diff --git a/devstack/apache-aodh.template b/devstack/apache-aodh.template
index 63f6fea36..039476ae1 100644
--- a/devstack/apache-aodh.template
+++ b/devstack/apache-aodh.template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Listen %PORT%
 
 <VirtualHost *:%PORT%>
-    WSGIDaemonProcess aodh-api processes=2 threads=10 user=%USER% display-name=%{GROUP} %VIRTUALENV%
+    WSGIDaemonProcess aodh-api processes=%APIWORKERS% threads=10 user=%USER% display-name=%{GROUP} %VIRTUALENV%
     WSGIProcessGroup aodh-api
     WSGIScriptAlias / %WSGIAPP%
     WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index a5b92ed7c..1b94bcfa5 100644
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ function _aodh_config_apache_wsgi {
         s|%APACHE_NAME%|$APACHE_NAME|g;
         s|%WSGIAPP%|$AODH_WSGI_DIR/app|g;
         s|%USER%|$STACK_USER|g;
+        s|%APIWORKERS%|$API_WORKERS|g;
         s|%VIRTUALENV%|$venv_path|g
     " -i $aodh_apache_conf
 }