diff --git a/pkg/audit/webhook/webhook.go b/pkg/audit/webhook/webhook.go
index 56ef23ee..7f68e942 100644
--- a/pkg/audit/webhook/webhook.go
+++ b/pkg/audit/webhook/webhook.go
@@ -40,10 +40,18 @@ func init() {
 
 type options struct {
 	enable bool
+
+	subscriberQueueCapacity int
 }
 
 func (options *options) Setup(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.BoolVar(&options.enable, "audit-webhook-enable", false, "enable audit webhook")
+	fs.BoolVar(
+		&options.enable,
+		"audit-webhook-subscriber-queue-capacity",
+		false,
+		"maximum number of events buffered in the webhook, set to 0 for an unbounded buffer (may cause OOM)",
+	)
 }
 
 func (options *options) EnableFlag() *bool { return &options.enable }
@@ -76,7 +84,7 @@ type webhook struct {
 
 type namedQueue[T any] struct {
 	name  string
-	queue *channel.UnboundedQueue[T]
+	queue channel.Queue[T]
 }
 
 type requestMetric struct {
@@ -184,7 +192,13 @@ func (webhook *webhook) Close(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (webhook *webhook) AddSubscriber(name string) <-chan *audit.Message {
-	queue := channel.NewUnboundedQueue[*audit.Message](1)
+	var queue channel.Queue[*audit.Message]
+	if capacity := webhook.options.subscriberQueueCapacity; capacity != 0 {
+		queue = make(channel.BoundedQueue[*audit.Message], capacity)
+	} else {
+		queue = channel.NewUnboundedQueue[*audit.Message](1)
+	}
+
 	channel.InitMetricLoop(queue, webhook.Metrics, &queueMetricTags{Name: name})
 
 	webhook.subscribers = append(webhook.subscribers, namedQueue[*audit.Message]{name: name, queue: queue})
@@ -192,7 +206,13 @@ func (webhook *webhook) AddSubscriber(name string) <-chan *audit.Message {
 }
 
 func (webhook *webhook) AddRawSubscriber(name string) <-chan *audit.RawMessage {
-	queue := channel.NewUnboundedQueue[*audit.RawMessage](1)
+	var queue channel.Queue[*audit.RawMessage]
+	if capacity := webhook.options.subscriberQueueCapacity; capacity != 0 {
+		queue = make(channel.BoundedQueue[*audit.RawMessage], capacity)
+	} else {
+		queue = channel.NewUnboundedQueue[*audit.RawMessage](1)
+	}
+
 	channel.InitMetricLoop(queue, webhook.Metrics, &queueMetricTags{Name: name})
 
 	webhook.rawSubscribers = append(webhook.rawSubscribers, namedQueue[*audit.RawMessage]{name: name, queue: queue})
diff --git a/pkg/util/channel/channel.go b/pkg/util/channel/channel.go
index 8796bccd..dc608c07 100644
--- a/pkg/util/channel/channel.go
+++ b/pkg/util/channel/channel.go
@@ -26,12 +26,52 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kubewharf/kelemetry/pkg/util/shutdown"
 )
 
+type Queue[T any] interface {
+	Send(obj T)
+	Receiver() <-chan T
+
+	Length() int
+	GetAndResetLength() int
+
+	Close()
+}
+
+type BoundedQueue[T any] chan T
+
+func (ch BoundedQueue[T]) Length() int {
+	return len(ch)
+}
+
+func (ch BoundedQueue[T]) GetAndResetLength() int {
+	return len(ch) // for simplicity we just return the channel length
+}
+
+func (ch BoundedQueue[T]) Receiver() <-chan T {
+	return ch
+}
+
+func (ch BoundedQueue[T]) Send(obj T) {
+	ch <- obj
+}
+
+func (ch BoundedQueue[T]) Close() {
+	close(ch)
+}
+
+func _[T any](uq BoundedQueue[T]) Queue[T] {
+	return uq
+}
+
 // UnboundedQueue is an unbounded channel.
 type UnboundedQueue[T any] struct {
 	deque    *Deque[T]
 	notifier chan<- struct{}
 	receiver <-chan T
-	Close    context.CancelFunc
+	closeFn  context.CancelFunc
+}
+
+func _[T any](uq *UnboundedQueue[T]) Queue[T] {
+	return uq
 }
 
 // Creates a new UnboundedQueue with the specified initial capacity.
@@ -48,7 +88,7 @@ func NewUnboundedQueue[T any](initialCapacity int) *UnboundedQueue[T] {
 		deque:    deque,
 		notifier: notifier,
 		receiver: receiver,
-		Close:    cancelFunc,
+		closeFn:  cancelFunc,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -61,8 +101,16 @@ func (uq *UnboundedQueue[T]) Length() int {
 	return uq.deque.Len()
 }
 
-func InitMetricLoop[T any, TagsT metrics.Tags](uq *UnboundedQueue[T], metricsClient metrics.Client, tags TagsT) {
-	metrics.NewMonitor(metricsClient, tags, func() float64 { return float64(uq.deque.GetAndResetLength()) })
+func (uq *UnboundedQueue[T]) Close() {
+	uq.closeFn()
+}
+
+func (uq *UnboundedQueue[T]) GetAndResetLength() int {
+	return uq.deque.GetAndResetLength()
+}
+
+func InitMetricLoop[T any, TagsT metrics.Tags](uq Queue[T], metricsClient metrics.Client, tags TagsT) {
+	metrics.NewMonitor(metricsClient, tags, func() float64 { return float64(uq.Length()) })
 }
 
 // Sends an item to the queue.