diff --git a/states/zabbix/defaults.yaml b/states/zabbix/defaults.yaml
index 5478761..9d02cdb 100644
--- a/states/zabbix/defaults.yaml
+++ b/states/zabbix/defaults.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ zabbix:
       PidFile: /run/zabbix/zabbix_server.pid
       StartDBSyncers: 1
       CacheSize: 33554432
+      StartPreprocessors: 5
   agent2:
     enable: true
     user: zabbix