diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index b3a586c..367b916 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -516,6 +516,12 @@
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT ec2_dmz_host "$EC2_DMZ_HOST"
     iniset_rpc_backend nova $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT
     iniset $NOVA_CONF glance api_servers "$GLANCE_HOSTPORT"
+
+    if [ -n "$API_WORKERS" ]; then
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT osci_compute_workers "$API_WORKERS"
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT ec2_workers "$API_WORKERS"
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT metadata_workers "$API_WORKERS"
+    fi
 }
 
 function init_nova_cells {