTD_NOBENCH set */
     (void)dictCLevel; (void)dictSelect; (void)dictID;  /* not used when ZSTD_NODICT set */
-    (void)decode; (void)cLevel; (void)testmode;/* not used when ZSTD_NOCOMPRESS set */
-    (void)ultra; /* not used when ZSTD_NODECOMPRESS set */
+    (void)decode; (void)cLevel; (void)testmode; /* not used when ZSTD_NOCOMPRESS set */
+    (void)ultra; (void)memLimit;   /* not used when ZSTD_NODECOMPRESS set */
     if (filenameTable==NULL) { DISPLAY("zstd: %s \n", strerror(errno)); exit(1); }
     filenameTable[0] = stdinmark;
     displayOut = stderr;
@@ -331,6 +338,12 @@ int main(int argCount, const char* argv[])
                         /* destination file name */
                     case 'o': nextArgumentIsOutFileName=1; lastCommand=1; argument++; break;
 
+                        /* limit decompression memory */
+                    case 'M':
+                        argument++;
+                        memLimit = readU32FromChar(&argument);
+                        break;
+
 #ifdef UTIL_HAS_CREATEFILELIST
                         /* recursive */
                     case 'r': recursive=1; argument++; break;
@@ -359,10 +372,7 @@ int main(int argCount, const char* argv[])
                         /* cut input into blocks (benchmark only) */
                     case 'B':
                         argument++;
-                        {   size_t bSize = readU32FromChar(&argument);
-                            if (toupper(*argument)=='K') bSize<<=10, argument++;  /* allows using KB notation */
-                            if (toupper(*argument)=='M') bSize<<=20, argument++;
-                            if (toupper(*argument)=='B') argument++;
+                        {   size_t const bSize = readU32FromChar(&argument);
                             BMK_setNotificationLevel(displayLevel);
                             BMK_SetBlockSize(bSize);
                         }
@@ -395,8 +405,6 @@ int main(int argCount, const char* argv[])
                 nextArgumentIsMaxDict = 0;
                 lastCommand = 0;
                 maxDictSize = readU32FromChar(&argument);
-                if (toupper(*argument)=='K') maxDictSize <<= 10;
-                if (toupper(*argument)=='M') maxDictSize <<= 20;
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -511,6 +519,7 @@ int main(int argCount, const char* argv[])
     } else {  /* decompression */
 #ifndef ZSTD_NODECOMPRESS
         if (testmode) { outFileName=nulmark; FIO_setRemoveSrcFile(0); } /* test mode */
+        FIO_setMemLimit(memLimit);
         if (filenameIdx==1 && outFileName)
             operationResult = FIO_decompressFilename(outFileName, filenameTable[0], dictFileName);
         else
diff --git a/tests/playTests.sh b/tests/playTests.sh
index d94d8fab..efb0f0cb 100755
--- a/tests/playTests.sh
+++ b/tests/playTests.sh
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ $ZSTD -dc   < tmp.zst > $INTOVOID   # combine decompression, stdin & stdout
 $ZSTD -dc - < tmp.zst > $INTOVOID
 $ZSTD -d    < tmp.zst > $INTOVOID   # implicit stdout when stdin is used
 $ZSTD -d  - < tmp.zst > $INTOVOID
+$ECHO "test : impose memory limitation (must fail)"
+$ZSTD -d -f tmp.zst -M2K -c > $INTOVOID && die "decompression needs more memory than allowed"
 $ECHO "test : overwrite protection"
 $ZSTD -q tmp && die "overwrite check failed!"
 $ECHO "test : force overwrite"