diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fbb24359..b518253d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ linux/arm64
 * `PGID`: group id (default `1000`)
 * `MEMORY_LIMIT`: PHP memory limit (default `256M`)
 * `UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE`: Upload max size (default `16M`)
+* `NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES`: Number of Nginx worker processes (default `auto`)
 * `CLEAR_ENV`: Clear environment in FPM workers (default `yes`)
 * `OPCACHE_MEM_SIZE`: PHP OpCache memory consumption (default `128`)
 * `LISTEN_IPV6`: Enable IPv6 for Nginx and Postfix (default `true`)
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/00-env b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/00-env
index d95ad4e2..a6053fc4 100755
--- a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/00-env
+++ b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/00-env
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ file_env() {
 TZ=${TZ:-UTC}
 MEMORY_LIMIT=${MEMORY_LIMIT:-256M}
 UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE=${UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE:-16M}
+NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES=${NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES:-auto}
 CLEAR_ENV=${CLEAR_ENV:-yes}
 OPCACHE_MEM_SIZE=${OPCACHE_MEM_SIZE:-128}
 LISTEN_IPV6=${LISTEN_IPV6:-true}
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/12-config-nginx.sh b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/12-config-nginx.sh
index 6140dbae..9704a5f9 100755
--- a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/12-config-nginx.sh
+++ b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/12-config-nginx.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set -e
 
 echo "Setting Nginx configuration"
 sed -e "s#@UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE@#$UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE#g" \
+  -e "s#@NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES@#$NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES#g" \
   -e "s#@REAL_IP_FROM@#$REAL_IP_FROM#g" \
   -e "s#@REAL_IP_HEADER@#$REAL_IP_HEADER#g" \
   -e "s#@LOG_IP_VAR@#$LOG_IP_VAR#g" \
diff --git a/rootfs/tpls/etc/nginx/nginx.conf b/rootfs/tpls/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
index ac61a04c..dfc5e247 100644
--- a/rootfs/tpls/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/rootfs/tpls/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pid /var/run/nginx/nginx.pid;
-worker_processes auto;
+worker_processes @NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES@;
 error_log /proc/self/fd/2 info;
 
 events {