diff --git a/tcp_tests/helpers/utils.py b/tcp_tests/helpers/utils.py
index 46fc90d..e0ef723 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/helpers/utils.py
+++ b/tcp_tests/helpers/utils.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 import jinja2
 import paramiko
 import yaml
+import logging
+from multiprocessing import Process, BoundedSemaphore
 from devops.helpers import ssh_client
 
 from tcp_tests import logger
@@ -485,3 +487,73 @@
 
 class TimeoutException(Exception):
     pass
+
+
+pool = list()
+LOG_FORMAT = '%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s %(filename)s:%(lineno)d ' \
+             '/%(processName)s/ -- %(message)s'
+
+
+class Worker:
+    def __init__(self, limit=4, timeout=None):
+        """
+        limit of parallel thread to execute
+        timeout of waiting threads in seconds
+        """
+        LOG.debug("Created multithreading Worker limited by {} "
+                  "threads".format(limit))
+        self._sema = BoundedSemaphore(limit)
+        self.timeout = timeout
+        pass
+
+    @property
+    def pool(self):
+        global pool
+        return pool
+
+    def _worker(self, func, args):
+        try:
+            # FIXME: logging doesn't work
+            memory_handler = logging.handlers.MemoryHandler(
+                50,
+                target=logger.console)
+            formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt=LOG_FORMAT)
+
+            LOG = logging.getLogger("{}{}".format(func, args))
+            LOG.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+            memory_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+            LOG.addHandler(memory_handler)
+            # #######
+            func(*args)
+            # #######
+            memory_handler.close()
+        finally:
+            # allow a new process to be started now that this one is exiting
+            self._sema.release()
+
+    def start(self, func, args, name=None):
+        self._sema.acquire()  # wait to start until another process is finished
+        p = Process(target=self._worker,
+                    args=(func, args),
+                    name=name
+                    )
+        self.pool.append(p)
+        p.start()
+
+    def are_completed(self):
+        for t in self.pool:
+            LOG.info("Joining {}....".format(t))
+            t.join(timeout=self.timeout)
+        return all([not (task.is_alive()) for task in self.pool])
+
+    def clean_pool(self):
+        for i in range(self.pool.__len__()):
+            del self.pool[0]
+
+    def all_tasks_successfully_completed(self):
+        return all([task.exitcode == 0 for task in self.pool])
+
+    def print_failed_tasks(self):
+        return "\n".join([str(task)
+                          for task in self.pool
+                          if task.exitcode != 0])
diff --git a/tcp_tests/managers/execute_commands.py b/tcp_tests/managers/execute_commands.py
index 6dcf615..314c641 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/managers/execute_commands.py
+++ b/tcp_tests/managers/execute_commands.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 
 import time
 
-from tcp_tests import logger
+from tcp_tests import logger, settings
 from tcp_tests.helpers.log_helpers import pretty_repr
+from tcp_tests.helpers.utils import Worker
 
 LOG = logger.logger
 
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@
                 'node_name': 'name of the node to run the command(s)',
                 # Optional:
                 'description': 'string with a readable command description',
+                'parallel': 'bool (True of False) to enable executing these
+                            type of command in multithreading'
                 'retry': {
                     'count': int,  # How many times should be run the command
                                    # until success
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@
             ...
         ]
         """
+        worker = Worker(limit=settings.THREADS, timeout=3*60)
         for n, step in enumerate(commands):
             # Required fields
             action_cmd = step.get('cmd')
@@ -67,7 +71,19 @@
             log_msg = "\n\n{0}\n{1}".format(msg, '=' * len(msg))
 
             if action_cmd:
-                self.execute_command(step, msg)
+                if step.get('parallel'):
+                    name = description + " on " + step.get("node_name")
+                    worker.start(func=self.execute_command,
+                                 args=(step, msg),
+                                 name=name
+                                 )
+                else:
+                    while not worker.are_completed():
+                        LOG.info("Waiting {}".format(worker.pool))
+                    if worker.all_tasks_successfully_completed():
+                        worker.clean_pool()
+                    self.execute_command(step, msg)
+
             elif action_do:
                 self.command2(step, msg)
             elif action_upload:
@@ -77,6 +93,12 @@
                 LOG.info(log_msg)
                 self.action_download(step)
 
+        while not worker.are_completed():
+            LOG.info("Waiting {}".format(worker.pool))
+
+        assert worker.all_tasks_successfully_completed(), \
+            worker.print_failed_tasks()
+
     def execute_command(self, step, msg, return_res=None):
         # Required fields
         cmd = step.get('cmd')
@@ -90,7 +112,6 @@
         timeout = step.get('timeout', None)
 
         with self.__underlay.remote(node_name=node_name) as remote:
-
             for x in range(retry_count, 0, -1):
                 time.sleep(3)
 
diff --git a/tcp_tests/settings.py b/tcp_tests/settings.py
index 18548fb..f4ff7e0 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/settings.py
+++ b/tcp_tests/settings.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 DOCKER_NAME = os.environ.get('DOCKER_NAME',
                              'mirantis/oscore/rally-tempest:latest')
 DOCKER_IMAGES_SL_TAG = os.environ.get('DOCKER_IMAGES_SL_TAG', 'latest')
+THREADS = os.environ.get("THREADS", 10)
 
 PATTERN = os.environ.get('PATTERN', None)
 RUN_TEMPEST = get_var_as_bool('RUN_TEMPEST', False)
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
index 1f43386..cc38df3 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
@@ -808,6 +808,7 @@
 
   {%- if salt_roles %}
 - description: Configure salt-minion on {{ ssh['node_name'] }}
+  parallel: True
   cmd: |
     set -ex;
     [ ! -d /etc/salt/minion.d ] && mkdir -p /etc/salt/minion.d;