diff --git a/plugins/apache/apache_average_time_last_n_requests b/plugins/apache/apache_average_time_last_n_requests
index f01bb638..04002839 100755
--- a/plugins/apache/apache_average_time_last_n_requests
+++ b/plugins/apache/apache_average_time_last_n_requests
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
 #
 # Configurable variables
 # 	fieldno      - Override the default field number
+#   linecount    - How many last request to consider
 #%# family=auto
 
 use strict;
 
-my $LAST_N_REQUESTS = 100000; # calculate based on this amount of requests
-my $ACCESS_LOG_PATTERN = '/var/log/apache2/access.log.*'; # log pattern, if many it will take the last one.
+my $LAST_N_REQUESTS = exists $ENV{'linecount'} ? $ENV{'linecount'} : 100000; # calculate based on this amount of requests
 my $TIME_FIELD_INDEX =  exists $ENV{'fieldno'} ? $ENV{'fieldno'} : -2; # second last field
+my $ACCESS_LOG_PATTERN = '/var/log/apache2/access.log.*'; # log pattern, if many it will take the last one.
 
 my $config =<< "CONFIG"
 graph_title Apache average seconds last $LAST_N_REQUESTS requests