diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go b/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go
index 5af37865f..88ab21060 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-node/config.go
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ type applicationConfiguration struct {
 		shardPoolSize  uint32
 		shards         []shardCfg
 		lowMem         bool
+		inhumePoolSize uint32
 	}
 
 	// if need to run node in compatibility with other versions mode
@@ -249,6 +250,7 @@ func (a *applicationConfiguration) readConfig(c *config.Config) error {
 	a.EngineCfg.errorThreshold = engineconfig.ShardErrorThreshold(c)
 	a.EngineCfg.shardPoolSize = engineconfig.ShardPoolSize(c)
 	a.EngineCfg.lowMem = engineconfig.EngineLowMemoryConsumption(c)
+	a.EngineCfg.inhumePoolSize = engineconfig.InhumePoolSize(c)
 
 	return engineconfig.IterateShards(c, false, func(sc *shardconfig.Config) error { return a.updateShardConfig(c, sc) })
 }
@@ -881,6 +883,7 @@ func (c *cfg) engineOpts() []engine.Option {
 		engine.WithErrorThreshold(c.EngineCfg.errorThreshold),
 		engine.WithLogger(c.log),
 		engine.WithLowMemoryConsumption(c.EngineCfg.lowMem),
+		engine.WithInhumePoolSize(c.EngineCfg.inhumePoolSize),
 	)
 
 	if c.metricsCollector != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-node/config/engine/config.go b/cmd/frostfs-node/config/engine/config.go
index c944d1c58..da33bd372 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-node/config/engine/config.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-node/config/engine/config.go
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ const (
 	// ShardPoolSizeDefault is a default value of routine pool size per-shard to
 	// process object PUT operations in a storage engine.
 	ShardPoolSizeDefault = 20
+
+	// InhumePoolSizeDefault is the default size of the engine-level
+	// worker pool, which is used to process objects during the INHUME
+	// operation.
+	InhumePoolSizeDefault = 50
 )
 
 // ErrNoShardConfigured is returned when at least 1 shard is required but none are found.
@@ -88,3 +93,16 @@ func ShardErrorThreshold(c *config.Config) uint32 {
 func EngineLowMemoryConsumption(c *config.Config) bool {
 	return config.BoolSafe(c.Sub(subsection), "low_mem")
 }
+
+// InhumePoolSize returns the value of "inhume_pool_size" config parameter from
+// "storage" section.
+//
+// Returns InhumePoolSizeDefault if the value is not a positive number.
+func InhumePoolSize(c *config.Config) uint32 {
+	v := config.Uint32Safe(c.Sub(subsection), "inhume_pool_size")
+	if v > 0 {
+		return v
+	}
+
+	return InhumePoolSizeDefault
+}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-node/config/engine/config_test.go b/cmd/frostfs-node/config/engine/config_test.go
index 19ad0e7ac..e9b132ca2 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-node/config/engine/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-node/config/engine/config_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func TestEngineSection(t *testing.T) {
 		require.EqualValues(t, 0, engineconfig.ShardErrorThreshold(empty))
 		require.EqualValues(t, engineconfig.ShardPoolSizeDefault, engineconfig.ShardPoolSize(empty))
 		require.EqualValues(t, mode.ReadWrite, shardconfig.From(empty).Mode())
+		require.EqualValues(t, engineconfig.InhumePoolSizeDefault, engineconfig.InhumePoolSize(empty))
 	})
 
 	const path = "../../../../config/example/node"
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ func TestEngineSection(t *testing.T) {
 
 		require.EqualValues(t, 100, engineconfig.ShardErrorThreshold(c))
 		require.EqualValues(t, 15, engineconfig.ShardPoolSize(c))
+		require.EqualValues(t, 50, engineconfig.InhumePoolSize(c))
 
 		err := engineconfig.IterateShards(c, true, func(sc *shardconfig.Config) error {
 			defer func() {
diff --git a/config/example/node.yaml b/config/example/node.yaml
index 8f9300b4a..d4dc745bb 100644
--- a/config/example/node.yaml
+++ b/config/example/node.yaml
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ storage:
   # note: shard configuration can be omitted for relay node (see `node.relay`)
   shard_pool_size: 15 # size of per-shard worker pools used for PUT operations
   shard_ro_error_threshold: 100 # amount of errors to occur before shard is made read-only (default: 0, ignore errors)
+  inhume_pool_size: 50 # size of engine-level worker pool used during INHUME operation
 
   shard:
     default: # section with the default shard parameters