diff --git a/devstack/README.md b/devstack/README.md
index ae563ddfe..166354f26 100644
--- a/devstack/README.md
+++ b/devstack/README.md
@@ -143,6 +143,17 @@ enforce it in following way:
 APACHE_MIRROR=http://www-us.apache.org/dist/
 ```
 
+## Using WSGI
+
+Monasca-api can be deployed with Apache using uwsgi and gunicorn.
+By default monasca-api runs under uwsgi.
+If you wish to use gunicorn make sure that ```devstack/local.conf```
+contains:
+
+```sh
+MONASCA_API_USE_MOD_WSGI=False
+```
+
 # License
 
 (c) Copyright 2015-2016 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Company LP
diff --git a/devstack/Vagrantfile b/devstack/Vagrantfile
index 891054908..48bef12d9 100644
--- a/devstack/Vagrantfile
+++ b/devstack/Vagrantfile
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-p
 # MONASCA_METRICS_DB=${MONASCA_METRICS_DB:-cassandra}
 MONASCA_METRICS_DB=${MONASCA_METRICS_DB:-influxdb}
 
+MONASCA_API_USE_MOD_WSGI=${MONASCA_API_USE_MOD_WSGI:-True}
+
 # Uncomment one of the following lines and modify accordingly to enable the Monasca DevStack Plugin
 enable_plugin monasca-api https://git.openstack.org/openstack/monasca-api
 # enable_plugin monasca-api file:///vagrant_home/Documents/repos/openstack/monasca-api.vertica
diff --git a/devstack/files/monasca-api/apache-monasca-api.template b/devstack/files/monasca-api/apache-monasca-api.template
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5748e1443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devstack/files/monasca-api/apache-monasca-api.template
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Listen %PUBLICPORT%
+
+<VirtualHost *:%PUBLICPORT%>
+    WSGIDaemonProcess monasca-api user=%USER% processes=%APIWORKERS% threads=1 display-name=%{GROUP} %VIRTUALENV%
+    WSGIProcessGroup monasca-api
+    WSGIScriptAlias / %PUBLICWSGI%/wsgi.py
+    WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
+
+    WSGIPassAuthorization On
+
+    LogLevel info
+    ErrorLog /var/log/%APACHE_NAME%/monasca-api.log
+    CustomLog /var/log/%APACHE_NAME%/monasca-api_access.log combined
+
+    SetEnv no-gzip 1
+    AddDefaultCharset utf-8
+
+</VirtualHost>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index 9c2e43570..c4dc71b8a 100755
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -93,7 +93,12 @@ if [[ ${USE_VENV} = True ]]; then
 else
     MONASCA_API_BIN_DIR=$(get_python_exec_prefix)
 fi
-MONASCA_API_BASE_URI=${MONASCA_API_SERVICE_PROTOCOL}://${MONASCA_API_SERVICE_HOST}:${MONASCA_API_SERVICE_PORT}
+
+if [[ "${MONASCA_API_USE_MOD_WSGI}" == 'True' && "${MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG}" == "python" ]]; then
+    MONASCA_API_BASE_URI=${MONASCA_API_SERVICE_PROTOCOL}://${MONASCA_API_SERVICE_HOST}/metrics
+else
+    MONASCA_API_BASE_URI=${MONASCA_API_SERVICE_PROTOCOL}://${MONASCA_API_SERVICE_HOST}:${MONASCA_API_SERVICE_PORT}
+fi
 MONASCA_API_URI_V2=${MONASCA_API_BASE_URI}/v2.0
 
 # Files inside this directory will be visible in gates log
@@ -759,9 +764,14 @@ function install_monasca-api {
     git_clone $MONASCA_API_REPO $MONASCA_API_DIR $MONASCA_API_BRANCH
     setup_develop $MONASCA_API_DIR
 
-    pip_install_gr gunicorn
     install_monasca_common
 
+    if [[ "${MONASCA_API_USE_MOD_WSGI}" == 'True' ]]; then
+        pip_install uwsgi
+    else
+        pip_install_gr gunicorn
+    fi
+
     if [[ "${MONASCA_METRICS_DB,,}" == 'influxdb' ]]; then
         pip_install_gr influxdb
     fi
@@ -854,9 +864,20 @@ function configure_monasca_api_python {
         ln -sf $MONASCA_API_PASTE_INI $MON_API_GATE_CONFIGURATION_DIR
         ln -sf $MONASCA_API_LOGGING_CONF $MON_API_GATE_CONFIGURATION_DIR
 
+        if [ "${MONASCA_API_USE_MOD_WSGI}" == 'True' ]; then
+            configure_monasca_api_python_uwsgi
+        fi
+
     fi
 }
 
+function configure_monasca_api_python_uwsgi {
+    rm -rf $MONASCA_API_UWSGI_CONF
+
+    install -m 600 $MONASCA_API_DIR/etc/api-uwsgi.ini $MONASCA_API_UWSGI_CONF
+    write_uwsgi_config "$MONASCA_API_UWSGI_CONF" "$MONASCA_API_BIN_DIR/monasca-api-wsgi" "/metrics"
+}
+
 function start_monasca_api_python {
     if is_service_enabled monasca-api; then
         echo_summary "Starting monasca-api"
@@ -866,10 +887,16 @@ function start_monasca_api_python {
         local gunicorn="$MONASCA_API_BIN_DIR/gunicorn"
 
         restart_service memcached
-        run_process "monasca-api" "$gunicorn --paste $MONASCA_API_PASTE_INI"
+        if [ "${MONASCA_API_USE_MOD_WSGI}" == 'True' ]; then
+            service_uri=$service_protocol://$MONASCA_API_SERVICE_HOST/api/v2.0
+            run_process "monasca-api" "$MONASCA_API_BIN_DIR/uwsgi --ini $MONASCA_API_UWSGI_CONF" ""
+        else
+            service_uri=$service_protocol://$MONASCA_API_SERVICE_HOST:$service_port
+            run_process "monasca-api" "$gunicorn --paste $MONASCA_API_PASTE_INI"
+        fi
 
         echo "Waiting for monasca-api to start..."
