diff --git a/etc/omero.properties b/etc/omero.properties
index f053556dd8b..1e7de0fa1ca 100644
--- a/etc/omero.properties
+++ b/etc/omero.properties
@@ -150,6 +150,17 @@ omero.glacier2.IceSSL.VerifyPeer=0
 # Glacier2Template SSL allowed protocols
 omero.glacier2.IceSSL.Protocols=tls1
 
+# Override the default set of OMERO services.
+# For example, to run OMERO.server with Blitz and Tables only
+# (i.e. disable Processor, DropBox, Indexer, PixelData)
+# set this to ``master:Blitz-0,Tables-0``.
+# Also use this to distribute OMERO services across multiple nodes,
+# for example:
+# ``master:Blitz-0,Tables-0 worker1:Processor-0``.
+# See
+# https://docs.openmicroscopy.org/omero/latest/sysadmins/grid.html#deployment-examples
+omero.server.nodedescriptors=
+
 #############################################
 ## Darwin (OS X) specific defaults for templated configuration files only.
 ## ``_xxx.yyy.darwin`` properties will override xxx.yyy properties in this