diff --git a/.env b/.env
index f4a585ba..630e856d 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 FASTAPI_BACKEND="uvicorn"
+FASTAPI_WORKERS=2
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 1addecb2..eb75343b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ services:
       - cache:/cache
 
   fastapi:
+    environment:
+      - FASTAPI_BACKEND="gunicorn"
     volumes:
       - cache:/cache
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f19485e3..71f3b970 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       - AUR_CONFIG=conf/config
       - DB_HOST=mariadb
+      - FASTAPI_WORKERS=${FASTAPI_WORKERS}
     entrypoint: /docker/fastapi-entrypoint.sh
     command: /docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh "${FASTAPI_BACKEND}"
     healthcheck:
diff --git a/docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh b/docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh
index 4dcc1d96..16ae3cb9 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/run-fastapi.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ if [ -f /cache/production.key.pem ]; then
     KEY=/cache/production.key.pem
 fi
 
+# By default, set FASTAPI_WORKERS to 2. In production, this should
+# be configured by the deployer.
+if [ -z "$FASTAPI_WORKERS" ]; then
+    FASTAPI_WORKERS=2
+fi
+
+echo "FASTAPI_BACKEND: $FASTAPI_BACKEND"
+echo "FASTAPI_WORKERS: $FASTAPI_WORKERS"
+
 if [ "$1" == "uvicorn" ] || [ "$1" == "" ]; then
     exec uvicorn --reload \
         --ssl-certfile "$CERT" \
@@ -20,11 +29,24 @@ if [ "$1" == "uvicorn" ] || [ "$1" == "" ]; then
         --host "0.0.0.0" \
         --port 8000 \
         aurweb.asgi:app
-else
+elif [ "$1" == "gunicorn" ]; then
+    exec gunicorn \
+        --keyfile="$KEY" \
+        --certfile="$CERT" \
+        --log-config /docker/logging.conf \
+        --bind "0.0.0.0:8000" \
+        -w $FASTAPI_WORKERS \
+        -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker \
+        aurweb.asgi:app
+elif [ "$1" == "hypercorn" ]; then
     exec hypercorn --reload \
         --certfile "$CERT" \
         --keyfile "$KEY" \
         --log-config /docker/logging.conf \
         -b "0.0.0.0:8000" \
         aurweb.asgi:app
+else
+    echo "Error: Invalid \$FASTAPI_BACKEND supplied."
+    echo "Valid backends: 'uvicorn', 'gunicorn', 'hypercorn'."
+    exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4b530493..141ec0ed 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ pytest-asyncio = { version = "0.15.1", python = "^3.9" }
 pytest-cov = { version = "2.12.1", python = "^3.9" }
 pytest-tap = { version = "3.2", python = "^3.9" }
 uvicorn = { version = "0.15.0", python = "^3.9" }
+gunicorn = { version = "20.1.0", python = "^3.9" }
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 aurweb-git-auth = "aurweb.git.auth:main"