diff --git a/pytest_splunk_addon/splunk.py b/pytest_splunk_addon/splunk.py
index 11d1dcf25..a5ec32185 100644
--- a/pytest_splunk_addon/splunk.py
+++ b/pytest_splunk_addon/splunk.py
@@ -172,6 +172,15 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
         default="514",
         help="SC4S Port. default is 514",
     )
+    group.addoption(
+        "--thread-count",
+        action="store",
+        default=20,
+        dest="thread_count",
+        help=(
+            "Thread count for Data ingestion"
+        ),
+    )
     group.addoption(
         "--search-index",
         action="store",
@@ -503,7 +512,8 @@ def splunk_ingest_data(request, splunk_hec_uri, sc4s):
             "sc4s_host": sc4s[0],  # for sc4s
             "sc4s_port": sc4s[1][514]  # for sc4s
         }
-        IngestorHelper.ingest_events(ingest_meta_data, addon_path, config_path)
+        thread_count = int(request.config.getoption("thread_count"))
+        IngestorHelper.ingest_events(ingest_meta_data, addon_path, config_path, thread_count)
         sleep(50)
         if ("PYTEST_XDIST_WORKER" in os.environ):
             with open(os.environ.get("PYTEST_XDIST_TESTRUNUID") + "_wait", "w+"):
diff --git a/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/base_event_ingestor.py b/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/base_event_ingestor.py
index e27dadca3..58e85f9a1 100644
--- a/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/base_event_ingestor.py
+++ b/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/base_event_ingestor.py
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ def __init__(self, required_configs):
         pass
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def ingest(self, event_object):
+    def ingest(self, event_object, thread_count):
         raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/hec_event_ingestor.py b/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/hec_event_ingestor.py
index a3816920e..10bd26364 100644
--- a/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/hec_event_ingestor.py
+++ b/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/hec_event_ingestor.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def __init__(self, required_configs):
         self.hec_uri = required_configs.get("splunk_hec_uri")
         self.session_headers = required_configs.get("session_headers")
 
-    def ingest(self, events):
+    def ingest(self, events, thread_count):
         """
         Ingests event and metric data into splunk using HEC token via event endpoint.
 
diff --git a/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/hec_metric_ingestor.py b/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/hec_metric_ingestor.py
index 1a03b3ae8..b7509700a 100644
--- a/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/hec_metric_ingestor.py
+++ b/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/hec_metric_ingestor.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def __init__(self, required_configs):
         self.hec_uri = required_configs.get('splunk_hec_uri')
         self.session_headers = required_configs.get('session_headers')
 
-    def ingest(self, data):
+    def ingest(self, data, thread_count):
         """
         Ingests event and metric data into splunk using HEC token via event endpoint.
         Args:
diff --git a/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/hec_raw_ingestor.py b/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/hec_raw_ingestor.py
index e66e4d908..fce89df5c 100644
--- a/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/hec_raw_ingestor.py
+++ b/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/hec_raw_ingestor.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def __init__(self, required_configs):
         self.hec_uri = required_configs['splunk_hec_uri']
         self.session_headers = required_configs['session_headers']
 
-    def ingest(self, events):
+    def ingest(self, events, thread_count):
         """
         Ingests data into splunk via raw endpoint.
 
diff --git a/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/ingestor_helper.py b/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/ingestor_helper.py
index 2e32c0e09..97f64f87f 100644
--- a/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/ingestor_helper.py
+++ b/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/ingestor_helper.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def get_event_ingestor(cls, input_type, ingest_meta_data):
         return ingestor
 
     @classmethod
-    def ingest_events(cls, ingest_meta_data, addon_path, config_path):
+    def ingest_events(cls, ingest_meta_data, addon_path, config_path, thread_count):
         """
         Events are ingested in the splunk.
         Args:
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ def ingest_events(cls, ingest_meta_data, addon_path, config_path):
         for input_type, events in ingestor_dict.items():
 
             event_ingestor = cls.get_event_ingestor(input_type, ingest_meta_data)
-            event_ingestor.ingest(events)
+            event_ingestor.ingest(events, thread_count)
diff --git a/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/sc4s_event_ingestor.py b/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/sc4s_event_ingestor.py
index c24cebbc4..4e80c8fcd 100644
--- a/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/sc4s_event_ingestor.py
+++ b/pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/sc4s_event_ingestor.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 import concurrent.futures
 from .base_event_ingestor import EventIngestor
 
-THREAD_POOL = 20
-
 
 class SC4SEventIngestor(EventIngestor):
     """
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ def __init__(self, required_configs):
         self.sc4s_port = required_configs['sc4s_port']
         self.server_address = (required_configs['sc4s_host'], required_configs['sc4s_port'])
 
-    def ingest(self, events):
+    def ingest(self, events, thread_count):
         """
         Ingests events in the splunk via sc4s (Single/Batch of Events)
 
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ def ingest(self, events):
         for event in events:
             raw_events.extend(event.event.splitlines())
 
-        with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=THREAD_POOL) as executor:
+        with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=thread_count) as executor:
             _ = list(executor.map(self.ingest_event, raw_events))
 
     def ingest_event(self, event):