diff --git a/lib/glance b/lib/glance
index 6a0e719..528a05f 100644
--- a/lib/glance
+++ b/lib/glance
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
     # Set non-default configuration options for registry
     iniset $GLANCE_REGISTRY_CONF DEFAULT debug $ENABLE_DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL
     iniset $GLANCE_REGISTRY_CONF DEFAULT bind_host $GLANCE_SERVICE_LISTEN_ADDRESS
+    iniset $GLANCE_REGISTRY_CONF DEFAULT workers $API_WORKERS
     local dburl
     dburl=`database_connection_url glance`
     iniset $GLANCE_REGISTRY_CONF database connection $dburl