diff --git a/pkg/plugins/config/config.go b/pkg/plugins/config/config.go
index 86be2011585..3c5d8908adc 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/config/config.go
@@ -54,39 +54,55 @@ type Cfg struct {
 	HideAngularDeprecation []string
 
 	ConcurrentQueryCount int
+
+	UserFacingDefaultError string
+
+	DataProxyRowLimit int64
+
+	SQLDatasourceMaxOpenConnsDefault    int
+	SQLDatasourceMaxIdleConnsDefault    int
+	SQLDatasourceMaxConnLifetimeDefault int
 }
 
 func NewCfg(devMode bool, pluginsPath string, pluginSettings setting.PluginSettings, pluginsAllowUnsigned []string,
 	awsAllowedAuthProviders []string, awsAssumeRoleEnabled bool, awsExternalId string, awsSessionDuration string, awsListMetricsPageLimit string, AWSForwardSettingsPlugins []string, azure *azsettings.AzureSettings, secureSocksDSProxy setting.SecureSocksDSProxySettings,
 	grafanaVersion string, logDatasourceRequests bool, pluginsCDNURLTemplate string, appURL string, appSubURL string, tracing Tracing, features featuremgmt.FeatureToggles, angularSupportEnabled bool,
-	grafanaComURL string, disablePlugins []string, hideAngularDeprecation []string, forwardHostEnvVars []string, concurrentQueryCount int, azureAuthEnabled bool) *Cfg {
+	grafanaComURL string, disablePlugins []string, hideAngularDeprecation []string, forwardHostEnvVars []string, concurrentQueryCount int, azureAuthEnabled bool,
+	userFacingDefaultError string, dataProxyRowLimit int64,
+	sqlDatasourceMaxOpenConnsDefault int, sqlDatasourceMaxIdleConnsDefault int, sqlDatasourceMaxConnLifetimeDefault int,
+) *Cfg {
 	return &Cfg{
-		log:                       log.New("plugin.cfg"),
-		PluginsPath:               pluginsPath,
-		BuildVersion:              grafanaVersion,
-		DevMode:                   devMode,
-		PluginSettings:            pluginSettings,
-		PluginsAllowUnsigned:      pluginsAllowUnsigned,
-		DisablePlugins:            disablePlugins,
-		AWSAllowedAuthProviders:   awsAllowedAuthProviders,
-		AWSAssumeRoleEnabled:      awsAssumeRoleEnabled,
-		AWSExternalId:             awsExternalId,
-		AWSSessionDuration:        awsSessionDuration,
-		AWSListMetricsPageLimit:   awsListMetricsPageLimit,
-		AWSForwardSettingsPlugins: AWSForwardSettingsPlugins,
-		Azure:                     azure,
-		ProxySettings:             secureSocksDSProxy,
-		LogDatasourceRequests:     logDatasourceRequests,
-		PluginsCDNURLTemplate:     pluginsCDNURLTemplate,
-		Tracing:                   tracing,
-		GrafanaComURL:             grafanaComURL,
-		GrafanaAppURL:             appURL,
-		GrafanaAppSubURL:          appSubURL,
-		Features:                  features,
-		AngularSupportEnabled:     angularSupportEnabled,
-		HideAngularDeprecation:    hideAngularDeprecation,
-		ForwardHostEnvVars:        forwardHostEnvVars,
-		ConcurrentQueryCount:      concurrentQueryCount,
-		AzureAuthEnabled:          azureAuthEnabled,
+		log:                                 log.New("plugin.cfg"),
+		PluginsPath:                         pluginsPath,
+		BuildVersion:                        grafanaVersion,
+		DevMode:                             devMode,
+		PluginSettings:                      pluginSettings,
+		PluginsAllowUnsigned:                pluginsAllowUnsigned,
+		DisablePlugins:                      disablePlugins,
+		AWSAllowedAuthProviders:             awsAllowedAuthProviders,
+		AWSAssumeRoleEnabled:                awsAssumeRoleEnabled,
+		AWSExternalId:                       awsExternalId,
+		AWSSessionDuration:                  awsSessionDuration,
+		AWSListMetricsPageLimit:             awsListMetricsPageLimit,
+		AWSForwardSettingsPlugins:           AWSForwardSettingsPlugins,
+		Azure:                               azure,
+		ProxySettings:                       secureSocksDSProxy,
+		LogDatasourceRequests:               logDatasourceRequests,
+		PluginsCDNURLTemplate:               pluginsCDNURLTemplate,
+		Tracing:                             tracing,
+		GrafanaComURL:                       grafanaComURL,
+		GrafanaAppURL:                       appURL,
+		GrafanaAppSubURL:                    appSubURL,
+		Features:                            features,
+		AngularSupportEnabled:               angularSupportEnabled,
+		HideAngularDeprecation:              hideAngularDeprecation,
+		ForwardHostEnvVars:                  forwardHostEnvVars,
+		ConcurrentQueryCount:                concurrentQueryCount,
+		AzureAuthEnabled:                    azureAuthEnabled,
+		UserFacingDefaultError:              userFacingDefaultError,
+		DataProxyRowLimit:                   dataProxyRowLimit,
+		SQLDatasourceMaxOpenConnsDefault:    sqlDatasourceMaxOpenConnsDefault,
+		SQLDatasourceMaxIdleConnsDefault:    sqlDatasourceMaxIdleConnsDefault,
+		SQLDatasourceMaxConnLifetimeDefault: sqlDatasourceMaxConnLifetimeDefault,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/envvars/envvars.go b/pkg/plugins/envvars/envvars.go
index 62c769290f8..9913b1a9b70 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/envvars/envvars.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/envvars/envvars.go
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ func (s *Service) Get(ctx context.Context, p *plugins.Plugin) []string {
 }
 
