diff --git a/etc/octavia.conf b/etc/octavia.conf
index ec8900280e..676cfe7d37 100644
--- a/etc/octavia.conf
+++ b/etc/octavia.conf
@@ -74,8 +74,14 @@
 # controller_ip_port_list example: 127.0.0.1:5555, 127.0.0.1:5555
 # controller_ip_port_list =
 # failover_threads = 10
-# status_update_threads will default to the number of processors on the host
+# status_update_threads will default to the number of processors on the host.
+# If you specify health_update_threads and stats_update_threads, they override
+# this parameter.
 # status_update_threads =
+# health_update_threads will default to the number of processors on the host
+# health_update_threads =
+# stats_update_threads will default to the number of processors on the host
+# stats_update_threads =
 # heartbeat_interval = 10
 # heartbeat_key =
 # heartbeat_timeout = 60
diff --git a/octavia/amphorae/drivers/health/heartbeat_udp.py b/octavia/amphorae/drivers/health/heartbeat_udp.py
index c4b07cdbf3..71c86b8ee0 100644
--- a/octavia/amphorae/drivers/health/heartbeat_udp.py
+++ b/octavia/amphorae/drivers/health/heartbeat_udp.py
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ class UDPStatusGetter(object):
         self.sock = None
         self.update(self.key, self.ip, self.port)
 
-        self.executor = futures.ProcessPoolExecutor(
-            max_workers=cfg.CONF.health_manager.status_update_threads)
+        self.health_executor = futures.ProcessPoolExecutor(
+            max_workers=CONF.health_manager.health_update_threads)
+        self.stats_executor = futures.ProcessPoolExecutor(
+            max_workers=CONF.health_manager.stats_update_threads)
         self.repo = repositories.Repositories().amphorahealth
 
     def update(self, key, ip, port):
@@ -209,5 +211,5 @@ class UDPStatusGetter(object):
                         'heartbeat packet. Ignoring this packet. '
                         'Exception: %s', e)
         else:
-            self.executor.submit(update_health, obj, srcaddr)
-            self.executor.submit(update_stats, obj, srcaddr)
+            self.health_executor.submit(update_health, obj, srcaddr)
+            self.stats_executor.submit(update_stats, obj, srcaddr)
diff --git a/octavia/cmd/health_manager.py b/octavia/cmd/health_manager.py
index 1ed7cef7a3..547e205c30 100644
--- a/octavia/cmd/health_manager.py
+++ b/octavia/cmd/health_manager.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ def hm_listener(exit_event):
             LOG.error('Health Manager listener experienced unknown error: %s',
                       e)
     LOG.info('Waiting for executor to shutdown...')
-    udp_getter.executor.shutdown()
+    udp_getter.health_executor.shutdown()
+    udp_getter.stats_executor.shutdown()
     LOG.info('Executor shutdown finished.')
 
 
diff --git a/octavia/common/config.py b/octavia/common/config.py
index 41889a5326..7d7fbdcd5c 100644
--- a/octavia/common/config.py
+++ b/octavia/common/config.py
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ healthmanager_opts = [
     cfg.IntOpt('status_update_threads',
                default=None,
                help=_('Number of processes for amphora status update.')),
+    cfg.IntOpt('health_update_threads',
+               default=None,
+               help=_('Number of processes for amphora health update.')),
+    cfg.IntOpt('stats_update_threads',
+               default=None,
+               help=_('Number of processes for amphora stats update.')),
     cfg.StrOpt('heartbeat_key',
                help=_('key used to validate amphora sending'
                       'the message'), secret=True),
@@ -659,3 +665,10 @@ def handle_deprecation_compatibility():
     if cfg.CONF.api_handler is not None:
         cfg.CONF.set_default('api_handler', cfg.CONF.api_handler,
                              group='api_settings')
+    if cfg.CONF.health_manager.status_update_threads is not None:
+        cfg.CONF.set_default('health_update_threads',
+                             cfg.CONF.health_manager.status_update_threads,
+                             group='health_manager')
+        cfg.CONF.set_default('stats_update_threads',
+                             cfg.CONF.health_manager.status_update_threads,
+                             group='health_manager')
diff --git a/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/drivers/health/test_heartbeat_udp.py b/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/drivers/health/test_heartbeat_udp.py
index f58b27c551..04a56d27e4 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/drivers/health/test_heartbeat_udp.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/drivers/health/test_heartbeat_udp.py
@@ -155,18 +155,22 @@ class TestHeartbeatUDP(base.TestCase):
         mock_socket.return_value = socket_mock
         mock_getaddrinfo.return_value = [range(1, 6)]
         mock_dorecv = mock.Mock()
-        mock_executor = mock.Mock()
+        mock_health_executor = mock.Mock()
+        mock_stats_executor = mock.Mock()
 
         getter = heartbeat_udp.UDPStatusGetter()
         getter.dorecv = mock_dorecv
         mock_dorecv.side_effect = [(dict(id=FAKE_ID), 2)]
-        getter.executor = mock_executor
+        getter.health_executor = mock_health_executor
+        getter.stats_executor = mock_stats_executor
 
         getter.check()
-        getter.executor.shutdown()
-        mock_executor.submit.assert_has_calls(
-            [mock.call(heartbeat_udp.update_health, {'id': 1}, 2),
-             mock.call(heartbeat_udp.update_stats, {'id': 1}, 2)])
+        getter.health_executor.shutdown()
+        getter.stats_executor.shutdown()
+        mock_health_executor.submit.assert_has_calls(
+            [mock.call(heartbeat_udp.update_health, {'id': 1}, 2)])
+        mock_stats_executor.submit.assert_has_calls(
+            [mock.call(heartbeat_udp.update_stats, {'id': 1}, 2)])
 
     @mock.patch('socket.getaddrinfo')
     @mock.patch('socket.socket')
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/separate-thread-pool-for-health-stats-update-c263c844075a7721.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/separate-thread-pool-for-health-stats-update-c263c844075a7721.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09acc10704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/separate-thread-pool-for-health-stats-update-c263c844075a7721.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Add new parameters to specify the number of threads for updating amphora
+    health and stats.