diff --git a/net/nginx/Makefile b/net/nginx/Makefile
index 354b375d..2a3be799 100644
--- a/net/nginx/Makefile
+++ b/net/nginx/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=nginx
 PKG_VERSION:=1.16.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=nginx-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://nginx.org/download/
diff --git a/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx.conf b/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx.conf
index 5b0f3da0..92daa6fb 100644
--- a/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx.conf
+++ b/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 user nobody nogroup;
-worker_processes  1;
+worker_processes  auto;
 
 #error_log  logs/error.log;
 #error_log  logs/error.log  notice;
diff --git a/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx_ssl.conf b/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx_ssl.conf
index db33e554..06e355d0 100644
--- a/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx_ssl.conf
+++ b/net/nginx/files-luci-support/luci_nginx_ssl.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 user  root;
-worker_processes  1;
+worker_processes  auto;
 
 #error_log  logs/error.log;
 #error_log  logs/error.log  notice;