diff --git a/manifests/storage/all.pp b/manifests/storage/all.pp
index e723e96c..58d4135a 100644
--- a/manifests/storage/all.pp
+++ b/manifests/storage/all.pp
@@ -97,6 +97,18 @@
 #   (optional) Prefix for data being sent to statsd.
 #   Defaults to ''
 #
+# [*account_server_workers*]
+#   (optional) Number of account server workers.
+#   Defaults to undef.
+#
+# [*container_server_workers*]
+#   (optional) Number of container server workers.
+#   Defaults to undef.
+#
+# [*object_server_workers*]
+#   (optional) Number of account server workers.
+#   Defaults to undef.
+#
 class swift::storage::all(
   $storage_local_net_ip,
   $devices                        = '/srv/node',
@@ -121,6 +133,9 @@ class swift::storage::all(
   $log_statsd_default_sample_rate = '1.0',
   $log_statsd_sample_rate_factor  = '1.0',
   $log_statsd_metric_prefix       = '',
+  $account_server_workers         = undef,
+  $container_server_workers       = undef,
+  $object_server_workers          = undef,
 ) {
 
   include ::swift::deps
@@ -164,6 +179,7 @@ class swift::storage::all(
     log_requests     => $log_requests,
     incoming_chmod   => $incoming_chmod,
     outgoing_chmod   => $outgoing_chmod,
+    workers          => $account_server_workers,
   }
 
   swift::storage::server { $container_port:
@@ -175,6 +191,7 @@ class swift::storage::all(
     log_requests     => $log_requests,
     incoming_chmod   => $incoming_chmod,
     outgoing_chmod   => $outgoing_chmod,
+    workers          => $container_server_workers,
   }
 
   swift::storage::server { $object_port:
@@ -185,5 +202,6 @@ class swift::storage::all(
     log_requests     => $log_requests,
     incoming_chmod   => $incoming_chmod,
     outgoing_chmod   => $outgoing_chmod,
+    workers          => $object_server_workers,
   }
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/expose-worker-count-07bde2c47a7c0329.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/expose-worker-count-07bde2c47a7c0329.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fea5253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/expose-worker-count-07bde2c47a7c0329.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Expose the account, container and object server worker count. This allows
+    operators to tune their settings depending on their needs. The current
+    default is kept unchanged.
diff --git a/spec/classes/swift_storage_all_spec.rb b/spec/classes/swift_storage_all_spec.rb
index 3779a6f0..00c22259 100644
--- a/spec/classes/swift_storage_all_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/swift_storage_all_spec.rb
@@ -200,4 +200,24 @@ describe 'swift::storage::all' do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "when specifying number of workers" do
+    let :params do
+      {
+        :storage_local_net_ip	    => '127.0.0.1',
+        :account_server_workers     => '42',
+        :container_server_workers   => '42',
+        :object_server_workers      => '42',
+      }
+    end
+
+    {'object' => '6000', 'container' => '6001', 'account' => '6002'}.each do |type,name|
+      it "should define worker count in the #{type} config file" do
+       is_expected.to contain_concat_fragment("swift-#{type}-#{name}").with_content(
+         /workers = 42/
+       )
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
 end