diff --git a/controllers/imageupdateautomation_controller.go b/controllers/imageupdateautomation_controller.go
index b1f70e37..614b2091 100644
--- a/controllers/imageupdateautomation_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/imageupdateautomation_controller.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import (
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/builder"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/handler"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/predicate"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
@@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ type ImageUpdateAutomationReconciler struct {
 	MetricsRecorder       *metrics.Recorder
 }
 
+type ImageUpdateAutomationReconcilerOptions struct {
+	MaxConcurrentReconciles int
+}
+
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=image.toolkit.fluxcd.io,resources=imageupdateautomations,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=image.toolkit.fluxcd.io,resources=imageupdateautomations/status,verbs=get;update;patch
 // +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=source.toolkit.fluxcd.io,resources=gitrepositories,verbs=get;list;watch
@@ -356,7 +361,7 @@ func (r *ImageUpdateAutomationReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctr
 	return ctrl.Result{RequeueAfter: interval}, nil
 }
 
-func (r *ImageUpdateAutomationReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
+func (r *ImageUpdateAutomationReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager, opts ImageUpdateAutomationReconcilerOptions) error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	// Index the git repository object that each I-U-A refers to
 	if err := mgr.GetFieldIndexer().IndexField(ctx, &imagev1.ImageUpdateAutomation{}, repoRefKey, func(obj client.Object) []string {
@@ -372,6 +377,9 @@ func (r *ImageUpdateAutomationReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) err
 			predicate.Or(predicate.GenerationChangedPredicate{}, predicates.ReconcileRequestedPredicate{}))).
 		Watches(&source.Kind{Type: &sourcev1.GitRepository{}}, handler.EnqueueRequestsFromMapFunc(r.automationsForGitRepo)).
 		Watches(&source.Kind{Type: &imagev1_reflect.ImagePolicy{}}, handler.EnqueueRequestsFromMapFunc(r.automationsForImagePolicy)).
+		WithOptions(controller.Options{
+			MaxConcurrentReconciles: opts.MaxConcurrentReconciles,
+		}).
 		Complete(r)
 }
 
diff --git a/controllers/suite_test.go b/controllers/suite_test.go
index e5baea3e..a4a93b5e 100644
--- a/controllers/suite_test.go
+++ b/controllers/suite_test.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func(done Done) {
 		Client: k8sManager.GetClient(),
 		Scheme: scheme.Scheme,
 	}
-	Expect(imageAutoReconciler.SetupWithManager(k8sManager)).To(Succeed())
+	Expect(imageAutoReconciler.SetupWithManager(k8sManager, ImageUpdateAutomationReconcilerOptions{})).To(Succeed())
 
 	go func() {
 		defer GinkgoRecover()
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f47b04f8..377c73f6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ func main() {
 		logOptions            logger.Options
 		leaderElectionOptions leaderelection.Options
 		watchAllNamespaces    bool
+		concurrent            int
 	)
 
 	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-addr", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&healthAddr, "health-addr", ":9440", "The address the health endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&watchAllNamespaces, "watch-all-namespaces", true,
 		"Watch for custom resources in all namespaces, if set to false it will only watch the runtime namespace.")
+	flag.IntVar(&concurrent, "concurrent", 4, "The number of concurrent resource reconciles.")
 	clientOptions.BindFlags(flag.CommandLine)
 	logOptions.BindFlags(flag.CommandLine)
 	leaderElectionOptions.BindFlags(flag.CommandLine)
@@ -128,7 +130,9 @@ func main() {
 		EventRecorder:         mgr.GetEventRecorderFor(controllerName),
 		ExternalEventRecorder: eventRecorder,
 		MetricsRecorder:       metricsRecorder,
-	}).SetupWithManager(mgr); err != nil {
+	}).SetupWithManager(mgr, controllers.ImageUpdateAutomationReconcilerOptions{
+		MaxConcurrentReconciles: concurrent,
+	}); err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", "ImageUpdateAutomation")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}