diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b2e3c56..e86d862 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ A very flexible, lightweight and fully asynchronous HTTP server library based on
 * Support IPv6
 * Support plugin
 * Support upload large file
+* Support multi-process model - The same multi-process model as Nginx
 * Flexible - you can easily extend your application to have HTTP/HTTPS services
 * Code structure is concise and understandable, also suitable for learning
 
diff --git a/README_ZH.md b/README_ZH.md
index 454c1a3..61a4bb6 100644
--- a/README_ZH.md
+++ b/README_ZH.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 * 支持 IPv6
 * 支持插件
 * 支持上传大文件
+* 支持多进程模型 - 和 Nginx 一样的多进程模型
 * 可伸缩 - 你可以非常方便的扩展你的应用程序，使之具备HTTP/HTTPS服务
 * 代码结构简洁通俗易懂，亦适合学习
 
diff --git a/example/example.c b/example/example.c
index f54f8eb..b7f3223 100644
--- a/example/example.c
+++ b/example/example.c
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         goto err;
 #endif
 
+    srv->start_worker(srv, -1); /* -1 means automatically to available CPUs */
+
     srv->set_docroot(srv, docroot);
     srv->set_index_page(srv, index_page);
 
diff --git a/src/uhttpd.c b/src/uhttpd.c
index 70358db..e68dc9e 100644
--- a/src/uhttpd.c
+++ b/src/uhttpd.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_DLOPEN
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #endif
+#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
 
 #include "uhttpd_internal.h"
 #include "connection.h"
@@ -100,7 +101,8 @@ static void uh_accept_cb(struct ev_loop *loop, struct ev_io *w, int revents)
 
     sock = accept4(srv->sock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addr_len, SOCK_NONBLOCK | SOCK_CLOEXEC);
     if (sock < 0) {
-        uh_log_err("accept: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+        if (errno != EAGAIN)
+            uh_log_err("accept: %s\n", strerror(errno));
         return;
     }
 
@@ -123,6 +125,43 @@ static void uh_accept_cb(struct ev_loop *loop, struct ev_io *w, int revents)
     srv->conns = conn;
 }
 
+static void uh_start_accept(struct uh_server_internal *srv)
+{
+    ev_io_init(&srv->ior, uh_accept_cb, srv->sock, EV_READ);
+    ev_io_start(srv->loop, &srv->ior);
+}
+
+static void uh_stop_accept(struct uh_server_internal *srv)
+{
+    ev_io_stop(srv->loop, &srv->ior);
+}
+
+static void uh_start_worker(struct uh_server *srv, int n)
+{
+    struct uh_server_internal *srvi = (struct uh_server_internal *)srv;
+    pid_t pid;
+    int i;
+
+    if (n < 0)
+        n = get_nprocs();
+
+    if (n > 0)
+        uh_stop_accept(srvi);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        pid = fork();
+        switch (pid) {
+        case -1:
+            uh_log_err("fork: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+            return;
+        case 0:
+            ev_loop_fork(srvi->loop);
+            uh_start_accept(srvi);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 struct uh_server *uh_server_new(struct ev_loop *loop, const char *host, int port)
 {
     struct uh_server *srv;
@@ -345,6 +384,7 @@ int uh_server_init(struct uh_server *srv, struct ev_loop *loop, const char *host
     srvi->loop = loop ? loop : EV_DEFAULT;
     srvi->sock = sock;
     srv->free = uh_server_free;
+    srv->start_worker = uh_start_worker;
 
 #if UHTTPD_SSL_SUPPORT
     srv->ssl_init = uh_server_ssl_init;
@@ -358,8 +398,7 @@ int uh_server_init(struct uh_server *srv, struct ev_loop *loop, const char *host
     srv->set_docroot = uh_set_docroot;
     srv->set_index_page = uh_set_index_page;
 
-    ev_io_init(&srvi->ior, uh_accept_cb, sock, EV_READ);
-    ev_io_start(srvi->loop, &srvi->ior);
+    uh_start_accept(srvi);
 
     return 0;
 
diff --git a/src/uhttpd.h b/src/uhttpd.h
index aecec9a..d90cd7d 100644
--- a/src/uhttpd.h
+++ b/src/uhttpd.h
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ typedef void (*uh_path_handler_prototype)(struct uh_connection *conn, int event)
 
 struct uh_server {
     void (*free)(struct uh_server *srv);
+    /*
+    ** Start n worker processes to process the requests
+    ** If n is -1, automatically to available CPUs
+    */
+    void (*start_worker)(struct uh_server *srv, int n);
 #if UHTTPD_SSL_SUPPORT
     int (*ssl_init)(struct uh_server *srv, const char *cert, const char *key);
 #endif