diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/AgentShell.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/AgentShell.java
index ca3f7de02f4..05caf8e6cda 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/AgentShell.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/AgentShell.java
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ public class AgentShell implements IAgentShell {
 
             if (tokens[0].equalsIgnoreCase("port")) {
                 port = tokens[1];
-            } else if (tokens[0].equalsIgnoreCase("threads")) {
+            } else if (tokens[0].equalsIgnoreCase("threads") || tokens[0].equalsIgnoreCase("workers")) {
                 workers = tokens[1];
             } else if (tokens[0].equalsIgnoreCase("host")) {
                 host = tokens[1];