diff --git a/include/InformationManager.h b/include/InformationManager.h
index 4edcb2561f..5563b63394 100644
--- a/include/InformationManager.h
+++ b/include/InformationManager.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "MadManager.h"
 #include "ActionManager.h"
 #include "InformationManagerDriver.h"
+#include "MonitorThread.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public:
         time_t                      _timer_period,
         time_t                      _monitor_period,
         int                         _host_limit,
+        int                         _monitor_threads,
         const string&               _remotes_location,
         vector<const Attribute*>&   _mads)
             :MadManager(_mads),
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ public:
             timer_period(_timer_period),
             monitor_period(_monitor_period),
             host_limit(_host_limit),
-            remotes_location(_remotes_location)
+            remotes_location(_remotes_location),
+            mtpool(_monitor_threads)
     {
         am.addListener(this);
     };
@@ -141,6 +144,11 @@ private:
      */
     ActionManager   am;
 
+    /**
+     *  Pool of threads to process each monitor message
+     */
+    MonitorThreadPool mtpool;
+
     /**
      *  Function to execute the Manager action loop method within a new pthread
      * (requires C linkage)
diff --git a/include/InformationManagerDriver.h b/include/InformationManagerDriver.h
index 59556b7339..02c65f85f7 100644
--- a/include/InformationManagerDriver.h
+++ b/include/InformationManagerDriver.h
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ public:
     InformationManagerDriver(
         int                         userid,
         const map<string,string>&   attrs,
-        bool                        sudo);
+        bool                        sudo,
+        MonitorThreadPool *         mtpool);
 
     virtual ~InformationManagerDriver();
 
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ public:
 private:
     friend class InformationManager;
 
+    /**
+     *  Pointer to the Monitor Thread Pool to process monitor messages
+     */
     MonitorThreadPool * mtpool;
 };
 
diff --git a/share/etc/oned.conf b/share/etc/oned.conf
index b1e37fa22c..cca9d3c478 100644
--- a/share/etc/oned.conf
+++ b/share/etc/oned.conf
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #
 #  MONITORING_INTERVAL: Time in seconds between host and VM monitorization.
 #
+#  MONITORING_THREADS: Max. number of threads used to process monitor messages
+#
 #  HOST_PER_INTERVAL: Number of hosts monitored in each interval.
 #  HOST_MONITORING_EXPIRATION_TIME: Time, in seconds, to expire monitoring
 #  information. Use 0 to disable HOST monitoring recording.
@@ -52,7 +54,8 @@ LOG = [
 
 #MANAGER_TIMER = 30
 
-MONITORING_INTERVAL              = 60
+MONITORING_INTERVAL = 60
+MONITORING_THREADS  = 50
 
 #HOST_PER_INTERVAL               = 15
 #HOST_MONITORING_EXPIRATION_TIME = 43200
diff --git a/src/im/InformationManager.cc b/src/im/InformationManager.cc
index 9bdc5ceb5c..107c9a3c58 100644
--- a/src/im/InformationManager.cc
+++ b/src/im/InformationManager.cc
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int InformationManager::load_mads(int uid)
 
         NebulaLog::log("InM",Log::INFO,oss);
 
-        im_mad = new InformationManagerDriver(0,vattr->value(),false);
+        im_mad = new InformationManagerDriver(0,vattr->value(),false,&mtpool);
 
         rc = add(im_mad);
 
diff --git a/src/im/InformationManagerDriver.cc b/src/im/InformationManagerDriver.cc
index 28176d1c74..938145f811 100644
--- a/src/im/InformationManagerDriver.cc
+++ b/src/im/InformationManagerDriver.cc
@@ -27,21 +27,13 @@
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 InformationManagerDriver::InformationManagerDriver(
-        int                         userid,
-        const map<string,string>&   attrs,
-        bool                        sudo):
-            Mad(userid,attrs,sudo)
-{
-    mtpool = new MonitorThreadPool(100);
-};
+        int                       userid,
+        const map<string,string>& attrs,
+        bool                      sudo,
+        MonitorThreadPool *       _mtpool):
+            Mad(userid,attrs,sudo), mtpool(_mtpool){};
 
-InformationManagerDriver::~InformationManagerDriver()
-{
-    if (mtpool != 0)
-    {
-        delete mtpool;
-    }
-};
+InformationManagerDriver::~InformationManagerDriver(){};
 
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 /* Driver ASCII Protocol Implementation                                       */
diff --git a/src/nebula/Nebula.cc b/src/nebula/Nebula.cc
index c7d330d582..312c7b956e 100644
--- a/src/nebula/Nebula.cc
+++ b/src/nebula/Nebula.cc
@@ -724,10 +724,14 @@ void Nebula::start(bool bootstrap_only)
     try
     {
         vector<const Attribute *>   im_mads;
-        int                         host_limit;
+
+        int host_limit;
+        int monitor_threads;
 
         nebula_configuration->get("HOST_PER_INTERVAL", host_limit);
 
+        nebula_configuration->get("MONITORING_THREADS", monitor_threads);
+
         nebula_configuration->get("IM_MAD", im_mads);
 
         im = new InformationManager(hpool,
@@ -735,6 +739,7 @@ void Nebula::start(bool bootstrap_only)
                                     timer_period,
                                     monitor_period,
                                     host_limit,
+                                    monitor_threads,
                                     remotes_location,
                                     im_mads);
     }
diff --git a/src/nebula/NebulaTemplate.cc b/src/nebula/NebulaTemplate.cc
index 66ce0899d6..825781cbb1 100644
--- a/src/nebula/NebulaTemplate.cc
+++ b/src/nebula/NebulaTemplate.cc
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ void OpenNebulaTemplate::set_conf_default()
 # Daemon configuration attributes
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  MONITORING_INTERVAL
+#  MONITORING_THREADS
 #  HOST_PER_INTERVAL
 #  HOST_MONITORING_EXPIRATION_TIME
 #  VM_PER_INTERVAL
@@ -107,6 +108,12 @@ void OpenNebulaTemplate::set_conf_default()
     attribute = new SingleAttribute("MONITORING_INTERVAL",value);
     conf_default.insert(make_pair(attribute->name(),attribute));
 
+    // MONITORING_THREADS
+    value = "50";
+
+    attribute = new SingleAttribute("MONITORING_THREADS",value);
+    conf_default.insert(make_pair(attribute->name(),attribute));
+
     // HOST_PER_INTERVAL
     value = "15";