diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5b3291408d..33cb55bbf6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3949,6 +3949,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "common-telemetry",
  "common-time",
  "common-version",
+ "config",
  "datafusion",
  "datafusion-common",
  "datafusion-expr",
diff --git a/config/config.md b/config/config.md
index 5a0e46763f..f14148bfcc 100644
--- a/config/config.md
+++ b/config/config.md
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@
 | `procedure` | -- | -- | Procedure storage options. |
 | `procedure.max_retry_times` | Integer | `3` | Procedure max retry time. |
 | `procedure.retry_delay` | String | `500ms` | Initial retry delay of procedures, increases exponentially |
+| `flow` | -- | -- | flow engine options. |
+| `flow.num_workers` | Integer | `0` | The number of flow worker in flownode.<br/>Not setting(or set to 0) this value will use the number of CPU cores divided by 2. |
 | `storage` | -- | -- | The data storage options. |
 | `storage.data_home` | String | `/tmp/greptimedb/` | The working home directory. |
 | `storage.type` | String | `File` | The storage type used to store the data.<br/>- `File`: the data is stored in the local file system.<br/>- `S3`: the data is stored in the S3 object storage.<br/>- `Gcs`: the data is stored in the Google Cloud Storage.<br/>- `Azblob`: the data is stored in the Azure Blob Storage.<br/>- `Oss`: the data is stored in the Aliyun OSS. |
@@ -536,6 +538,8 @@
 | --- | -----| ------- | ----------- |
 | `mode` | String | `distributed` | The running mode of the flownode. It can be `standalone` or `distributed`. |
 | `node_id` | Integer | Unset | The flownode identifier and should be unique in the cluster. |
+| `flow` | -- | -- | flow engine options. |
+| `flow.num_workers` | Integer | `0` | The number of flow worker in flownode.<br/>Not setting(or set to 0) this value will use the number of CPU cores divided by 2. |
 | `grpc` | -- | -- | The gRPC server options. |
 | `grpc.addr` | String | `127.0.0.1:6800` | The address to bind the gRPC server. |
 | `grpc.hostname` | String | `127.0.0.1` | The hostname advertised to the metasrv,<br/>and used for connections from outside the host |
diff --git a/config/flownode.example.toml b/config/flownode.example.toml
index ffa9924365..b27076a4c8 100644
--- a/config/flownode.example.toml
+++ b/config/flownode.example.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ mode = "distributed"
 ## @toml2docs:none-default
 node_id = 14
 
+## flow engine options.
+[flow]
+## The number of flow worker in flownode.
+## Not setting(or set to 0) this value will use the number of CPU cores divided by 2.
+#+num_workers=0
+
 ## The gRPC server options.
 [grpc]
 ## The address to bind the gRPC server.
diff --git a/config/standalone.example.toml b/config/standalone.example.toml
index bd5b7b073b..275abf40e4 100644
--- a/config/standalone.example.toml
+++ b/config/standalone.example.toml
@@ -284,6 +284,12 @@ max_retry_times = 3
 ## Initial retry delay of procedures, increases exponentially
 retry_delay = "500ms"
 
+## flow engine options.
+[flow]
+## The number of flow worker in flownode.
+## Not setting(or set to 0) this value will use the number of CPU cores divided by 2.
+#+num_workers=0
+
 # Example of using S3 as the storage.
 # [storage]
 # type = "S3"
diff --git a/src/cmd/src/standalone.rs b/src/cmd/src/standalone.rs
index d72ec5ef43..c52499eccf 100644
--- a/src/cmd/src/standalone.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/src/standalone.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ use datanode::config::{DatanodeOptions, ProcedureConfig, RegionEngineConfig, Sto
 use datanode::datanode::{Datanode, DatanodeBuilder};
 use datanode::region_server::RegionServer;
 use file_engine::config::EngineConfig as FileEngineConfig;
-use flow::{FlowWorkerManager, FlownodeBuilder, FrontendInvoker};
+use flow::{FlowConfig, FlowWorkerManager, FlownodeBuilder, FlownodeOptions, FrontendInvoker};
 use frontend::frontend::FrontendOptions;
 use frontend::instance::builder::FrontendBuilder;
 use frontend::instance::{FrontendInstance, Instance as FeInstance, StandaloneDatanodeManager};
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ pub struct StandaloneOptions {
     pub storage: StorageConfig,
     pub metadata_store: KvBackendConfig,
     pub procedure: ProcedureConfig,
+    pub flow: FlowConfig,
     pub logging: LoggingOptions,
     pub user_provider: Option<String>,
     /// Options for different store engines.
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ impl Default for StandaloneOptions {
             storage: StorageConfig::default(),
             metadata_store: KvBackendConfig::default(),
             procedure: ProcedureConfig::default(),
+            flow: FlowConfig::default(),
             logging: LoggingOptions::default(),
             export_metrics: ExportMetricsOption::default(),
             user_provider: None,
@@ -523,8 +525,12 @@ impl StartCommand {
             Self::create_table_metadata_manager(kv_backend.clone()).await?;
 
