diff --git a/common/deploy-steps-tasks.yaml b/common/deploy-steps-tasks.yaml
index 998bbe0cd6..f072942559 100644
--- a/common/deploy-steps-tasks.yaml
+++ b/common/deploy-steps-tasks.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
       environment:
         NET_HOST: 'true'
         DEBUG: '{{docker_puppet_debug|default(false)}}'
+        PROCESS_COUNT: '{{docker_puppet_process_count|default(3)}}'
       when: step == "1"
       changed_when: false
       check_mode: no
diff --git a/common/deploy-steps.j2 b/common/deploy-steps.j2
index db2b21c1fd..32d1afcf9b 100644
--- a/common/deploy-steps.j2
+++ b/common/deploy-steps.j2
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ parameters:
     type: string
     default: ''
     description: Set to True to enable debug logging with docker-puppet.py
+  DockerPuppetProcessCount:
+    type: number
+    default: 3
+    description: Number of concurrent processes to use when running docker-puppet to generate config files.
   ctlplane_service_ips:
     type: json
 
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ resources:
         - name: update_identifier
         - name: bootstrap_server_id
         - name: docker_puppet_debug
+        - name: docker_puppet_process_count
       config:
         str_replace:
           template: |
@@ -273,6 +278,7 @@ resources:
         update_identifier: {get_param: DeployIdentifier}
         bootstrap_server_id: {get_param: [servers, {{primary_role_name}}, '0']}
         docker_puppet_debug: {get_param: DockerPuppetDebug}
+        docker_puppet_process_count: {get_param: DockerPuppetProcessCount}
   {% endfor %}
   # END CONFIG STEPS