diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_link.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_link.inc.php
index 84c9d6be23..a8cfc31c12 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_link.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_link.inc.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class etemplate_widget_link extends etemplate_widget
 			// TODO: probably a better way to do this
 			egw_framework::includeCSS('/phpgwapi/js/jquery/jquery-ui/smoothness/jquery-ui-1.8.16.custom.css');
 		}
+		$this->setElementAttribute($this->id.'_file', 'max_file_size', egw_vfs::int_size(ini_get('upload_max_filesize')));
 	}
 
 	/* Changes all link widgets to template