diff --git a/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd.sh.tpl b/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd.sh.tpl
index 8772705105..23ef00d8cc 100644
--- a/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd.sh.tpl
+++ b/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd.sh.tpl
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ function start () {
 
   ovs-vsctl --db=unix:${OVS_SOCKET} --no-wait show
 
+{{- if .Values.conf.ovs_other_config.handler_threads }}
+  ovs-vsctl --db=unix:${OVS_SOCKET} --no-wait set Open_vSwitch . other_config:n-handler-threads={{ .Values.conf.ovs_other_config.handler_threads }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- if .Values.conf.ovs_other_config.revalidator_threads }}
+  ovs-vsctl --db=unix:${OVS_SOCKET} --no-wait set Open_vSwitch . other_config:n-revalidator-threads={{ .Values.conf.ovs_other_config.revalidator_threads }}
+{{- end }}
+
 {{- if .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk.enabled }}
     ovs-vsctl --db=unix:${OVS_SOCKET} --no-wait set Open_vSwitch . other_config:dpdk-hugepage-dir={{ .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk.hugepages_mountpath | quote }}
     ovs-vsctl --db=unix:${OVS_SOCKET} --no-wait set Open_vSwitch . other_config:dpdk-socket-mem={{ .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk.socket_memory | quote }}
diff --git a/openvswitch/values.yaml b/openvswitch/values.yaml
index 4740ce9c86..0a4ab834dd 100644
--- a/openvswitch/values.yaml
+++ b/openvswitch/values.yaml
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ manifests:
 conf:
   openvswitch_db_server:
     ptcp_port: null
+  ovs_other_config:
+    handler_threads: null
+    revalidator_threads: null
   ovs_dpdk:
     enabled: false
     ## Mandatory parameters. Please uncomment when enabling DPDK