diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/GeyserConnector.java b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/GeyserConnector.java
index 234a3b1ca..0c9217147 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/GeyserConnector.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/GeyserConnector.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import com.nukkitx.network.util.EventLoops;
 import com.nukkitx.protocol.bedrock.BedrockServer;
 import io.netty.channel.epoll.Epoll;
 import io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueue;
+import io.netty.util.NettyRuntime;
+import io.netty.util.internal.SystemPropertyUtil;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
 import org.geysermc.common.PlatformType;
@@ -233,10 +235,16 @@ public class GeyserConnector {
         RakNetConstants.MAXIMUM_MTU_SIZE = (short) config.getMtu();
         logger.debug("Setting MTU to " + config.getMtu());
 
+        Integer bedrockThreadCount = Integer.getInteger("Geyser.BedrockNetworkThreads");
+        if (bedrockThreadCount == null) {
+            // Copy the code from Netty's default thread count fallback
+            bedrockThreadCount = Math.max(1, SystemPropertyUtil.getInt("io.netty.eventLoopThreads", NettyRuntime.availableProcessors() * 2));
+        }
+
         boolean enableProxyProtocol = config.getBedrock().isEnableProxyProtocol();
         bedrockServer = new BedrockServer(
                 new InetSocketAddress(config.getBedrock().getAddress(), config.getBedrock().getPort()),
-                1,
+                bedrockThreadCount,
                 EventLoops.commonGroup(),
                 enableProxyProtocol
         );