diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/ServerBase.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/ServerBase.cs
index a8e0f81d3f..55b6c58dd5 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/ServerBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/ServerBase.cs
@@ -256,6 +256,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers
                 "Show thread status.  Synonym for \"show threads\"",
                 (string module, string[] args) => Notice(GetThreadsReport()));
 
+            m_console.Commands.AddCommand (
+                "Debug", false, "debug threadpool set",
+                "debug threadpool set worker|iocp min|max <n>",
+                "Set threadpool parameters.  For debug purposes.",
+                HandleDebugThreadpoolSet);
+
             m_console.Commands.AddCommand(
                 "General", false, "force gc",
                 "force gc",
@@ -283,6 +289,78 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers
             m_serverStatsCollector.Start();
         }
 
+        private void HandleDebugThreadpoolSet(string module, string[] args)
+        {
+            if (args.Length != 6)
+            {
+                Notice("Usage: debug threadpool set worker|iocp min|max <n>");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            int newThreads;
+
+            if (!ConsoleUtil.TryParseConsoleInt(m_console, args[5], out newThreads))
+                return;
+
+            string poolType = args[3];
+            string bound = args[4];
+
+            bool fail = false;
+            int workerThreads, iocpThreads;
+
+            if (poolType == "worker")
+            {
+                if (bound == "min")
+                {
+                    ThreadPool.GetMinThreads(out workerThreads, out iocpThreads);
+
+                    if (!ThreadPool.SetMinThreads(newThreads, iocpThreads))
+                        fail = true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    ThreadPool.GetMaxThreads(out workerThreads, out iocpThreads);
+
+                    if (!ThreadPool.SetMaxThreads(newThreads, iocpThreads))
+                        fail = true;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (bound == "min")
+                {
+                    ThreadPool.GetMinThreads(out workerThreads, out iocpThreads);
+
+                    if (!ThreadPool.SetMinThreads(workerThreads, newThreads))
+                        fail = true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    ThreadPool.GetMaxThreads(out workerThreads, out iocpThreads);
+
+                    if (!ThreadPool.SetMaxThreads(workerThreads, newThreads))
+                        fail = true;
+                }
+            }
+             
+            if (fail)
+            {
+                Notice("ERROR: Could not set {0} {1} threads to {2}", poolType, bound, newThreads);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                int minWorkerThreads, maxWorkerThreads, minIocpThreads, maxIocpThreads;
+
+                ThreadPool.GetMinThreads(out minWorkerThreads, out minIocpThreads);
+                ThreadPool.GetMaxThreads(out maxWorkerThreads, out maxIocpThreads);
+
+                Notice("Min worker threads now {0}", minWorkerThreads);
+                Notice("Min IOCP threads now {0}", minIocpThreads);
+                Notice("Max worker threads now {0}", maxWorkerThreads);
+                Notice("Max IOCP threads now {0}", maxIocpThreads);
+            }
+        }
+
         private void HandleForceGc(string module, string[] args)
         {
             Notice("Manually invoking runtime garbage collection");