         let flow_metadata_manager = Arc::new(FlowMetadataManager::new(kv_backend.clone()));
+        let flownode_options = FlownodeOptions {
+            flow: opts.flow.clone(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
         let flow_builder = FlownodeBuilder::new(
-            Default::default(),
+            flownode_options,
             plugins.clone(),
             table_metadata_manager.clone(),
             catalog_manager.clone(),
diff --git a/src/common/config/src/config.rs b/src/common/config/src/config.rs
index e0816fbd56..f3cefa90b5 100644
--- a/src/common/config/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/common/config/src/config.rs
@@ -73,14 +73,21 @@ pub trait Configurable: Serialize + DeserializeOwned + Default + Sized {
             layered_config = layered_config.add_source(File::new(config_file, FileFormat::Toml));
         }
 
-        let opts = layered_config
+        let mut opts: Self = layered_config
             .build()
             .and_then(|x| x.try_deserialize())
             .context(LoadLayeredConfigSnafu)?;
 
+        opts.validate_sanitize()?;
+
         Ok(opts)
     }
 
+    /// Validate(and possibly sanitize) the configuration.
+    fn validate_sanitize(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// List of toml keys that should be parsed as a list.
     fn env_list_keys() -> Option<&'static [&'static str]> {
         None
diff --git a/src/flow/Cargo.toml b/src/flow/Cargo.toml
index c306a59a1a..6038d0f47a 100644
--- a/src/flow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/flow/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ common-runtime.workspace = true
 common-telemetry.workspace = true
 common-time.workspace = true
 common-version.workspace = true
+config.workspace = true
 datafusion.workspace = true
 datafusion-common.workspace = true
 datafusion-expr.workspace = true
diff --git a/src/flow/src/adapter.rs b/src/flow/src/adapter.rs
index 6e16b7340a..8a3c4494b9 100644
--- a/src/flow/src/adapter.rs
+++ b/src/flow/src/adapter.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ use tokio::sync::{broadcast, watch, Mutex, RwLock};
 pub(crate) use crate::adapter::node_context::FlownodeContext;
 use crate::adapter::table_source::ManagedTableSource;
 use crate::adapter::util::relation_desc_to_column_schemas_with_fallback;
-use crate::adapter::worker::{create_worker, Worker, WorkerHandle};
+pub(crate) use crate::adapter::worker::{create_worker, Worker, WorkerHandle};
 use crate::compute::ErrCollector;
 use crate::df_optimizer::sql_to_flow_plan;
 use crate::error::{EvalSnafu, ExternalSnafu, InternalSnafu, InvalidQuerySnafu, UnexpectedSnafu};
@@ -80,6 +80,21 @@ pub const UPDATE_AT_TS_COL: &str = "update_at";
 pub type FlowId = u64;
 pub type TableName = [String; 3];
 
