diff --git a/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini b/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
index af69673354..fd0674cc51 100644
--- a/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
+++ b/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
     ; QueueUserWorkItem, SmartThreadPool, and Thread.
     async_call_method = SmartThreadPool
 
+    ; Min threads to allocate on the FireAndForget thread pool
+    ; when running with the SmartThreadPool option above
+    MinPoolThreads = 2
+
     ; Max threads to allocate on the FireAndForget thread pool
     ; when running with the SmartThreadPool option above
     MaxPoolThreads = 300