diff --git a/api/bases/glance.openstack.org_glanceapis.yaml b/api/bases/glance.openstack.org_glanceapis.yaml
index 4720440c8..a261f0fbe 100644
--- a/api/bases/glance.openstack.org_glanceapis.yaml
+++ b/api/bases/glance.openstack.org_glanceapis.yaml
@@ -712,6 +712,11 @@ spec:
                 - single
                 - edge
                 type: string
+              workers:
+                default: 3
+                format: int32
+                minimum: 1
+                type: integer
             required:
             - containerImage
             - databaseHostname
diff --git a/api/bases/glance.openstack.org_glances.yaml b/api/bases/glance.openstack.org_glances.yaml
index bf0e72718..6f19c1749 100644
--- a/api/bases/glance.openstack.org_glances.yaml
+++ b/api/bases/glance.openstack.org_glances.yaml
@@ -704,6 +704,11 @@ spec:
                       - single
                       - edge
                       type: string
+                    workers:
+                      default: 3
+                      format: int32
+                      minimum: 1
+                      type: integer
                   required:
                   - containerImage
                   type: object
diff --git a/api/v1beta1/common_types.go b/api/v1beta1/common_types.go
index d9b986639..5272024f5 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/common_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/common_types.go
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ type GlanceAPITemplate struct {
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Minimum=1
 	// APITimeout for HAProxy and Apache defaults to GlanceSpecCore APITimeout
 	APITimeout int `json:"apiTimeout,omitempty"`
+
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
+	// +kubebuilder:default=3
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:Minimum=1
+	// Workers - Number of processes running GlanceAPI(s)
+	Workers *int32 `json:"workers"`
 }
 
 // Storage -
diff --git a/api/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index e0f6c7d51..5f66f8f1b 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -275,6 +275,11 @@ func (in *GlanceAPITemplate) DeepCopyInto(out *GlanceAPITemplate) {
 	out.Storage = in.Storage
 	in.TLS.DeepCopyInto(&out.TLS)
 	out.ImageCache = in.ImageCache
+	if in.Workers != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Workers, &out.Workers
+		*out = new(int32)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new GlanceAPITemplate.
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/glance.openstack.org_glanceapis.yaml b/config/crd/bases/glance.openstack.org_glanceapis.yaml
index 4720440c8..a261f0fbe 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/glance.openstack.org_glanceapis.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/glance.openstack.org_glanceapis.yaml
@@ -712,6 +712,11 @@ spec:
                 - single
                 - edge
                 type: string
+              workers:
+                default: 3
+                format: int32
+                minimum: 1
+                type: integer
             required:
             - containerImage
             - databaseHostname
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/glance.openstack.org_glances.yaml b/config/crd/bases/glance.openstack.org_glances.yaml
index bf0e72718..6f19c1749 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/glance.openstack.org_glances.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/glance.openstack.org_glances.yaml
@@ -704,6 +704,11 @@ spec:
                       - single
                       - edge
                       type: string
+                    workers:
+                      default: 3
+                      format: int32
+                      minimum: 1
+                      type: integer
                   required:
                   - containerImage
                   type: object
diff --git a/controllers/glanceapi_controller.go b/controllers/glanceapi_controller.go
index 4fe153ab0..cde17c851 100644
--- a/controllers/glanceapi_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/glanceapi_controller.go
@@ -1057,6 +1057,7 @@ func (r *GlanceAPIReconciler) generateServiceConfig(
 		"QuotaEnabled": instance.Spec.Quota,
 		"LogFile":      fmt.Sprintf("%s%s.log", glance.GlanceLogPath, instance.Name),
 		"VHosts":       httpdVhostConfig,
+		"Workers":      instance.Spec.Workers,
 	}
 
 	// Only set EndpointID parameter when the Endpoint has been created and the
diff --git a/templates/common/config/00-config.conf b/templates/common/config/00-config.conf
index 062c960e8..7854ae033 100644
--- a/templates/common/config/00-config.conf
+++ b/templates/common/config/00-config.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ show_multiple_locations={{ .ShowMultipleLocations }}
 enabled_import_methods=[web-download,glance-direct]
 bind_host=localhost
 bind_port=9293
-workers=3
+workers={{ .Workers }}
 # enable log rotation in oslo config by default
 max_logfile_count=1
 max_logfile_size_mb=20