diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5880cc..e25ee85 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ linux/s390x
 * `MEMORY_LIMIT`: PHP memory limit (default `512M`)
 * `UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE`: Upload max size (default `512M`)
 * `PM_MAX_CHILDREN`: Maximum number of child processes to be created for PHP-FPM (default `20`)
+* `NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES`: Number of Nginx worker processes (default `auto`)
 * `BODY_TIMEOUT`: Defines a timeout for reading client request body (default `300s`)
 * `CLEAR_ENV`: Clear environment in FPM workers (default `yes`)
 * `OPCACHE_MEM_SIZE`: PHP OpCache memory consumption (default `128`)
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh
index 8db39eb..eaaaeda 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh
+++ b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ TZ=${TZ:-UTC}
 MEMORY_LIMIT=${MEMORY_LIMIT:-512M}
 UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE=${UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE:-512M}
 PM_MAX_CHILDREN=${PM_MAX_CHILDREN:-20}
+NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES=${NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES:-auto}
 BODY_TIMEOUT=${BODY_TIMEOUT:-300s}
 CLEAR_ENV=${CLEAR_ENV:-yes}
 OPCACHE_MEM_SIZE=${OPCACHE_MEM_SIZE:-128}
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ sed -e "s/@MEMORY_LIMIT@/$MEMORY_LIMIT/g" \
 # Nginx
 echo "Setting Nginx configuration..."
 sed -e "s/@UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE@/$UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE/g" \
+  -e "s/@NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES@/$NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES/g" \
   -e "s/@BODY_TIMEOUT@/$BODY_TIMEOUT/g" \
   -e "s#@REAL_IP_FROM@#$REAL_IP_FROM#g" \
   -e "s#@REAL_IP_HEADER@#$REAL_IP_HEADER#g" \
diff --git a/rootfs/tpls/etc/nginx/nginx.conf b/rootfs/tpls/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
index 39b3614..d0d8075 100644
--- a/rootfs/tpls/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/rootfs/tpls/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # similar to https://github.com/nextcloud/docker/blob/master/.examples/docker-compose/with-nginx-proxy/mariadb/fpm/web/nginx.conf
 
 pid /var/run/nginx/nginx.pid;
-worker_processes auto;
+worker_processes @NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES@;
 error_log /proc/self/fd/2 info;
 
 events {