diff --git a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/Configuration.java
index e996cb75..76f94c01 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/Configuration.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 
 import com.corundumstudio.socketio.handler.SuccessAuthorizationListener;
 import com.corundumstudio.socketio.listener.DefaultExceptionListener;
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ public class Configuration {
 
     private boolean websocketCompression = true;
 
+    private Executor executor = null;
+
     public Configuration() {
     }
 
@@ -146,6 +149,8 @@ public Configuration() {
 
         setHttpCompression(conf.isHttpCompression());
         setWebsocketCompression(conf.isWebsocketCompression());
+
+        setExecutor(conf.getExecutor());
     }
 
     public JsonSupport getJsonSupport() {
@@ -561,4 +566,11 @@ public boolean isWebsocketCompression() {
         return websocketCompression;
     }
 
+    public Executor getExecutor() {
+        return executor;
+    }
+
+    public void setExecutor(Executor executor) {
+        this.executor = executor;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOServer.java b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOServer.java
index 09cc7b0f..88de5aca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOServer.java
@@ -15,6 +15,21 @@
  */
 package com.corundumstudio.socketio;
 
+import com.corundumstudio.socketio.listener.ClientListeners;
+import com.corundumstudio.socketio.listener.ConnectListener;
+import com.corundumstudio.socketio.listener.DataListener;
+import com.corundumstudio.socketio.listener.DisconnectListener;
+import com.corundumstudio.socketio.listener.MultiTypeEventListener;
+import com.corundumstudio.socketio.namespace.Namespace;
+import com.corundumstudio.socketio.namespace.NamespacesHub;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
 import io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
@@ -27,21 +42,6 @@
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.Future;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.FutureListener;
 
-import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.UUID;
-
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-import com.corundumstudio.socketio.listener.ClientListeners;
-import com.corundumstudio.socketio.listener.ConnectListener;
-import com.corundumstudio.socketio.listener.DataListener;
-import com.corundumstudio.socketio.listener.DisconnectListener;
-import com.corundumstudio.socketio.listener.MultiTypeEventListener;
-import com.corundumstudio.socketio.namespace.Namespace;
-import com.corundumstudio.socketio.namespace.NamespacesHub;
-
 /**
  * Fully thread-safe.
  *
@@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ protected void applyConnectionOptions(ServerBootstrap bootstrap) {
 
     protected void initGroups() {
         if (configCopy.isUseLinuxNativeEpoll()) {
-            bossGroup = new EpollEventLoopGroup(configCopy.getBossThreads());
-            workerGroup = new EpollEventLoopGroup(configCopy.getWorkerThreads());
+            bossGroup = new EpollEventLoopGroup(configCopy.getBossThreads(), configCopy.getExecutor());
+            workerGroup = new EpollEventLoopGroup(configCopy.getWorkerThreads(), configCopy.getExecutor());
         } else {
-            bossGroup = new NioEventLoopGroup(configCopy.getBossThreads());
-            workerGroup = new NioEventLoopGroup(configCopy.getWorkerThreads());
+            bossGroup = new NioEventLoopGroup(configCopy.getBossThreads(), configCopy.getExecutor());
+            workerGroup = new NioEventLoopGroup(configCopy.getWorkerThreads(), configCopy.getExecutor());
         }
     }