diff --git a/ansible/roles/swift/templates/account.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/swift/templates/account.conf.j2
index 753423db96..00606ea3ff 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/swift/templates/account.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/swift/templates/account.conf.j2
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ log_udp_port = {{ fluentd_syslog_port }}
 log_name = {{ service_name }}
 log_facility = LOG_LOCAL0
 log_level = INFO
+workers = {{ openstack_service_workers }}
 
 [pipeline:main]
 pipeline = account-server
diff --git a/ansible/roles/swift/templates/container.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/swift/templates/container.conf.j2
index 6867ca8499..1d8df62aec 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/swift/templates/container.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/swift/templates/container.conf.j2
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ log_udp_port = {{ fluentd_syslog_port }}
 log_name = {{ service_name }}
 log_facility = LOG_LOCAL0
 log_level = INFO
+workers = {{ openstack_service_workers }}
 
 [pipeline:main]
 pipeline = container-server
diff --git a/ansible/roles/swift/templates/object.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/swift/templates/object.conf.j2
index 6fa1c77d1a..2629e3f367 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/swift/templates/object.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/swift/templates/object.conf.j2
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ log_udp_port = {{ fluentd_syslog_port }}
 log_name = {{ service_name }}
 log_facility = LOG_LOCAL0
 log_level = INFO
+workers = {{ openstack_service_workers }}
 
 [pipeline:main]
 {% if service_name == 'swift-object-expirer' %}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/swift/templates/proxy-server.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/swift/templates/proxy-server.conf.j2
index 6177700f89..cd8a8db2f8 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/swift/templates/proxy-server.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/swift/templates/proxy-server.conf.j2
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ log_udp_port = {{ fluentd_syslog_port }}
 log_name = {{ service_name }}
 log_facility = LOG_LOCAL0
 log_level = INFO
+workers = {{ openstack_service_workers }}
 
 [pipeline:main]
 pipeline = catch_errors gatekeeper healthcheck cache container_sync bulk ratelimit authtoken keystoneauth slo dlo proxy-server