diff --git a/sensorhub-service-consys/src/main/java/org/sensorhub/impl/service/consys/ConSysApiService.java b/sensorhub-service-consys/src/main/java/org/sensorhub/impl/service/consys/ConSysApiService.java
index 84c912310..2671639ed 100644
--- a/sensorhub-service-consys/src/main/java/org/sensorhub/impl/service/consys/ConSysApiService.java
+++ b/sensorhub-service-consys/src/main/java/org/sensorhub/impl/service/consys/ConSysApiService.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ protected void doStart() throws SensorHubException
         
         // init thread pool
         threadPool = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(
-            Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors(),
+            config.threadPoolSize <= 0 ? Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() : config.threadPoolSize,
             new NamedThreadFactory("CSApi-Pool"));
 
         // init timeout monitor
diff --git a/sensorhub-service-consys/src/main/java/org/sensorhub/impl/service/consys/ConSysApiServiceConfig.java b/sensorhub-service-consys/src/main/java/org/sensorhub/impl/service/consys/ConSysApiServiceConfig.java
index 1c0104b08..9f1fee0cf 100644
--- a/sensorhub-service-consys/src/main/java/org/sensorhub/impl/service/consys/ConSysApiServiceConfig.java
+++ b/sensorhub-service-consys/src/main/java/org/sensorhub/impl/service/consys/ConSysApiServiceConfig.java
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ public class ConSysApiServiceConfig extends OGCServiceConfig
     public List<String> uriPrefixMap = new ArrayList<>();
 
 
+    @DisplayInfo(label="Thread Pool Size", desc="Number of threads used by the service to handle incoming requests. " +
+            "When this value is <= 0, the size of the thread pool will be equal to the available number of CPU processors.")
+    public int threadPoolSize = 0;
+
+
     public ConSysApiServiceConfig()
     {
         this.moduleClass = ConSysApiService.class.getCanonicalName();