diff --git a/conf/pika.conf b/conf/pika.conf
index 04a7dd2e5e..5ab58621c9 100644
--- a/conf/pika.conf
+++ b/conf/pika.conf
@@ -56,3 +56,7 @@ db_sync_speed : -1
 binlog_file_size : 104857600
 # Compression
 compression : snappy
+# max_background_flushes: default is 1, limited in [1, 4]
+max_background_flushes : 1
+# max_background_compactions: default is 1, limited in [1, 4]
+max_background_compactions : 1
diff --git a/include/pika_conf.h b/include/pika_conf.h
index 5610e1308a..aeeece7299 100644
--- a/include/pika_conf.h
+++ b/include/pika_conf.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ class PikaConf : public slash::BaseConf {
   }
   std::string compression()     { RWLock l(&rwlock_, false); return compression_; }
   int target_file_size_base()   { RWLock l(&rwlock_, false); return target_file_size_base_; }
+  int max_background_flushes()  { RWLock l(&rwlock_, false); return max_background_flushes_; }
+  int max_background_compactions()   { RWLock l(&rwlock_, false); return max_background_compactions_; }
   int expire_logs_nums()        { RWLock l(&rwlock_, false); return expire_logs_nums_; }
   int expire_logs_days()        { RWLock l(&rwlock_, false); return expire_logs_days_; }
   std::string conf_path()       { RWLock l(&rwlock_, false); return conf_path_; }
@@ -145,6 +147,9 @@ class PikaConf : public slash::BaseConf {
   int expire_logs_nums_;
   bool readonly_;
   std::string conf_path_;
+  int max_background_flushes_;
+  int max_background_compactions_;
+
   //char username_[30];
   //char password_[30];
 
diff --git a/src/pika_admin.cc b/src/pika_admin.cc
index 3871a74d9a..7a995e48c6 100644
--- a/src/pika_admin.cc
+++ b/src/pika_admin.cc
@@ -709,6 +709,14 @@ void ConfigCmd::ConfigGet(std::string &ret) {
       ret = "*2\r\n";
       EncodeString(&ret, "target_file_size_base");
       EncodeInt32(&ret, g_pika_conf->target_file_size_base());
+  } else if (get_item == "max_background_flushes") {
+      ret = "*2\r\n";
+      EncodeString(&ret, "max_background_flushes");
+      EncodeInt32(&ret, g_pika_conf->max_background_flushes());
+  } else if (get_item == "max_background_compactions") {
+      ret = "*2\r\n";
+      EncodeString(&ret, "max_background_compactions");
+      EncodeInt32(&ret, g_pika_conf->max_background_compactions());
   } else if (get_item == "expire_logs_days") {
       ret = "*2\r\n";
       EncodeString(&ret, "expire_logs_days");
@@ -742,7 +750,7 @@ void ConfigCmd::ConfigGet(std::string &ret) {
       EncodeString(&ret, "no");
     }
   } else if (get_item == "*") {
-    ret = "*28\r\n";
+    ret = "*30\r\n";
     EncodeString(&ret, "port");
     EncodeString(&ret, "thread_num");
     EncodeString(&ret, "sync_thread_num");
@@ -762,6 +770,8 @@ void ConfigCmd::ConfigGet(std::string &ret) {
     EncodeString(&ret, "pidfile");
     EncodeString(&ret, "maxconnection");
     EncodeString(&ret, "target_file_size_base");
+    EncodeString(&ret, "max_background_flushes");
+    EncodeString(&ret, "max_background_compactions");
     EncodeString(&ret, "expire_logs_days");
     EncodeString(&ret, "expire_logs_nums");
     EncodeString(&ret, "root_connection_num");
diff --git a/src/pika_conf.cc b/src/pika_conf.cc
index cd885a4d09..f57ab3ebb8 100644
--- a/src/pika_conf.cc
+++ b/src/pika_conf.cc
@@ -98,6 +98,24 @@ int PikaConf::Load()
       target_file_size_base_ = 1048576; // 10M
   }
 
+  max_background_flushes_ = 1;
+  GetConfInt("max_background_flushes", &max_background_flushes_);
+  if (max_background_flushes_ <= 0) {
+    max_background_flushes_ = 1;
+  }
+  if (max_background_flushes_ >= 4) {
+    max_background_flushes_ = 4;
+  }
+
+  max_background_compactions_ = 1;
+  GetConfInt("max_background_compactions", &max_background_compactions_);
+  if (max_background_compactions_ <= 0) {
+    max_background_compactions_ = 1;
+  }
+  if (max_background_compactions_ >= 4) {
+    max_background_compactions_ = 4;
+  }
+
   // daemonize
   std::string dmz;
   GetConfStr("daemonize", &dmz);
@@ -142,6 +160,8 @@ int PikaConf::ConfigRewrite() {
   SetConfInt("root_connection_num", root_connection_num_);
   SetConfInt("slowlog_log_slower_than", slowlog_log_slower_than_);
   SetConfInt("target_file_size_base", target_file_size_base_);
+  SetConfInt("max_background_flushes", max_background_flushes_);
+  SetConfInt("max_background_compactions", max_background_compactions_);
   SetConfInt("expire_logs_nums", expire_logs_nums_);
   SetConfInt("expire_logs_days", expire_logs_days_);
   SetConfBool("slave_read_only", readonly_);
diff --git a/src/pika_server.cc b/src/pika_server.cc
index a328fff486..7a2475cc70 100644
--- a/src/pika_server.cc
+++ b/src/pika_server.cc
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ PikaServer::PikaServer() :
 
   option.write_buffer_size = g_pika_conf->write_buffer_size();
   option.target_file_size_base = g_pika_conf->target_file_size_base();
+  option.max_background_flushes = g_pika_conf->max_background_flushes();
+  option.max_background_compactions = g_pika_conf->max_background_compactions();
 	if (g_pika_conf->compression() == "none") {
 		 option.compression = false;
   }
diff --git a/third/nemo b/third/nemo
index 78d0c69e42..d2253ffb5a 160000
--- a/third/nemo
+++ b/third/nemo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 78d0c69e4283a52183f8e2d8a53c563749a38238
+Subproject commit d2253ffb5a5b7eff85c74dd95b433330945716e1