+/// Flow config that exists both in standalone&distributed mode
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+#[serde(default)]
+pub struct FlowConfig {
+    pub num_workers: usize,
+}
+
+impl Default for FlowConfig {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            num_workers: (common_config::utils::get_cpus() / 2).max(1),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Options for flow node
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(default)]
@@ -87,6 +102,7 @@ pub struct FlownodeOptions {
     pub mode: Mode,
     pub cluster_id: Option<u64>,
     pub node_id: Option<u64>,
+    pub flow: FlowConfig,
     pub grpc: GrpcOptions,
     pub meta_client: Option<MetaClientOptions>,
     pub logging: LoggingOptions,
@@ -100,6 +116,7 @@ impl Default for FlownodeOptions {
             mode: servers::Mode::Standalone,
             cluster_id: None,
             node_id: None,
+            flow: FlowConfig::default(),
             grpc: GrpcOptions::default().with_addr("127.0.0.1:3004"),
             meta_client: None,
             logging: LoggingOptions::default(),
@@ -109,7 +126,14 @@ impl Default for FlownodeOptions {
     }
 }
 
-impl Configurable for FlownodeOptions {}
+impl Configurable for FlownodeOptions {
+    fn validate_sanitize(&mut self) -> common_config::error::Result<()> {
+        if self.flow.num_workers == 0 {
+            self.flow.num_workers = (common_config::utils::get_cpus() / 2).max(1);
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
 
 /// Arc-ed FlowNodeManager, cheaper to clone
 pub type FlowWorkerManagerRef = Arc<FlowWorkerManager>;
@@ -121,6 +145,8 @@ pub struct FlowWorkerManager {
     /// The handler to the worker that will run the dataflow
     /// which is `!Send` so a handle is used
     pub worker_handles: Vec<Mutex<WorkerHandle>>,
+    /// The selector to select a worker to run the dataflow
+    worker_selector: Mutex<usize>,
     /// The query engine that will be used to parse the query and convert it to a dataflow plan
     pub query_engine: Arc<dyn QueryEngine>,
     /// Getting table name and table schema from table info manager
@@ -162,6 +188,7 @@ impl FlowWorkerManager {
         let worker_handles = Vec::new();
         FlowWorkerManager {
             worker_handles,
+            worker_selector: Mutex::new(0),
             query_engine,
             table_info_source: srv_map,
             frontend_invoker: RwLock::new(None),
@@ -181,15 +208,22 @@ impl FlowWorkerManager {
     }
 
     /// Create a flownode manager with one worker
-    pub fn new_with_worker<'s>(
+    pub fn new_with_workers<'s>(
         node_id: Option<u32>,
         query_engine: Arc<dyn QueryEngine>,
         table_meta: TableMetadataManagerRef,
-    ) -> (Self, Worker<'s>) {
+        num_workers: usize,
+    ) -> (Self, Vec<Worker<'s>>) {
         let mut zelf = Self::new(node_id, query_engine, table_meta);
-        let (handle, worker) = create_worker();
-        zelf.add_worker_handle(handle);
-        (zelf, worker)
+
+        let workers: Vec<_> = (0..num_workers)
+            .map(|_| {
+                let (handle, worker) = create_worker();
+                zelf.add_worker_handle(handle);
+                worker
+            })
+            .collect();
+        (zelf, workers)
     }
 
     /// add a worker handler to manager, meaning this corresponding worker is under it's manage
@@ -830,7 +864,8 @@ impl FlowWorkerManager {
             .write()
             .await
             .insert(flow_id, err_collector.clone());
-        let handle = &self.worker_handles[0].lock().await;
+        // TODO(discord9): load balance?
+        let handle = &self.get_worker_handle_for_create_flow().await;
         let create_request = worker::Request::Create {
             flow_id,
             plan: flow_plan,
diff --git a/src/flow/src/adapter/util.rs b/src/flow/src/adapter/util.rs
index b851cf0e70..26b96f75b9 100644
--- a/src/flow/src/adapter/util.rs
+++ b/src/flow/src/adapter/util.rs
@@ -28,12 +28,28 @@ use snafu::{OptionExt, ResultExt};
 use table::table_reference::TableReference;
 
 use crate::adapter::table_source::TableDesc;
-use crate::adapter::{TableName, AUTO_CREATED_PLACEHOLDER_TS_COL};
+use crate::adapter::{TableName, WorkerHandle, AUTO_CREATED_PLACEHOLDER_TS_COL};
 use crate::error::{Error, ExternalSnafu, UnexpectedSnafu};
 use crate::repr::{ColumnType, RelationDesc, RelationType};
 use crate::FlowWorkerManager;
 
