diff --git a/manifests/storage/server.pp b/manifests/storage/server.pp
index 5f05e7b1..8b2aea25 100644
--- a/manifests/storage/server.pp
+++ b/manifests/storage/server.pp
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@
 #   writing to the root device.
 #   Defaults to true.
 #
+# [*servers_per_port*]
+#   (optional) Spawn multiple servers per device on different ports.
+#   Make object-server run this many worker processes per unique port of
+#   "local" ring devices across all storage policies.  This can help provide
+#   the isolation of threads_per_disk without the severe overhead.  The default
+#   value of 0 disables this feature.
+#   Defaults to 0.
+#
 # [*user*]
 #   (optional) User to run as
 #   Defaults to 'swift'.
@@ -151,6 +159,7 @@ define swift::storage::server(
   $max_connections                = 25,
   $pipeline                       = ["${type}-server"],
   $mount_check                    = true,
+  $servers_per_port               = 0,
   $user                           = 'swift',
   $workers                        = $::os_workers,
   $allow_versions                 = false,
diff --git a/templates/object-server.conf.erb b/templates/object-server.conf.erb
index 265feb89..b4c2cce0 100644
--- a/templates/object-server.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/object-server.conf.erb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ devices = <%= @devices %>
 bind_ip = <%= @storage_local_net_ip %>
 bind_port = <%= @bind_port %>
 mount_check = <%= @mount_check %>
+servers_per_port = <%= @servers_per_port %>
 user = <%= @user %>
 log_name = <%= @log_name %>
 log_facility = <%= @log_facility %>