diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller.go b/pkg/controller/controller.go
index 74eae0f3..72b4d2f4 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller.go
@@ -249,7 +249,8 @@ func (c *HAProxyController) setToReady() {
 		return c.haproxy.FrontendBindCreate("stats",
 			models.Bind{
 				BindParams: models.BindParams{
-					Name: "stats",
+					Name:   "stats",
+					Thread: c.osArgs.StatsBindThread,
 				},
 				Address: fmt.Sprintf("*:%d", c.osArgs.StatsBindPort),
 			},
diff --git a/pkg/utils/flags.go b/pkg/utils/flags.go
index 4b45491b..083801fc 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/flags.go
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ type OSArgs struct {
 	Help                       []bool         `short:"h" long:"help" description:"show this help message"`
 	LocalPeerPort              int64          `long:"localpeer-port" default:"10000" description:"port to listen on for local peer"`
 	StatsBindPort              int64          `long:"stats-bind-port" default:"1024" description:"port to listen on for stats page"`
+	StatsBindThread            string         `long:"stats-bind-thread" description:"default stats service bind thread params eg: 1-1" default:""`
 	DefaultBackendPort         int            `long:"default-backend-port" description:"port to use for default service" default:"6061"`
 	ChannelSize                int64          `long:"channel-size" description:"sets the size of controller buffers used to receive and send k8s events.NOTE: increase the value to accommodate large number of resources "`
 	ControllerPort             int            `long:"controller-port" description:"port to listen on for controller data: prometheus, pprof" default:"6060"`