 impl FlowWorkerManager {
+    /// Get a worker handle for creating flow, using round robin to select a worker
+    pub(crate) async fn get_worker_handle_for_create_flow(
+        &self,
+    ) -> tokio::sync::MutexGuard<WorkerHandle> {
+        let mut selector = self.worker_selector.lock().await;
+
+        *selector += 1;
+        if *selector >= self.worker_handles.len() {
+            *selector = 0
+        };
+
+        // Safety: selector is always in bound
+        let handle = &self.worker_handles[*selector];
+        handle.lock().await
+    }
+
     /// Create table from given schema(will adjust to add auto column if needed), return true if table is created
     pub(crate) async fn create_table_from_relation(
         &self,
diff --git a/src/flow/src/lib.rs b/src/flow/src/lib.rs
index 8d07369afa..a186e57d89 100644
--- a/src/flow/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/flow/src/lib.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ mod utils;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test_utils;
 
-pub use adapter::{FlowWorkerManager, FlowWorkerManagerRef, FlownodeOptions};
+pub use adapter::{FlowConfig, FlowWorkerManager, FlowWorkerManagerRef, FlownodeOptions};
 pub use error::{Error, Result};
 pub use server::{FlownodeBuilder, FlownodeInstance, FlownodeServer, FrontendInvoker};
diff --git a/src/flow/src/server.rs b/src/flow/src/server.rs
index 2cc2f5644f..4ecda0b66f 100644
--- a/src/flow/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/flow/src/server.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ use tonic::codec::CompressionEncoding;
 use tonic::transport::server::TcpIncoming;
 use tonic::{Request, Response, Status};
 
-use crate::adapter::{CreateFlowArgs, FlowWorkerManagerRef};
+use crate::adapter::{create_worker, CreateFlowArgs, FlowWorkerManagerRef};
 use crate::error::{
     to_status_with_last_err, CacheRequiredSnafu, CreateFlowSnafu, ExternalSnafu, FlowNotFoundSnafu,
     ListFlowsSnafu, ParseAddrSnafu, ShutdownServerSnafu, StartServerSnafu, UnexpectedSnafu,
@@ -414,24 +414,30 @@ impl FlownodeBuilder {
 
         register_function_to_query_engine(&query_engine);
 
-        let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+        let num_workers = self.opts.flow.num_workers;
 
         let node_id = self.opts.node_id.map(|id| id as u32);
-        let _handle = std::thread::Builder::new()
-            .name("flow-worker".to_string())
-            .spawn(move || {
-                let (flow_node_manager, mut worker) =
-                    FlowWorkerManager::new_with_worker(node_id, query_engine, table_meta);
-                let _ = tx.send(flow_node_manager);
-                info!("Flow Worker started in new thread");
-                worker.run();
-            });
-        let mut man = rx.await.map_err(|_e| {
-            UnexpectedSnafu {
-                reason: "sender is dropped, failed to create flow node manager",
-            }
-            .build()
-        })?;
+
+        let mut man = FlowWorkerManager::new(node_id, query_engine, table_meta);
+        for worker_id in 0..num_workers {
+            let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+
+            let _handle = std::thread::Builder::new()
+                .name(format!("flow-worker-{}", worker_id))
+                .spawn(move || {
+                    let (handle, mut worker) = create_worker();
+                    let _ = tx.send(handle);
+                    info!("Flow Worker started in new thread");
+                    worker.run();
+                });
+            let worker_handle = rx.await.map_err(|e| {
+                UnexpectedSnafu {
+                    reason: format!("Failed to receive worker handle: {}", e),
+                }
+                .build()
+            })?;
+            man.add_worker_handle(worker_handle);
+        }
         if let Some(handler) = self.state_report_handler.take() {
             man = man.with_state_report_handler(handler).await;
         }
diff --git a/tests-integration/tests/http.rs b/tests-integration/tests/http.rs
index 917660a5c3..8aa3254d2a 100644
--- a/tests-integration/tests/http.rs
+++ b/tests-integration/tests/http.rs
@@ -874,6 +874,8 @@ purge_threshold = "4GiB"
 max_retry_times = 3
 retry_delay = "500ms"
 
+[flow]
+
 [logging]
 max_log_files = 720
 append_stdout = true