diff --git a/cmd/rollouts-controller/main.go b/cmd/rollouts-controller/main.go
index bc478740a8..768fc416cd 100644
--- a/cmd/rollouts-controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/rollouts-controller/main.go
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ func newCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		logLevel            string
 		glogLevel           int
 		metricsPort         int
+		rolloutThreads      int
+		experimentThreads   int
+		serviceThreads      int
 	)
 	var command = cobra.Command{
 		Use:   cliName,
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ func newCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			kubeInformerFactory.Start(stopCh)
 			argoRolloutsInformerFactory.Start(stopCh)
 
-			if err = cm.Run(1, 1, 1, stopCh); err != nil {
+			if err = cm.Run(rolloutThreads, serviceThreads, experimentThreads, stopCh); err != nil {
 				glog.Fatalf("Error running controller: %s", err.Error())
 			}
 			return nil
@@ -101,6 +104,9 @@ func newCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&logLevel, "loglevel", "info", "Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&glogLevel, "gloglevel", 0, "Set the glog logging level")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&metricsPort, "metricsport", controller.DefaultMetricsPort, "Set the port the metrics endpoint should be exposed over")
+	command.Flags().IntVar(&rolloutThreads, "rollout-threads", controller.DefaultRolloutThreads, "Set the number of worker threads for the Rollout controller")
+	command.Flags().IntVar(&experimentThreads, "experiment-threads", controller.DefaultExperimentThreads, "Set the number of worker threads for the Experimentd controller")
+	command.Flags().IntVar(&serviceThreads, "service-threads", controller.DefaultServiceThreads, "Set the number of worker threads for the Service controller")
 	return &command
 }
 
diff --git a/controller/controller.go b/controller/controller.go
index f73cc48f8e..af40c3cb43 100644
--- a/controller/controller.go
+++ b/controller/controller.go
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ const (
 
 	// DefaultMetricsPort Default port to expose the metrics endpoint
 	DefaultMetricsPort = 8090
+
+	// DefaultRolloutThreads Default numnber of worker threads to start with the controller
+	DefaultRolloutThreads = 1
+
+	// DefaultRolloutThreads Default numnber of worker threads to start with the controller
+	DefaultExperimentThreads = 1
+
+	// DefaultRolloutThreads Default numnber of worker threads to start with the controller
+	DefaultServiceThreads = 1
 )
 
 // Manager is the controller implementation for Argo-Rollout resources
diff --git a/experiments/controller.go b/experiments/controller.go
index ff495574ef..392741219e 100644
--- a/experiments/controller.go
+++ b/experiments/controller.go
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 package experiments
 
 import (
-	"time"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	k8serrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	appsinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/apps/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	appslisters "k8s.io/client-go/listers/apps/v1"
@@ -15,8 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/controller/metrics"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/apis/rollouts/v1alpha1"
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	listers "github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/pkg/client/listers/rollouts/v1alpha1"
 	controllerutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/controller"
 	logutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-rollouts/utils/log"
-
 )
 
 // ExperimentController is the controller implementation for Experiment resources