diff --git a/resources/lib/librarysync.py b/resources/lib/librarysync.py
index 25a57776..fa79e5cb 100644
--- a/resources/lib/librarysync.py
+++ b/resources/lib/librarysync.py
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ class LibrarySync(Thread):
         self.vnodes = videonodes.VideoNodes()
         self.dialog = xbmcgui.Dialog()
 
+        self.syncThreadNumber = int(settings('syncThreadNumber'))
         self.installSyncDone = settings('SyncInstallRunDone') == 'true'
         self.showDbSync = settings('dbSyncIndicator') == 'true'
         self.enableMusic = settings('enableMusic') == "true"
@@ -939,15 +940,16 @@ class LibrarySync(Thread):
         # Populate queue: GetMetadata
         for updateItem in self.updatelist:
             getMetadataQueue.put(updateItem)
-        # Spawn GetMetadata thread for downloading
+        # Spawn GetMetadata threads for downloading
         threads = []
-        thread = ThreadedGetMetadata(getMetadataQueue,
-                                     processMetadataQueue,
-                                     getMetadataLock,
-                                     processMetadataLock)
-        thread.setDaemon(True)
-        thread.start()
-        threads.append(thread)
+        for i in range(min(self.syncThreadNumber, itemNumber)):
+            thread = ThreadedGetMetadata(getMetadataQueue,
+                                         processMetadataQueue,
+                                         getMetadataLock,
+                                         processMetadataLock)
+            thread.setDaemon(True)
+            thread.start()
+            threads.append(thread)
         log.info("%s download threads spawned" % len(threads))
         # Spawn one more thread to process Metadata, once downloaded
         thread = ThreadedProcessMetadata(processMetadataQueue,
diff --git a/resources/settings.xml b/resources/settings.xml
index e7066114..2110da9d 100644
--- a/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/resources/settings.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 		<setting id="dbSyncIndicator" label="30507" type="bool" default="true" />
 		<setting type="sep" /><!-- show syncing progress -->
 		<setting id="limitindex" type="number" label="30515" default="200" option="int" /><!-- Maximum items to request from the server at once -->
+        <setting id="syncThreadNumber" type="slider" label="39003" default="5" option="int" range="1,1,20"/>
 		<setting type="lsep" label="39052" /><!-- Background Sync -->
 		<setting id="enableBackgroundSync" type="bool" label="39026" default="true" visible="true"/>
 		<setting id="saftyMargin" type="slider" label="39051" default="60" option="int" range="10,1,300" visible="eq(-1,true)"/>