diff --git a/config.cpp b/config.cpp
index a39a9376..cae13bae 100644
--- a/config.cpp
+++ b/config.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ video_t video {
   24, // gop_size
   35, // crf
 
+  4, // threads
+
   "baseline"s, // profile
   "superfast"s, // preset
   "zerolatency"s // tune
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ void parse_file(const char *file) {
   int_f(vars, "max_b_frames", video.max_b_frames);
   int_f(vars, "gop_size", video.gop_size);
   int_f(vars, "crf", video.crf);
+  int_f(vars, "threads", video.threads);
   string_f(vars, "profile", video.profile);
   string_f(vars, "preset", video.preset);
   string_f(vars, "tune", video.tune);
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 58338185..e51ce41b 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ struct video_t {
   int gop_size;
   int crf; // higher == more compression and less quality
 
+  int threads; // Number threads used by ffmpeg
+
   std::string profile;
   std::string preset;
   std::string tune;
diff --git a/sunshine.conf.example b/sunshine.conf.example
index e8c8603c..7d406b64 100644
--- a/sunshine.conf.example
+++ b/sunshine.conf.example
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ gop_size = 24
 # Higher value means more compression, but less quality
 crf = 28
 
+# Number of threads used by ffmpeg to encode the video
+# threads = 4
+
+
 # See x264 --fullhelp for the different presets
 # profile = baseline
 # preset  = superfast
diff --git a/video.cpp b/video.cpp
index 7ed9c86b..c78d5818 100644
--- a/video.cpp
+++ b/video.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void encodeThread(
 
   ctx->slices = config.slicesPerFrame;
   ctx->thread_type = FF_THREAD_SLICE;
-  ctx->thread_count = std::min(config.slicesPerFrame, 4);
+  ctx->thread_count = config::video.threads;
 
 
   AVDictionary *options {nullptr};