diff --git a/hosts/servo/services/ejabberd.nix b/hosts/servo/services/ejabberd.nix
index e5d995aa2..4e835590b 100644
--- a/hosts/servo/services/ejabberd.nix
+++ b/hosts/servo/services/ejabberd.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # docs:
 # - <https://docs.ejabberd.im/admin/configuration/basic>
+# example configs:
+# - 2013: <https://github.com/processone/ejabberd/blob/master/ejabberd.yml.example>
 { lib, ... }:
 
 # XXX disabled: fails to start because of `mnesia_tm` dependency
@@ -33,16 +35,50 @@
 
     pam_userinfotype: jid
 
+    # docs: <https://docs.ejabberd.im/admin/configuration/basic/#shaper-rules>
+    shaper_rules:
+      max_s2s_connections: 3
+      max_user_offline_messages: 5000
+      c2s_shaper:
+        fast: all
+      s2s_shaper:
+        med: all
+
+    # docs: <https://docs.ejabberd.im/admin/configuration/basic/#shapers>
+    # this limits the bytes/sec.
+    # for example, burst: 3_000_000 and rate: 100_000 means:
+    # - each client has a BW budget that accumulates 100kB/sec and is capped at 3 MB
+    shaper:
+      fast: 1000000
+      med:   500000
+    #   fast:
+    #     - rate:        1000000
+    #     - burst_size: 10000000
+    #   med:
+    #     - rate:         500000
+    #     - burst_size:  5000000
+
     # see: <https://docs.ejabberd.im/admin/configuration/listen/>
     # TODO: host web admin panel
+    s2s_use_starttls: true
     listen:
       -
         port: 5222
         module: ejabberd_c2s
+        shaper: c2s_shaper
         starttls: true
       -
         port: 5269
         module: ejabberd_s2s_in
-        starttls: true
+        shaper: s2s_shaper
+      -
+        port: 5280
+        module: ejabberd_http
+        request_handlers:
+          /admin: ejabberd_web_admin
+          /api: mod_http_api
+          /bosh: mod_bosh
+          /upload: mod_http_upload
+          /ws: ejabberd_http_ws
   '';
 }