diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20230303-144700.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20230303-144700.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b424813302e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20230303-144700.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Make MAXIMUM_SEED_SIZE configurable
+time: 2023-03-03T14:47:00.079887-05:00
+custom:
+  Author: acurtis-evi
+  Issue: "7117"
diff --git a/core/dbt/constants.py b/core/dbt/constants.py
index 63213476e54..2417a037e1c 100644
--- a/core/dbt/constants.py
+++ b/core/dbt/constants.py
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
+import os
+
 SECRET_ENV_PREFIX = "DBT_ENV_SECRET_"
 DEFAULT_ENV_PLACEHOLDER = "DBT_DEFAULT_PLACEHOLDER"
 METADATA_ENV_PREFIX = "DBT_ENV_CUSTOM_ENV_"
 
-MAXIMUM_SEED_SIZE = 1 * 1024 * 1024
-MAXIMUM_SEED_SIZE_NAME = "1MB"
+def get_max_seed_size():
+    mx = os.getenv('DBT_MAXIMUM_SEED_SIZE', '1')
+    return int(mx)
+
+DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_SEED_SIZE = 1 * 1024 * 1024
+MAXIMUM_SEED_SIZE = get_max_seed_size() * DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_SEED_SIZE
+MAXIMUM_SEED_SIZE_NAME = str(get_max_seed_size()) + "MB"
 
 PIN_PACKAGE_URL = (
     "https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/package-management#section-specifying-package-versions"
diff --git a/core/dbt/contracts/files.py b/core/dbt/contracts/files.py
index 9e82247da00..bff7436cd52 100644
--- a/core/dbt/contracts/files.py
+++ b/core/dbt/contracts/files.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from mashumaro.types import SerializableType
 from typing import List, Optional, Union, Dict, Any
 
-from dbt.constants import MAXIMUM_SEED_SIZE
 from dbt.dataclass_schema import dbtClassMixin, StrEnum
 
 from .util import SourceKey
@@ -65,10 +64,8 @@ def original_file_path(self) -> str:
         # name, should it?
         return os.path.join(self.searched_path, self.relative_path)
 
-    def seed_too_large(self) -> bool:
-        """Return whether the file this represents is over the seed size limit"""
-        return os.stat(self.full_path).st_size > MAXIMUM_SEED_SIZE
-
+    def file_size(self) -> int:
+        return os.stat(self.full_path).st_size
 
 @dataclass
 class FileHash(dbtClassMixin):
diff --git a/core/dbt/parser/read_files.py b/core/dbt/parser/read_files.py
index 531e5f39560..95e3e697219 100644
--- a/core/dbt/parser/read_files.py
+++ b/core/dbt/parser/read_files.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from dbt.parser.search import filesystem_search
 from typing import Optional
 
+from dbt.constants import MAXIMUM_SEED_SIZE, DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_SEED_SIZE
 
 # This loads the files contents and creates the SourceFile object
 def load_source_file(
@@ -94,14 +95,17 @@ def validate_yaml(file_path, dct):
 
 # Special processing for big seed files
 def load_seed_source_file(match: FilePath, project_name) -> SourceFile:
-    if match.seed_too_large():
+    if match.file_size() < MAXIMUM_SEED_SIZE:
         # We don't want to calculate a hash of this file. Use the path.
         source_file = SourceFile.big_seed(match)
-    else:
+    elif match.file_size() <= DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_SEED_SIZE:
         file_contents = load_file_contents(match.absolute_path, strip=False)
         checksum = FileHash.from_contents(file_contents)
         source_file = SourceFile(path=match, checksum=checksum)
         source_file.contents = ""
+    else:
+        # Do new hash method
+        pass
     source_file.parse_file_type = ParseFileType.Seed
     source_file.project_name = project_name
     return source_file