diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b28c7bd3a7ced8c4d41144ffff28c682eb626b39..5176ce2b79dbb42d0047a525cba74549b5b88f9e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Please mark all change in change log and use the ticket from JIRA.
 - \#90 - The server start error messages could be improved to enhance user experience
 - \#104 - test_scheduler core dump
 - \#115 - Using new structure for tasktable
+- \#139 - New config opion use_gpu_threshold
 
 ## Improvement
 - \#64 - Improvement dump function in scheduler
diff --git a/core/conf/server_config.template b/core/conf/server_config.template
index 3feb16fd637448668ff07da9317a7c50e25ec4b0..a23707be5d2245e5c9225e5ca62de2ce2d03ce43 100644
--- a/core/conf/server_config.template
+++ b/core/conf/server_config.template
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ cache_config:
 engine_config:
   use_blas_threshold: 20            # if nq <  use_blas_threshold, use SSE, faster with fluctuated response times
                                     # if nq >= use_blas_threshold, use OpenBlas, slower with stable response times
+  use_gpu_threshold: 1000
 
 resource_config:
   search_resources:                 # define the GPUs used for search computation, must be in format: gpux
diff --git a/core/src/scheduler/optimizer/LargeSQ8HPass.cpp b/core/src/scheduler/optimizer/LargeSQ8HPass.cpp
index 62d0e57902746ab3ac7afdcd4bc002c30dfa03ce..ddcee414a72ed21e70cc551a2a88d1b15c13aca9 100644
--- a/core/src/scheduler/optimizer/LargeSQ8HPass.cpp
+++ b/core/src/scheduler/optimizer/LargeSQ8HPass.cpp
@@ -21,11 +21,20 @@
 #include "scheduler/Utils.h"
 #include "scheduler/task/SearchTask.h"
 #include "scheduler/tasklabel/SpecResLabel.h"
+#include "server/Config.h"
 #include "utils/Log.h"
 
 namespace milvus {
 namespace scheduler {
 
+LargeSQ8HPass::LargeSQ8HPass() {
+    server::Config& config = server::Config::GetInstance();
+    Status s = config.GetEngineConfigUseGpuThreshold(threshold_);
+    if (!s.ok()) {
+        threshold_ = std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max();
+    }
+}
+
 bool
 LargeSQ8HPass::Run(const TaskPtr& task) {
     if (task->Type() != TaskType::SearchTask) {
@@ -40,7 +49,8 @@ LargeSQ8HPass::Run(const TaskPtr& task) {
     auto search_job = std::static_pointer_cast<SearchJob>(search_task->job_.lock());
 
     // TODO: future, Index::IVFSQ8H, if nq < threshold set cpu, else set gpu
-    if (search_job->nq() < 100) {
+
+    if (search_job->nq() < threshold_) {
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/scheduler/optimizer/LargeSQ8HPass.h b/core/src/scheduler/optimizer/LargeSQ8HPass.h
index 49e658002f0696a401b436474eb878d18348d041..f293e1db73f24bb11d6f3692e902057ed2e384f4 100644
--- a/core/src/scheduler/optimizer/LargeSQ8HPass.h
+++ b/core/src/scheduler/optimizer/LargeSQ8HPass.h
@@ -34,11 +34,14 @@ namespace scheduler {
 
 class LargeSQ8HPass : public Pass {
  public:
-    LargeSQ8HPass() = default;
+    LargeSQ8HPass();
 
  public:
     bool
     Run(const TaskPtr& task) override;
+
+ private:
+    int32_t threshold_ = std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max();
 };
 
 using LargeSQ8HPassPtr = std::shared_ptr<LargeSQ8HPass>;
diff --git a/core/src/server/Config.cpp b/core/src/server/Config.cpp
index 111cc26f9cbdfbe590961d0db8cd932a38475073..86caf6dd3702346d48681a4837d984dec7861054 100644
--- a/core/src/server/Config.cpp
+++ b/core/src/server/Config.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ Config::ValidateConfig() {
         return s;
     }
 
+    int32_t engine_use_gpu_threshold;
+    s = GetEngineConfigUseGpuThreshold(engine_use_gpu_threshold);
+    if (!s.ok()) {
+        return s;
+    }
+
     /* resource config */
     std::string resource_mode;
     s = GetResourceConfigMode(resource_mode);
@@ -324,6 +330,11 @@ Config::ResetDefaultConfig() {
         return s;
     }
 
