diff --git a/cmd/server/main.go b/cmd/server/main.go
index e8d8154ed2c..fee18397895 100644
--- a/cmd/server/main.go
+++ b/cmd/server/main.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	_ "time/tzdata" // embed tzdata as a fallback
 
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+	"go.uber.org/automaxprocs/maxprocs"
 
 	"go.temporal.io/server/common/authorization"
 	"go.temporal.io/server/common/build"
@@ -119,6 +120,10 @@ func buildCLI() *cli.App {
 				if c.Args().Len() > 0 {
 					return cli.Exit("ERROR: start command doesn't support arguments. Use --service flag instead.", 1)
 				}
+
+				if _, err := maxprocs.Set(); err != nil {
+					stdlog.Println(fmt.Sprintf("WARNING: failed to set GOMAXPROCS: %v.", err))
+				}
 				return nil
 			},
 			Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9082dfad300..63f4acb9d9b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ require (
 	go.temporal.io/sdk v1.22.1
 	go.temporal.io/version v0.3.0
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0
+	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.2
 	go.uber.org/fx v1.19.1
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.9.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index eb9d2e3de0b..623476980be 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -970,6 +970,7 @@ github.com/pkg/sftp v1.10.1/go.mod h1:lYOWFsE0bwd1+KfKJaKeuokY15vzFx25BLbzYYoAxZ
 github.com/pkg/sftp v1.13.1/go.mod h1:3HaPG6Dq1ILlpPZRO0HVMrsydcdLt6HRDccSgb87qRg=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0 h1:BTyx3RfQjRHnUWaGF9oQos79AlQ5k8WNktv7VGvVH4g=
 github.com/prashantv/protectmem v0.0.0-20171002184600-e20412882b3a h1:AA9vgIBDjMHPC2McaGPojgV2dcI78ZC0TLNhYCXEKH8=
 github.com/prashantv/protectmem v0.0.0-20171002184600-e20412882b3a/go.mod h1:lzZQ3Noex5pfAy7mkAeCjcBDteYU85uWWnJ/y6gKU8k=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
@@ -1129,6 +1130,8 @@ go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0 h1:9qC72Qh0+3MqyJbAn8YU5xVq1frD8bn3JtD2oXtafVQ=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0/go.mod h1:LUxbIzbOniOlMKjJjyPfpl4v+PKK2cNJn91OQbhoJI0=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.2 h1:2LxUOGiR3O6tw8ui5sZa2LAaHnsviZdVOUZw4fvbnME=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.2/go.mod h1:eRbA25aqJrxAbsLO0xy5jVwPt7FQnRgjW+efnwa1WM0=
 go.uber.org/dig v1.16.1 h1:+alNIBsl0qfY0j6epRubp/9obgtrObRAc5aD+6jbWY8=
 go.uber.org/dig v1.16.1/go.mod h1:557JTAUZT5bUK0SvCwikmLPPtdQhfvLYtO5tJgQSbnk=
 go.uber.org/fx v1.19.1 h1:JwYIYAQzXBuBBwSZ1/tn/95pnQO/Sp3yE8lWj9eSAzI=