diff --git a/awx/main/utils/autoscale.py b/awx/main/utils/autoscale.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49f07a251c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/main/utils/autoscale.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from celery.utils.log import get_logger
+from celery.worker.autoscale import Autoscaler, AUTOSCALE_KEEPALIVE
+from django.conf import settings
+import psutil
+
+logger = get_logger('awx.main.tasks')
+
+
+class DynamicAutoScaler(Autoscaler):
+
+    def __init__(self, pool, max_concurrency, min_concurrency=0, worker=None,
+                 keepalive=AUTOSCALE_KEEPALIVE, mutex=None):
+        super(DynamicAutoScaler, self).__init__(pool, max_concurrency,
+                                                min_concurrency, worker,
+                                                keepalive, mutex)
+        settings_absmem = getattr(settings, 'SYSTEM_TASK_ABS_MEM', None)
+        if settings_absmem is not None:
+            total_memory_gb = int(settings_absmem)
+        else:
+            total_memory_gb = (psutil.virtual_memory().total >> 30) + 1  # noqa: round up
+
+        # 5 workers per GB of total memory
+        self.max_concurrency = min(max_concurrency, (total_memory_gb * 5))
+        logger.warn('celery worker dynamic --autoscale={},{}'.format(
+            self.max_concurrency,
+            self.min_concurrency
+        ))
diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index 4fdc097c33..7adde14d26 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ CELERY_TRACK_STARTED = True
 CELERYD_TASK_TIME_LIMIT = None
 CELERYD_TASK_SOFT_TIME_LIMIT = None
 CELERYD_POOL_RESTARTS = True
+CELERYD_AUTOSCALER = 'awx.main.utils.autoscale:DynamicAutoScaler'
 CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = 'djcelery.backends.database:DatabaseBackend'
 CELERY_IMPORTS = ('awx.main.scheduler.tasks',)
 CELERY_QUEUES = (