-        if ! wait_for_service $SERVICE_TIMEOUT $service_protocol://$SERVICE_HOST:$service_port; then
+        if ! wait_for_service $SERVICE_TIMEOUT $service_uri; then
             die $LINENO "monasca-api did not start"
         fi
     fi
@@ -918,6 +945,14 @@ function clean_monasca_api_python {
         apt_get -y purge libmysqlclient-dev
     fi
 
+    if [ "$MONASCA_API_USE_MOD_WSGI" == "True" ]; then
+        clean_monasca_api_uwsgi
+    fi
+
+}
+
+function clean_monasca_api_uwsgi {
+    sudo rm -rf $MONASCA_API_UWSGI_CONF
 }
 
 function start_monasca_api {
diff --git a/devstack/settings b/devstack/settings
index 22e5c26a7..868bbaac2 100644
--- a/devstack/settings
+++ b/devstack/settings
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ MONASCA_API_CONF=${MONASCA_API_CONF:-$MONASCA_API_CONF_DIR/api-config.conf}
 MONASCA_API_PASTE_INI=${MONASCA_API_PASTE_INI:-$MONASCA_API_CONF_DIR/api-config.ini}
 MONASCA_API_LOGGING_CONF=${MONASCA_API_LOGGING_CONF:-$MONASCA_API_CONF_DIR/api-logging.conf}
 MONASCA_API_LOG_DIR=${MONASCA_API_LOG_DIR:-/var/log/monasca/api}
+MONASCA_API_USE_MOD_WSGI=${MONASCA_API_USE_MOD_WSGI:-$ENABLE_HTTPD_MOD_WSGI_SERVICES}
+MONASCA_API_UWSGI_CONF=${MONASCA_API_UWSGI_CONF:-$MONASCA_API_CONF_DIR/api-uwsgi.ini}
+
 
 ## storm settings
 STORM_UI_HOST=${STORM_UI_HOST:-${SERVICE_HOST}}
diff --git a/etc/api-uwsgi.ini b/etc/api-uwsgi.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74e0dc2c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/api-uwsgi.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[uwsgi]
+wsgi-file = /usr/local/bin/monasca-api-wsgi
+
+# Versions of mod_proxy_uwsgi>=2.0.6 should use a UNIX socket, see
+# http://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/Apache.html#mod-proxy-uwsgi
+uwsgi-socket = 127.0.0.1:8070
+
+# Override the default size for headers from the 4k default.
+buffer-size = 65535
+
+# This is running standalone
+master = true
+
+enable-threads = true
+
+# Tune this to your environment.
+processes = 4
+
+# uwsgi recommends this to prevent thundering herd on accept.
+thunder-lock = true
+
+plugins = python
+
+# This ensures that file descriptors aren't shared between keystone processes.
+lazy-apps = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/monasca_api/api/wsgi.py b/monasca_api/api/wsgi.py
index 3e4b1c6ac..ff95b60e4 100644
--- a/monasca_api/api/wsgi.py
+++ b/monasca_api/api/wsgi.py
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@
 
 from monasca_api.api import server
 
-application = server.get_wsgi_app(config_base_path='/etc/monasca')
+
+def main():
+    return server.get_wsgi_app(config_base_path='/etc/monasca')
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    application = main()
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 61a1bc53f..e69f7d897 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ cassandra =
 console_scripts =
     monasca-api = monasca_api.api.server:launch
 
+wsgi_scripts =
+    monasca-api-wsgi = monasca_api.api.wsgi:main
+
 oslo.config.opts =
     monasca_api = monasca_api.conf:list_opts