diff --git a/neutron/wsgi.py b/neutron/wsgi.py
index c617f9beb85..9d3fcf01b4c 100644
--- a/neutron/wsgi.py
+++ b/neutron/wsgi.py
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ class WorkerService(worker.NeutronWorker):
 class Server(object):
     """Server class to manage multiple WSGI sockets and applications."""
 
-    def __init__(self, name, num_threads=1000, disable_ssl=False):
+    def __init__(self, name, num_threads=None, disable_ssl=False):
         # Raise the default from 8192 to accommodate large tokens
         eventlet.wsgi.MAX_HEADER_LINE = CONF.max_header_line
-        self.num_threads = num_threads
+        self.num_threads = num_threads or CONF.wsgi_default_pool_size
         self.disable_ssl = disable_ssl
         # Pool for a greenthread in which wsgi server will be running
         self.pool = eventlet.GreenPool(1)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/config-wsgi-pool-size-a4c06753b79fee6d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/config-wsgi-pool-size-a4c06753b79fee6d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b471057103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/config-wsgi-pool-size-a4c06753b79fee6d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+prelude: >
+    Support configuration of greenthreads pool for WSGI.
+other:
+  - Operators may want to tune the ``max_overflow`` and
+    ``wsgi_default_pool_size`` configuration options according
+    to the investigations outlined in this `mailing list post
+    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-December/082717.html>`_.
+    The default value of ``wsgi_default_pool_size`` inherits from
+    that of oslo.config, which is currently 100.  This is
+    a change in default from the previous Neutron-specific
+    value of 1000.