diff --git a/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/templates/nginx/nginx.conf.j2 b/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/templates/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
index 51aa8a006..8cb3da78c 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/templates/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/templates/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 # - various temp paths are changed to `/tmp`, so that a non-root user can write to them
 # - the `user` directive was removed, as we don't want nginx to switch users
 
-worker_processes 1;
+worker_processes {{ matrix_nginx_proxy_proxy_synapse_worker_processes }};
 
 error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
 pid /tmp/nginx.pid;
 
 
 events {
-	worker_connections 1024;
+	worker_connections {{ matrix_nginx_proxy_proxy_synapse_worker_connections }};
 }