diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannelFactory.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannelFactory.java
index 33b0c4fa67..f86f3a5065 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannelFactory.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioServerSocketChannelFactory.java
@@ -86,64 +86,110 @@ public class NioServerSocketChannelFactory implements ServerSocketChannelFactory
 
     private final WorkerPool<NioWorker> workerPool;
     private final ChannelSink sink;
+    private WorkerPool<NioWorker> bossWorkerPool;
 
     /**
      * Create a new {@link NioServerSocketChannelFactory} using
-     * {@link Executors#newCachedThreadPool()} for the worker.
+     * {@link Executors#newCachedThreadPool()} for the workers.
      * 
      * See {@link #NioServerSocketChannelFactory(Executor, Executor)}
      */
     public NioServerSocketChannelFactory() {
-        this(Executors.newCachedThreadPool());
+        this(Executors.newCachedThreadPool(), Executors.newCachedThreadPool());
     }
     
     
     /**
      * Creates a new instance.  Calling this constructor is same with calling
-     * {@link #NioServerSocketChannelFactory(Executor, Executor, int)} with 2 *
-     * the number of available processors in the machine.  The number of
+     * {@link #NioServerSocketChannelFactory(Executor, Executor, int, int)} with 1 
+     * as boss count and 2 * the number of available processors in the machine.  The number of
      * available processors is obtained by {@link Runtime#availableProcessors()}.
      *
-
+     * @param bossExecutor
+     *        the {@link Executor} which will execute the I/O worker threads that handle the accepting of new connections
      * @param workerExecutor
      *        the {@link Executor} which will execute the I/O worker threads
      */
-    public NioServerSocketChannelFactory(Executor workerExecutor) {
-        this(workerExecutor, SelectorUtil.DEFAULT_IO_THREADS);
+    public NioServerSocketChannelFactory(Executor bossExecutor, Executor workerExecutor) {
+        this(bossExecutor, workerExecutor, SelectorUtil.DEFAULT_IO_ACCEPTING_THREADS, SelectorUtil.DEFAULT_IO_THREADS);
     }
 
     /**
      * Creates a new instance.
-     *
+     * 
+     * @param bossExecutor
+     *        the {@link Executor} which will execute the I/O worker threads that handle the accepting of new connections
      * @param workerExecutor
      *        the {@link Executor} which will execute the I/O worker threads
+     * @param bossCount
+     *        the maximum number of I/O worker threads that handling the accepting of connections
      * @param workerCount
      *        the maximum number of I/O worker threads
      */
-    public NioServerSocketChannelFactory(Executor workerExecutor,
+    public NioServerSocketChannelFactory(Executor bossExecutor, Executor workerExecutor, int bossCount,
             int workerCount) {
-        this(new NioWorkerPool(workerExecutor, workerCount, true));
+        this(new NioWorkerPool(bossExecutor, bossCount, true), new NioWorkerPool(workerExecutor, workerCount, true));
     }
 
     /**
      * Creates a new instance.
      *
+     * @param bossWorkerPool
+     *        the {@link WorkerPool} which will be used to obtain the {@link Worker} that execute the I/O worker threads that handle the accepting of new connections
      * @param workerPool
      *        the {@link WorkerPool} which will be used to obtain the {@link Worker} that execute the I/O worker threads
      */
-    public NioServerSocketChannelFactory(WorkerPool<NioWorker> workerPool) {
+    public NioServerSocketChannelFactory(WorkerPool<NioWorker> bossWorkerPool, WorkerPool<NioWorker> workerPool) {
+        if (bossWorkerPool == null) {
+            throw new NullPointerException("bossWorkerPool");
+        }
         if (workerPool == null) {
             throw new NullPointerException("workerPool");
         }
-       
+        this.bossWorkerPool = bossWorkerPool;
         this.workerPool = workerPool;
         sink = new NioServerSocketPipelineSink();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance which use the given {@link WorkerPool} for everything.
+     *
+     * @param genericExecutor
+     *        the {@link Executor} which will execute the I/O worker threads ( this also includes handle the accepting of new connections)
+     * @param workerCount
+     *        the maximum number of I/O worker threads
+     *        
+     */
+    public NioServerSocketChannelFactory(Executor genericExecutor, int workerCount) {
+        this(new NioWorkerPool(genericExecutor, workerCount, true));
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance which use the given {@link WorkerPool} for everything.
+     *
+     * @param genericExecutor
+     *        the {@link Executor} which will execute the I/O worker threads ( this also includes handle the accepting of new connections)
+     *        
+     */
+    public NioServerSocketChannelFactory(Executor genericExecutor) {
+        this(genericExecutor, SelectorUtil.DEFAULT_IO_ACCEPTING_THREADS + SelectorUtil.DEFAULT_IO_THREADS);
+    }
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance which use the given {@link WorkerPool} for everything.
+     *
+     * @param genericWorkerPool
+     *        the {@link WorkerPool} which will be used to obtain the {@link Worker} that execute the I/O worker threads (that included accepting of new connections)
+     */
+    public NioServerSocketChannelFactory(WorkerPool<NioWorker> genericWorkerPool) {
+        this(genericWorkerPool, genericWorkerPool);
+    }
+
     
     @Override
     public ServerSocketChannel newChannel(ChannelPipeline pipeline) {
-        return NioServerSocketChannel.create(this, pipeline, sink, workerPool.nextWorker(), workerPool);
+        return NioServerSocketChannel.create(this, pipeline, sink, bossWorkerPool.nextWorker(), workerPool);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/SelectorUtil.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/SelectorUtil.java
index 8f03731e11..9e41302ea7 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/SelectorUtil.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/SelectorUtil.java
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ public final class SelectorUtil {
 
     public static final int DEFAULT_IO_THREADS = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 2;
 
+    public static final int DEFAULT_IO_ACCEPTING_THREADS = 1;
+
+    
     // Workaround for JDK NIO bug.
     //
     // See: