diff --git a/lfs/transfer_queue.go b/lfs/transfer_queue.go
index d684a5bd..8168c7b4 100644
--- a/lfs/transfer_queue.go
+++ b/lfs/transfer_queue.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	batchSize         = 100
+	defaultBatchSize  = 100
 	defaultMaxRetries = 1
 )
 
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ type TransferQueue struct {
 	meter             progress.Meter
 	errors            []error
 	transferables     map[string]Transferable
+	batchSize         int
 	batcher           *Batcher
 	retriesc          chan Transferable // Channel for processing retries
 	errorc            chan error        // Channel for processing errors
@@ -129,11 +130,15 @@ func WithProgress(m progress.Meter) transferQueueOption {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithBatchSize(size int) transferQueueOption {
+	return func(tq *TransferQueue) { tq.batchSize = size }
+}
+
 // newTransferQueue builds a TransferQueue, direction and underlying mechanism determined by adapter
 func newTransferQueue(dir transfer.Direction, options ...transferQueueOption) *TransferQueue {
 	q := &TransferQueue{
+		batchSize:     defaultBatchSize,
 		direction:     dir,
-		retriesc:      make(chan Transferable, batchSize),
 		errorc:        make(chan error),
 		transferables: make(map[string]Transferable),
 		trMutex:       &sync.Mutex{},
@@ -145,6 +150,8 @@ func newTransferQueue(dir transfer.Direction, options ...transferQueueOption) *T
 		opt(q)
 	}
 
+	q.retriesc = make(chan Transferable, q.batchSize)
+
 	if q.meter == nil {
 		q.meter = progress.Noop()
 	}
@@ -327,7 +334,7 @@ func (q *TransferQueue) Wait() {
 // Watch returns a channel where the queue will write the OID of each transfer
 // as it completes. The channel will be closed when the queue finishes processing.
 func (q *TransferQueue) Watch() chan string {
-	c := make(chan string, batchSize)
+	c := make(chan string, q.batchSize)
 	q.watchers = append(q.watchers, c)
 	return c
 }
@@ -446,8 +453,8 @@ func (q *TransferQueue) run() {
 	go q.errorCollector()
 	go q.retryCollector()
 
-	tracerx.Printf("tq: running as batched queue, batch size of %d", batchSize)
-	q.batcher = NewBatcher(batchSize)
+	tracerx.Printf("tq: running as batched queue, batch size of %d", q.batchSize)
+	q.batcher = NewBatcher(q.batchSize)
 	go q.batchApiRoutine()
 }