diff --git a/cmd/alertmanager/main.go b/cmd/alertmanager/main.go
index d44d58a8d1..06d697a055 100644
--- a/cmd/alertmanager/main.go
+++ b/cmd/alertmanager/main.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/version"
 	"github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/web"
 	webflag "github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/web/kingpinflag"
+	"go.uber.org/automaxprocs/maxprocs"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/api"
 	"github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/cluster"
@@ -194,6 +195,15 @@ func run() int {
 	}
 	compat.InitFromFlags(logger, ff)
 
+	if ff.EnableAutoGOMAXPROCS() {
+		l := func(format string, a ...interface{}) {
+			level.Info(logger).Log("component", "automaxprocs", "msg", fmt.Sprintf(strings.TrimPrefix(format, "maxprocs: "), a...))
+		}
+		if _, err := maxprocs.Set(maxprocs.Logger(l)); err != nil {
+			level.Warn(logger).Log("msg", "Failed to set GOMAXPROCS automatically", "err", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	err = os.MkdirAll(*dataDir, 0o777)
 	if err != nil {
 		level.Error(logger).Log("msg", "Unable to create data directory", "err", err)
diff --git a/featurecontrol/featurecontrol.go b/featurecontrol/featurecontrol.go
index 9ff7a2d8fd..4616a057fb 100644
--- a/featurecontrol/featurecontrol.go
+++ b/featurecontrol/featurecontrol.go
@@ -26,18 +26,21 @@ const (
 	FeatureReceiverNameInMetrics = "receiver-name-in-metrics"
 	FeatureClassicMode           = "classic-mode"
 	FeatureUTF8StrictMode        = "utf8-strict-mode"
+	FeatureAutoGOMAXPROCS        = "auto-gomaxprocs"
 )
 
 var AllowedFlags = []string{
 	FeatureReceiverNameInMetrics,
 	FeatureClassicMode,
 	FeatureUTF8StrictMode,
+	FeatureAutoGOMAXPROCS,
 }
 
 type Flagger interface {
 	EnableReceiverNamesInMetrics() bool
 	ClassicMode() bool
 	UTF8StrictMode() bool
+	EnableAutoGOMAXPROCS() bool
 }
 
 type Flags struct {
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ type Flags struct {
 	enableReceiverNamesInMetrics bool
 	classicMode                  bool
 	utf8StrictMode               bool
+	enableAutoGOMAXPROCS         bool
 }
 
 func (f *Flags) EnableReceiverNamesInMetrics() bool {
@@ -59,6 +63,10 @@ func (f *Flags) UTF8StrictMode() bool {
 	return f.utf8StrictMode
 }
 
+func (f *Flags) EnableAutoGOMAXPROCS() bool {
+	return f.enableAutoGOMAXPROCS
+}
+
 type flagOption func(flags *Flags)
 
 func enableReceiverNameInMetrics() flagOption {
@@ -79,6 +87,12 @@ func enableUTF8StrictMode() flagOption {
 	}
 }
 
+func enableAutoGOMAXPROCS() flagOption {
+	return func(configs *Flags) {
+		configs.enableAutoGOMAXPROCS = true
+	}
+}
+
 func NewFlags(logger log.Logger, features string) (Flagger, error) {
 	fc := &Flags{logger: logger}
 	opts := []flagOption{}
@@ -98,6 +112,9 @@ func NewFlags(logger log.Logger, features string) (Flagger, error) {
 		case FeatureUTF8StrictMode:
 			opts = append(opts, enableUTF8StrictMode())
 			level.Warn(logger).Log("msg", "UTF-8 strict mode enabled")
+		case FeatureAutoGOMAXPROCS:
+			opts = append(opts, enableAutoGOMAXPROCS())
+			level.Warn(logger).Log("msg", "Automatically set GOMAXPROCS to match Linux container CPU quota")
 		default:
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown option '%s' for --enable-feature", feature)
 		}
@@ -121,3 +138,5 @@ func (n NoopFlags) EnableReceiverNamesInMetrics() bool { return false }
 func (n NoopFlags) ClassicMode() bool { return false }
 
 func (n NoopFlags) UTF8StrictMode() bool { return false }
+
+func (n NoopFlags) EnableAutoGOMAXPROCS() bool { return false }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ac487a46b7..71051b8560 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0
+	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.18.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.26.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9c87947bb0..0d8f4f45e2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -411,6 +411,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/posener/complete v1.1.1/go.mod h1:em0nMJCgc9GFtwrmVmEMR/ZL6WyhyjMBndrE9hABlRI=
 github.com/posener/complete v1.2.3/go.mod h1:WZIdtGGp+qx0sLrYKtIRAruyNpv6hFCicSgv7Sy7s/s=
+github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0 h1:BTyx3RfQjRHnUWaGF9oQos79AlQ5k8WNktv7VGvVH4g=
+github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0/go.mod h1:A5zLQHz7ieHGG7is6LLXLz7I8+3LZzsrV0P1IAHhP5U=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.4.0/go.mod h1:e9GMxYsXl05ICDXkRhurwBS4Q3OK1iX/F2sw+iXX5zU=
@@ -519,6 +521,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqe
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 h1:ZvwS0R+56ePWxUNi+Atn9dWONBPp/AUETXlHW0DxSjE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0/go.mod h1:LUxbIzbOniOlMKjJjyPfpl4v+PKK2cNJn91OQbhoJI0=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3 h1:kWazyxZUrS3Gs4qUpbwo5kEIMGe/DAvi5Z4tl2NW4j8=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3/go.mod h1:eRbA25aqJrxAbsLO0xy5jVwPt7FQnRgjW+efnwa1WM0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0/go.mod h1:cdWPpRnG4AhwMwsgIHip0KRBQjJy5kYEpYjJxpXp9iU=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.17.0/go.mod h1:MXVU+bhUf/A7Xi2HNOnopQOrmycQ5Ih87HtOu4q5SSo=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=