diff --git a/lib/faraday/http_cache.rb b/lib/faraday/http_cache.rb
index f9b613e..661457e 100644
--- a/lib/faraday/http_cache.rb
+++ b/lib/faraday/http_cache.rb
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ class HttpCache < Faraday::Middleware
     # :instrumenter    - An instrumentation object that should respond to 'instrument'.
     # :instrument_name - The String name of the instrument being reported on (optional).
     # :logger          - A logger object.
+    # :max_entries     - The maximum number of entries to store per cache key. This option is only
+    #                    used when using the +ByUrl+ cache strategy.
     #
     # Examples:
     #
diff --git a/lib/faraday/http_cache/strategies/by_url.rb b/lib/faraday/http_cache/strategies/by_url.rb
index fad9090..cdd828c 100644
--- a/lib/faraday/http_cache/strategies/by_url.rb
+++ b/lib/faraday/http_cache/strategies/by_url.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ module Strategies
       # The original strategy by Faraday::HttpCache.
       # Uses URL + HTTP method to generate cache keys.
       class ByUrl < BaseStrategy
+        def initialize(options = {})
+          super
+          @max_entries = options[:max_entries]
+        end
+
         # Store a response inside the cache.
         #
         # @param [Faraday::HttpCache::Request] request - instance of the executed HTTP request.
@@ -26,6 +31,7 @@ def write(request, response)
           end
 
           entries << entry
+          entries = entries.last(@max_entries) unless @max_entries.nil?
 
           cache.write(key, entries)
         rescue ::Encoding::UndefinedConversionError => e
diff --git a/spec/strategies/by_url_spec.rb b/spec/strategies/by_url_spec.rb
index a053d52..e8fdbe9 100644
--- a/spec/strategies/by_url_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/strategies/by_url_spec.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,29 @@
         described_class.new(store: wrong)
       }.to raise_error(ArgumentError)
     end
+
+    context 'with max_entries set' do
+      let(:max_entries) { 2 }
+      let(:strategy) { described_class.new(store: cache, max_entries: max_entries) }
+      let(:response) { double(serializable_hash: { response_headers: { 'Vary' => 'X-Foo' } }) }
+
+      it 'limits the number of cached entries' do
+        requests = Array.new(max_entries + 1) do |i|
+          env = { method: :get, url: 'http://test/index', headers: { 'X-Foo' => i } }
+          double(env.merge(serializable_hash: env))
+        end
+
+        requests.each { |request| subject.write(request, response) }
+
+        expect(subject.cache.read(cache_key).count).to eq(max_entries)
+
+        expect(subject.read(requests.first)).to eq(nil)
+
+        requests.last(max_entries).each do |request|
+          expect(subject.read(request)).not_to be_nil
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'storing responses' do