+    s = SetEngineConfigUseGpuThreshold(CONFIG_ENGINE_USE_GPU_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT);
+    if (!s.ok()) {
+        return s;
+    }
+
     /* resource config */
     s = SetResourceConfigMode(CONFIG_RESOURCE_MODE_DEFAULT);
     if (!s.ok()) {
@@ -656,6 +667,16 @@ Config::CheckEngineConfigOmpThreadNum(const std::string& value) {
     return Status::OK();
 }
 
+Status
+Config::CheckEngineConfigUseGpuThreshold(const std::string& value) {
+    if (!ValidationUtil::ValidateStringIsNumber(value).ok()) {
+        std::string msg = "Invalid gpu threshold: " + value +
+                          ". Possible reason: engine_config.use_gpu_threshold is not a positive integer.";
+        return Status(SERVER_INVALID_ARGUMENT, msg);
+    }
+    return Status::OK();
+}
+
 Status
 Config::CheckResourceConfigMode(const std::string& value) {
     if (value != "simple") {
@@ -951,6 +972,19 @@ Config::GetEngineConfigOmpThreadNum(int32_t& value) {
     return Status::OK();
 }
 
+Status
+Config::GetEngineConfigUseGpuThreshold(int32_t& value) {
+    std::string str =
+        GetConfigStr(CONFIG_ENGINE, CONFIG_ENGINE_USE_GPU_THRESHOLD, CONFIG_ENGINE_USE_GPU_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT);
+    Status s = CheckEngineConfigUseGpuThreshold(str);
+    if (!s.ok()) {
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    value = std::stoi(str);
+    return Status::OK();
+}
+
 Status
 Config::GetResourceConfigMode(std::string& value) {
     value = GetConfigStr(CONFIG_RESOURCE, CONFIG_RESOURCE_MODE, CONFIG_RESOURCE_MODE_DEFAULT);
@@ -1203,6 +1237,17 @@ Config::SetEngineConfigOmpThreadNum(const std::string& value) {
     return Status::OK();
 }
 
+Status
+Config::SetEngineConfigUseGpuThreshold(const std::string& value) {
+    Status s = CheckEngineConfigUseGpuThreshold(value);
+    if (!s.ok()) {
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    SetConfigValueInMem(CONFIG_DB, CONFIG_ENGINE_USE_GPU_THRESHOLD, value);
+    return Status::OK();
+}
+
 /* resource config */
 Status
 Config::SetResourceConfigMode(const std::string& value) {
diff --git a/core/src/server/Config.h b/core/src/server/Config.h
index 4cab25a1c64da77977077dd401e9b5ee4516f9c5..3e7ae0c8187e1583b68116cac728b910abf93f7f 100644
--- a/core/src/server/Config.h
+++ b/core/src/server/Config.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ static const char* CONFIG_ENGINE_USE_BLAS_THRESHOLD = "use_blas_threshold";
 static const char* CONFIG_ENGINE_USE_BLAS_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT = "20";
 static const char* CONFIG_ENGINE_OMP_THREAD_NUM = "omp_thread_num";
 static const char* CONFIG_ENGINE_OMP_THREAD_NUM_DEFAULT = "0";
+static const char* CONFIG_ENGINE_USE_GPU_THRESHOLD = "use_gpu_threshold";
+static const char* CONFIG_ENGINE_USE_GPU_THRESHOLD_DEFAULT = "1000";
 
 /* resource config */
 static const char* CONFIG_RESOURCE = "resource_config";
@@ -166,6 +168,8 @@ class Config {
     CheckEngineConfigUseBlasThreshold(const std::string& value);
     Status
     CheckEngineConfigOmpThreadNum(const std::string& value);
+    Status
+    CheckEngineConfigUseGpuThreshold(const std::string& value);
 
     /* resource config */
     Status
@@ -230,6 +234,8 @@ class Config {
     GetEngineConfigUseBlasThreshold(int32_t& value);
     Status
     GetEngineConfigOmpThreadNum(int32_t& value);
+    Status
+    GetEngineConfigUseGpuThreshold(int32_t& value);
 
     /* resource config */
     Status
@@ -289,6 +295,8 @@ class Config {
     SetEngineConfigUseBlasThreshold(const std::string& value);
     Status
     SetEngineConfigOmpThreadNum(const std::string& value);
+    Status
+    SetEngineConfigUseGpuThreshold(const std::string& value);
 
     /* resource config */
     Status