diff --git a/ldvspec/Dockerfile b/ldvspec/Dockerfile
index 88001e9b948e1003d1e1196081bb50bbc9d6d2fb..8233ad763713b4ec57644ebb7f441a7861247d9e 100644
--- a/ldvspec/Dockerfile
+++ b/ldvspec/Dockerfile
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ RUN python manage.py collectstatic --settings=ldvspec.settings.dev --noinput
 EXPOSE 8000
 
 # run gunicorn
-CMD exec gunicorn ldvspec.wsgi_docker_sdc:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --workers 4
+CMD exec gunicorn ldvspec.wsgi_docker_sdc:application --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 --workers 4 --worker-class gevent
diff --git a/ldvspec/requirements/prod.txt b/ldvspec/requirements/prod.txt
index 4979310ee089926391000bfac2e67433dd7593e4..0ad00c9cf37d96e0345d7cb56c8fec91941f1fcd 100644
--- a/ldvspec/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/ldvspec/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 -r base.txt
-gunicorn==19.9.0
+gunicorn[gevent]==19.9.0