diff --git a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi.conf.j2
index 800be7d019..1f7d6b6e2f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi.conf.j2
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ archive_policy_name = low
 
 flush_delay=10
 
+[metricd]
+workers = {{ openstack_service_workers }}
 
 [indexer]
 url = mysql+pymysql://{{ gnocchi_database_user }}:{{ gnocchi_database_password }}@{{ gnocchi_database_address }}/{{ gnocchi_database_name }}