diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/files/00-mpm.conf b/roles/koji_hub/files/00-mpm.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f349d67269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/files/00-mpm.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Select the MPM module which should be used by uncommenting exactly
+# one of the following LoadModule lines:
+
+# prefork MPM: Implements a non-threaded, pre-forking web server
+# See: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/prefork.html
+#LoadModule mpm_prefork_module modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so
+
+# worker MPM: Multi-Processing Module implementing a hybrid
+# multi-threaded multi-process web server
+# See: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/worker.html
+#
+#LoadModule mpm_worker_module modules/mod_mpm_worker.so
+
+# event MPM: A variant of the worker MPM with the goal of consuming
+# threads only for connections with active processing
+# See: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/event.html
+#
+LoadModule mpm_event_module modules/mod_mpm_event.so
diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
index e20947083e..c80f5ef0f6 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@
   # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/buildsys/2015-April/004636.html
   when: env == 'staging'
 
+- name: set the apache mpm to use event MPM
+  copy: src=00-mpm.conf dest=/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/00-mpm.conf
+  notify:
+  - reload proxyhttpd
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - koji_hub
+
 - name: hub config
   template: src=hub.conf.j2 dest=/etc/koji-hub/hub.conf owner=apache group=apache mode=600
   tags:
diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojiweb.conf.j2 b/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojiweb.conf.j2
index f43efd4b6e..cdbfde9561 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojiweb.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojiweb.conf.j2
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ RewriteEngine On
 RewriteRule ^/$ /koji/  [R,L]
 KeepAlive On
 
+StartServers           150
+ServerLimit            900
+MaxRequestWorkers      900
+MaxRequestsPerChild    10000
+
 #We use wsgi by default
 Alias /koji "/usr/share/koji-web/scripts/wsgi_publisher.py"
 #(configuration goes in /etc/kojiweb/web.conf)
diff --git a/roles/postgresql_server/templates/postgresql.conf b/roles/postgresql_server/templates/postgresql.conf
index 4b26ec6cea..bfc9727ad9 100644
--- a/roles/postgresql_server/templates/postgresql.conf
+++ b/roles/postgresql_server/templates/postgresql.conf
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ listen_addresses = '*'          # what IP address(es) to listen on;
                                         # defaults to 'localhost', '*' = all
                                         # (change requires restart)         
 port = 5432                             # (change requires restart)         
-max_connections = 750                   # (change requires restart)         
+max_connections = 2000                   # (change requires restart)         
 # Note:  Increasing max_connections costs ~400 bytes of shared memory per   
 # connection slot, plus lock space (see max_locks_per_transaction).  You might
 # also need to raise shared_buffers to support more connections.