diff --git a/daemon/call.h b/daemon/call.h
index 937fa60dd..28f5c26e0 100644
--- a/daemon/call.h
+++ b/daemon/call.h
@@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ struct callmaster_config {
 	enum xmlrpc_format	fmt;
 	endpoint_t		graphite_ep;
 	int			graphite_interval;
+
+	int			redis_num_threads;
 };
 
 struct callmaster {
diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index 672a9b072..acf8826ab 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static int port_max = 40000;
 static int max_sessions = -1;
 static int redis_db = -1;
 static int redis_write_db = -1;
+static int redis_num_threads;
 static int no_redis_required;
 static char *redis_auth;
 static char *redis_write_auth;
@@ -290,6 +291,7 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv) {
 		{ "port-max",	'M', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&port_max,	"Highest port to use for RTP",	"INT"		},
 		{ "redis",	'r', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&redisps,	"Connect to Redis database",	"[PW@]IP:PORT/INT"	},
 		{ "redis-write",'w', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,    &redisps_write, "Connect to Redis write database",      "[PW@]IP:PORT/INT"       },
+		{ "redis-num-threads", 'w', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &redis_num_threads, "Number of Redis restore threads",      "INT"       },
 		{ "no-redis-required", 'q', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &no_redis_required, "Start no matter of redis connection state", NULL },
 		{ "b2b-url",	'b', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&b2b_url,	"XMLRPC URL of B2B UA"	,	"STRING"	},
 		{ "log-level",	'L', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	(void *)&log_level,"Mask log priorities above this level","INT"	},
@@ -540,6 +542,15 @@ no_kernel:
 	mc.fmt = xmlrpc_fmt;
 	mc.graphite_ep = graphite_ep;
 	mc.graphite_interval = graphite_interval;
+	if (redis_num_threads < 1) {
+#ifdef _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN
+		redis_num_threads = sysconf( _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN );
+#endif
+		if (redis_num_threads < 1) {
+			redis_num_threads = REDIS_RESTORE_NUM_THREADS;
+		}
+	}
+	mc.redis_num_threads = redis_num_threads;
 
 	ct = NULL;
 	if (tcp_listen_ep.port) {
diff --git a/daemon/redis.c b/daemon/redis.c
index 027b5d71e..cb1b674f4 100644
--- a/daemon/redis.c
+++ b/daemon/redis.c
@@ -1086,7 +1086,6 @@ struct thread_ctx {
 	GQueue r_q;
 	mutex_t r_m;
 };
-#define RESTORE_NUM_THREADS 4
 
 static void restore_thread(void *call_p, void *ctx_p) {
 	struct thread_ctx *ctx = ctx_p;
@@ -1138,9 +1137,9 @@ int redis_restore(struct callmaster *m, struct redis *r) {
 	ctx.m = m;
 	mutex_init(&ctx.r_m);
 	g_queue_init(&ctx.r_q);
-	for (i = 0; i < RESTORE_NUM_THREADS; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < m->conf.redis_num_threads; i++)
 		g_queue_push_tail(&ctx.r_q, redis_new(&r->endpoint, r->db, r->auth, r->role, r->no_redis_required));
-	gtp = g_thread_pool_new(restore_thread, &ctx, RESTORE_NUM_THREADS, TRUE, NULL);
+	gtp = g_thread_pool_new(restore_thread, &ctx, m->conf.redis_num_threads, TRUE, NULL);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < calls->elements; i++) {
 		call = calls->element[i];
diff --git a/daemon/redis.h b/daemon/redis.h
index 037fab041..ead5281e6 100644
--- a/daemon/redis.h
+++ b/daemon/redis.h
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #include <hiredis/hiredis.h>
 
 
+#define REDIS_RESTORE_NUM_THREADS 4
+
+
 enum redis_role {
 	MASTER_REDIS_ROLE = 0,
 	SLAVE_REDIS_ROLE = 1,
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.default b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.default
index ed69e24bb..161088ed8 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.default
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.default
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ TABLE=0
 # REDIS_WRITE=127.0.0.1:6379
 # REDIS_WRITE_DB=1
 # REDIS_WRITE_AUTH_PW=foobar
+# REDIS_NUM_THREADS=8
 # NO_REDIS_REQUIRED=yes
 # B2B_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8090/
 # LOG_LEVEL=6
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.init b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.init
index bbba8aa0d..5bf1e891f 100755
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.init
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.init
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ fi
 [ -z "$REDIS_AUTH_PW" ] || export RTPENGINE_REDIS_AUTH_PW="$REDIS_AUTH_PW"
 [ -z "$REDIS_WRITE" -o -z "$REDIS_WRITE_DB" ] || OPTIONS="$OPTIONS --redis-write=$REDIS_WRITE/$REDIS_WRITE_DB"
 [ -z "$REDIS_WRITE_AUTH_PW" ] || export RTPENGINE_REDIS_WRITE_AUTH_PW="$REDIS_WRITE_AUTH_PW"
+[ -z "$REDIS_NUM_THREADS" ] || OPTIONS="$OPTIONS --redis-num-threads=$REDIS_NUM_THREADS"
 [ -z "$NO_REDIS_REQUIRED" -o \( "$NO_REDIS_REQUIRED" != "1" -a "$NO_REDIS_REQUIRED" != "yes" \) ] || OPTIONS="$OPTIONS --no-redis-required"
 [ -z "$B2B_URL" ] || OPTIONS="$OPTIONS --b2b-url=$B2B_URL"
 [ -z "$NO_FALLBACK" -o \( "$NO_FALLBACK" != "1" -a "$NO_FALLBACK" != "yes" \) ] || OPTIONS="$OPTIONS --no-fallback"