diff --git a/docker/models/services.py b/docker/models/services.py
index a35687b3..a29ff132 100644
--- a/docker/models/services.py
+++ b/docker/models/services.py
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ class ServiceCollection(Collection):
                 constraints.
             preferences (list of tuple): :py:class:`~docker.types.Placement`
                 preferences.
+            maxreplicas (int): :py:class:`~docker.types.Placement` maxreplicas
+                or (int) representing maximum number of replicas per node.
             platforms (list of tuple): A list of platform constraints
                 expressed as ``(arch, os)`` tuples.
             container_labels (dict): Labels to apply to the container.
@@ -319,6 +321,7 @@ PLACEMENT_KWARGS = [
     'constraints',
     'preferences',
     'platforms',
+    'maxreplicas',
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/docker/types/services.py b/docker/types/services.py
index 05dda15d..29498e97 100644
--- a/docker/types/services.py
+++ b/docker/types/services.py
@@ -659,10 +659,12 @@ class Placement(dict):
                 are provided in order from highest to lowest precedence and
                 are expressed as ``(strategy, descriptor)`` tuples. See
                 :py:class:`PlacementPreference` for details.
+            maxreplicas (int): Maximum number of replicas per node
             platforms (:py:class:`list` of tuple): A list of platforms
                 expressed as ``(arch, os)`` tuples
     """
-    def __init__(self, constraints=None, preferences=None, platforms=None):
+    def __init__(self, constraints=None, preferences=None, platforms=None,
+                 maxreplicas=None):
         if constraints is not None:
             self['Constraints'] = constraints
         if preferences is not None:
@@ -671,6 +673,8 @@ class Placement(dict):
                 if isinstance(pref, tuple):
                     pref = PlacementPreference(*pref)
                 self['Preferences'].append(pref)
+        if maxreplicas is not None:
+            self['MaxReplicas'] = maxreplicas
         if platforms:
             self['Platforms'] = []
             for plat in platforms:
diff --git a/tests/integration/api_service_test.py b/tests/integration/api_service_test.py
index b6b7ec53..7e5336e2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/api_service_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/api_service_test.py
@@ -471,6 +471,19 @@ class ServiceTest(BaseAPIIntegrationTest):
         assert 'Placement' in svc_info['Spec']['TaskTemplate']
         assert svc_info['Spec']['TaskTemplate']['Placement'] == placemt
 
+    @requires_api_version('1.40')
+    def test_create_service_with_placement_maxreplicas(self):
+        container_spec = docker.types.ContainerSpec(TEST_IMG, ['true'])
+        placemt = docker.types.Placement(maxreplicas=1)
+        task_tmpl = docker.types.TaskTemplate(
+            container_spec, placement=placemt
+        )
+        name = self.get_service_name()
+        svc_id = self.client.create_service(task_tmpl, name=name)
+        svc_info = self.client.inspect_service(svc_id)
+        assert 'Placement' in svc_info['Spec']['TaskTemplate']
+        assert svc_info['Spec']['TaskTemplate']['Placement'] == placemt
+
     def test_create_service_with_endpoint_spec(self):
         container_spec = docker.types.ContainerSpec(TEST_IMG, ['true'])
         task_tmpl = docker.types.TaskTemplate(container_spec)
diff --git a/tests/unit/models_services_test.py b/tests/unit/models_services_test.py
index a4ac50c3..07bb5897 100644
--- a/tests/unit/models_services_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/models_services_test.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class CreateServiceKwargsTest(unittest.TestCase):
             'constraints': ['foo=bar'],
             'preferences': ['bar=baz'],
             'platforms': [('x86_64', 'linux')],
+            'maxreplicas': 1
         })
 
         task_template = kwargs.pop('task_template')
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ class CreateServiceKwargsTest(unittest.TestCase):
             'Constraints': ['foo=bar'],
             'Preferences': ['bar=baz'],
             'Platforms': [{'Architecture': 'x86_64', 'OS': 'linux'}],
+            'MaxReplicas': 1,
         }
         assert task_template['LogDriver'] == {
             'Name': 'logdriver',