diff --git a/core/utils.c b/core/utils.c
index 27536ad6..5d4bebed 100644
--- a/core/utils.c
+++ b/core/utils.c
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ void uwsgi_close_request(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req) {
 	// yes, this is pretty useless but we cannot ensure all of the plugin have the same behaviour
 	uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].cores[wsgi_req->async_id].in_request = 0;
 
-	if (uwsgi.max_requests > 0 && uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].delta_requests >= uwsgi.max_requests
+	if (uwsgi.max_requests > 0 && uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].delta_requests >= (uwsgi.max_requests + ((uwsgi.mywid-1) * uwsgi.max_requests_delta))
 	    && (end_of_request - (uwsgi.workers[uwsgi.mywid].last_spawn * 1000000) >= uwsgi.min_worker_lifetime * 1000000)) {
 		goodbye_cruel_world();
 	}
diff --git a/core/uwsgi.c b/core/uwsgi.c
index 6707a3d6..c319fe0b 100644
--- a/core/uwsgi.c
+++ b/core/uwsgi.c
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ static struct uwsgi_option uwsgi_base_options[] = {
 
 	{"reaper", no_argument, 'r', "call waitpid(-1,...) after each request to get rid of zombies", uwsgi_opt_true, &uwsgi.reaper, 0},
 	{"max-requests", required_argument, 'R', "reload workers after the specified amount of managed requests", uwsgi_opt_set_64bit, &uwsgi.max_requests, 0},
+	{"max-requests-delta", required_argument, 0, "add (worker_id * delta) to the max_requests value of each worker", uwsgi_opt_set_64bit, &uwsgi.max_requests_delta, 0},
 	{"min-worker-lifetime", required_argument, 0, "number of seconds worker must run before being reloaded (default is 60)", uwsgi_opt_set_64bit, &uwsgi.min_worker_lifetime, 0},
 	{"max-worker-lifetime", required_argument, 0, "reload workers after the specified amount of seconds (default is disabled)", uwsgi_opt_set_64bit, &uwsgi.max_worker_lifetime, 0},
 
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index 711b2351..911e41ae 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -2735,6 +2735,7 @@ struct uwsgi_server {
 	char *emperor_wrapper_attr;
 	int emperor_subreaper;
         struct uwsgi_string_list *hook_as_on_demand_vassal;
+	uint64_t max_requests_delta;
 };
 
 struct uwsgi_rpc {