 // GetConfigMap returns a map of configuration that should be passed in a plugin request.
+//
+//nolint:gocyclo
 func (s *Service) GetConfigMap(ctx context.Context, pluginID string, _ *auth.ExternalService) map[string]string {
 	m := make(map[string]string)
 
@@ -110,6 +112,18 @@ func (s *Service) GetConfigMap(ctx context.Context, pluginID string, _ *auth.Ext
 		m[backend.ConcurrentQueryCount] = strconv.Itoa(s.cfg.ConcurrentQueryCount)
 	}
 
+	if s.cfg.UserFacingDefaultError != "" {
+		m[backend.UserFacingDefaultError] = s.cfg.UserFacingDefaultError
+	}
+
+	if s.cfg.DataProxyRowLimit != 0 {
+		m[backend.SQLRowLimit] = strconv.FormatInt(s.cfg.DataProxyRowLimit, 10)
+	}
+
+	m[backend.SQLMaxOpenConnsDefault] = strconv.Itoa(s.cfg.SQLDatasourceMaxOpenConnsDefault)
+	m[backend.SQLMaxIdleConnsDefault] = strconv.Itoa(s.cfg.SQLDatasourceMaxIdleConnsDefault)
+	m[backend.SQLMaxConnLifetimeSecondsDefault] = strconv.Itoa(s.cfg.SQLDatasourceMaxConnLifetimeDefault)
+
 	// TODO add support via plugin SDK
 	// if externalService != nil {
 	//	m[oauthtokenretriever.AppURL] = s.cfg.GrafanaAppURL
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/envvars/envvars_test.go b/pkg/plugins/envvars/envvars_test.go
index 2fb0b52aca0..ed775d0ff7b 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/envvars/envvars_test.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/envvars/envvars_test.go
@@ -671,6 +671,18 @@ func TestInitalizer_azureEnvVars(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestService_GetConfigMap_Defaults(t *testing.T) {
+	s := &Service{
+		cfg: &config.Cfg{},
+	}
+
+	require.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"GF_SQL_MAX_OPEN_CONNS_DEFAULT":            "0",
+		"GF_SQL_MAX_IDLE_CONNS_DEFAULT":            "0",
+		"GF_SQL_MAX_CONN_LIFETIME_SECONDS_DEFAULT": "0",
+	}, s.GetConfigMap(context.Background(), "", nil))
+}
+
 func TestService_GetConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
 	tcs := []struct {
 		name     string
@@ -806,6 +818,42 @@ func TestService_GetConfigMap_appURL(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestService_GetConfigMap_SQL(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Uses the configured values", func(t *testing.T) {
+		s := &Service{
+			cfg: &config.Cfg{
+				DataProxyRowLimit:                   23,
+				SQLDatasourceMaxOpenConnsDefault:    24,
+				SQLDatasourceMaxIdleConnsDefault:    25,
+				SQLDatasourceMaxConnLifetimeDefault: 26,
+			},
+		}
+
+		require.Subset(t, s.GetConfigMap(context.Background(), "", nil), map[string]string{
+			"GF_SQL_ROW_LIMIT":                         "23",
+			"GF_SQL_MAX_OPEN_CONNS_DEFAULT":            "24",
+			"GF_SQL_MAX_IDLE_CONNS_DEFAULT":            "25",
+			"GF_SQL_MAX_CONN_LIFETIME_SECONDS_DEFAULT": "26",
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Uses the configured max-default-values, even when they are zero", func(t *testing.T) {
+		s := &Service{
+			cfg: &config.Cfg{
+				SQLDatasourceMaxOpenConnsDefault:    0,
+				SQLDatasourceMaxIdleConnsDefault:    0,
+				SQLDatasourceMaxConnLifetimeDefault: 0,
+			},
+		}
+
+		require.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+			"GF_SQL_MAX_OPEN_CONNS_DEFAULT":            "0",
+			"GF_SQL_MAX_IDLE_CONNS_DEFAULT":            "0",
+			"GF_SQL_MAX_CONN_LIFETIME_SECONDS_DEFAULT": "0",
+		}, s.GetConfigMap(context.Background(), "", nil))
+	})
+}
+
 func TestService_GetConfigMap_concurrentQueryCount(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("Uses the configured concurrent query count", func(t *testing.T) {
 		s := &Service{
diff --git a/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/config/config.go b/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/config/config.go
index cc5cb7e5ea3..7c269dd31cf 100644
--- a/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/services/pluginsintegration/config/config.go
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ func ProvideConfig(settingProvider setting.Provider, grafanaCfg *setting.Cfg, fe
 		grafanaCfg.ForwardHostEnvVars,
 		grafanaCfg.ConcurrentQueryCount,
 		grafanaCfg.AzureAuthEnabled,
+		grafanaCfg.UserFacingDefaultError,
+		grafanaCfg.DataProxyRowLimit,
+		grafanaCfg.SqlDatasourceMaxOpenConnsDefault,
+		grafanaCfg.SqlDatasourceMaxIdleConnsDefault,
+		grafanaCfg.SqlDatasourceMaxConnLifetimeDefault,
 	), nil
 }