diff --git a/include/toksvc/toksvc.h b/include/toksvc/toksvc.h
index 485717f..bd596cb 100644
--- a/include/toksvc/toksvc.h
+++ b/include/toksvc/toksvc.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define TOKS_DRIVER_ACTION_ABORT	0X400000
 
 #define TOKS_DRIVER_ACTION_NTOKENS_GET	0X1000000
+#define TOKS_DRIVER_ACTION_NTOKENS_SET	0X2000000
 
 /* message options */
 #define TOKS_OPT_SYSTEM_PID		0x0000
diff --git a/src/driver/toks_amain.c b/src/driver/toks_amain.c
index e3acc67..d1ff0be 100644
--- a/src/driver/toks_amain.c
+++ b/src/driver/toks_amain.c
@@ -149,6 +149,32 @@ int toks_main(char ** argv, char ** envp)
 			toks_get_driver_ntokens(dctx));
 	}
 
+	if (dctx->cctx->drvflags & TOKS_DRIVER_ACTION_NTOKENS_SET) {
+		status = toks_service_ioctl(
+			dctx,TOKS_IOCTL_SET_TOKEN_COUNT,
+			&(uintptr_t){toks_get_driver_ntokens(dctx)},
+			0);
+
+		ret = status ? 2 : 0;
+
+		switch (status) {
+			case NT_STATUS_SUCCESS:
+				toks_dprintf(STDERR_FILENO,
+					"%s: the service's ntokens parameter "
+					"was successfully set to %d\n",
+					toks_log_basename(argv[0]),
+					toks_get_driver_ntokens(dctx));
+				break;
+
+			default:
+				toks_dprintf(STDERR_FILENO,
+					"%s: the TOKS_IOCTL_SET_TOKEN_COUNT "
+					"ioctl operataion has failed "
+					"(check the system's documentation) [0x%x].",
+					toks_log_basename(argv[0]),status);
+		}
+	}
+
 	return (dctx->cctx->drvflags & TOKS_DRIVER_MODE_SERVER)
 		? NT_STATUS_SERVICE_NOTIFICATION
 		: toks_exit(dctx,ret);
diff --git a/src/driver/toks_driver_ctx.c b/src/driver/toks_driver_ctx.c
index 62ad5e8..718829b 100644
--- a/src/driver/toks_driver_ctx.c
+++ b/src/driver/toks_driver_ctx.c
@@ -451,6 +451,13 @@ int toks_get_driver_ctx(
 					cctx.drvflags |= TOKS_DRIVER_MODE_CLIENT;
 					cctx.drvflags |= TOKS_DRIVER_ACTION_NTOKENS_GET;
 					break;
+
+				case TAG_NTOKENSSET:
+					cctx.drvflags &= ~(uint64_t)TOKS_DRIVER_MODE_SERVER;
+					cctx.drvflags |= TOKS_DRIVER_MODE_CLIENT;
+					cctx.drvflags |= TOKS_DRIVER_ACTION_NTOKENS_SET;
+					ntokens = toks_arg_to_int32(entry);
+					break;
 			}
 		} else
 			/* strict */
diff --git a/src/internal/toksvc_driver_impl.h b/src/internal/toksvc_driver_impl.h
index 8c50cf0..6e5cc11 100644
--- a/src/internal/toksvc_driver_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/toksvc_driver_impl.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ enum app_tags {
 	TAG_LOGFILE,
 	TAG_LOGLEVEL,
 	TAG_NTOKENSGET,
+	TAG_NTOKENSSET,
 };
 
 struct toks_ticks {
diff --git a/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c b/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c
index 3b5be49..74f49fe 100644
--- a/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c
+++ b/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c
@@ -77,5 +77,9 @@ const struct argv_option toks_default_options[] = {
 				"connect to the server and output the current overall "
 				"number of tokens"},
 
+	{"set-token-pool-size",	'N',TAG_NTOKENSSET,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,0,0,"<ntokens>",
+				"connect to the server and set the service's overall "
+				"number of tokens to %s"},
+
 	{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
 };