diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/openqa-ppc64le-01.qa.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/openqa-ppc64le-01.qa.fedoraproject.org
index 17dcef90dd..e0ee268a04 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/openqa-ppc64le-01.qa.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/openqa-ppc64le-01.qa.fedoraproject.org
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/qavirt-sudoers"
 # Given that the only interface here is eth2, we can't really make ansible do its magic
 ansible_ifcfg_whitelist:
 - nonexistent
+
+# this is a powerful machine, can handle more openQA workers
+openqa_workers: 8