diff --git a/templates/default/consul-sysconfig.erb b/templates/default/consul-sysconfig.erb
index 5c87b718..1c8c50c9 100644
--- a/templates/default/consul-sysconfig.erb
+++ b/templates/default/consul-sysconfig.erb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-GOMAXPROCS=<%= node['cpu']['total'] %>
+GOMAXPROCS=<%= [node['cpu']['total'], 2].max %>
diff --git a/templates/default/sv-consul-run.erb b/templates/default/sv-consul-run.erb
index 032c617d..eda48517 100644
--- a/templates/default/sv-consul-run.erb
+++ b/templates/default/sv-consul-run.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-export GOMAXPROCS=<%= node['cpu']['total'] %>
+export GOMAXPROCS=<%= [node['cpu']['total'], 2].max %>
 
 exec 2>&1
 exec <%= node['runit']['chpst_bin'] %> \