diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f68d77d..e1760bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This file is used to list changes made in each version of the openstack-block-st
 * Sync conf files with Juno
 * Upgrading berkshelf from 2.0.18 to 3.1.5
 * Move keystone keys into cinder.conf
+* Add attribute for osapi_volume_workers
 
 ## 9.4.1
 * Add support for LVMISCSIDriver driver using block devices with LVM
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 78f460a..401d8b4 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ default['openstack']['block-storage']['control_exchange'] = 'cinder'
 default['openstack']['block-storage']['region'] = node['openstack']['region']
 default['openstack']['block-storage']['scheduler_role'] = 'os-block-storage-scheduler'
 
+# Number of workers for OpenStack Volume API service. The
+# default is equal to the number of CPUs available. (integer
+# value)
+default['openstack']['block-storage']['osapi_volume_workers'] = [8, node['cpu']['total'].to_i].min
+
 # Template strings to be used to generate resource names
 default['openstack']['block-storage']['volume_name_template'] = 'volume-%s'
 default['openstack']['block-storage']['snapshot_name_template'] = 'snapshot-%s'
diff --git a/spec/cinder_common_spec.rb b/spec/cinder_common_spec.rb
index 09124a7..3125e42 100644
--- a/spec/cinder_common_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/cinder_common_spec.rb
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ describe 'openstack-block-storage::cinder-common' do
         context 'commonly named attributes' do
           %w(debug verbose lock_path notification_driver
              storage_availability_zone quota_volumes quota_gigabytes quota_driver
-             volume_name_template snapshot_name_template
+             volume_name_template snapshot_name_template osapi_volume_workers
              control_exchange max_gigabytes).each do |attr_key|
             it "has a #{attr_key} attribute" do
               node.set['openstack']['block-storage'][attr_key] = "#{attr_key}_value"
diff --git a/templates/default/cinder.conf.erb b/templates/default/cinder.conf.erb
index 013c8ee..1f2d2b3 100644
--- a/templates/default/cinder.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/cinder.conf.erb
@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ osapi_volume_listen=<%= @volume_api_bind_address %>
 #### (IntOpt) port for os volume api to listen
 osapi_volume_listen_port=<%= @volume_api_bind_port %>
 
+# Number of workers for OpenStack Volume API service. The
+# default is equal to the number of CPUs available. (integer
+# value)
+osapi_volume_workers=<%= node["openstack"]["block-storage"]["osapi_volume_workers"] %>
+
 ######## defined in cinder.test ########
 
 # sqlite_clean_db=clean.sqlite