diff --git a/bench-streamer/src/main.rs b/bench-streamer/src/main.rs
index eba249311c..99435dd920 100644
--- a/bench-streamer/src/main.rs
+++ b/bench-streamer/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![allow(clippy::integer_arithmetic)]
 use {
-    clap::{crate_description, crate_name, App, Arg},
+    clap::{crate_description, crate_name, value_t, App, Arg},
     crossbeam_channel::unbounded,
     solana_streamer::{
         packet::{Packet, PacketBatch, PacketBatchRecycler, PACKET_DATA_SIZE},
@@ -67,13 +67,22 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 .takes_value(true)
                 .help("Use NUM receive sockets"),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("num-producers")
+                .long("num-producers")
+                .value_name("NUM")
+                .takes_value(true)
+                .help("Use this many producer threads."),
+        )
         .get_matches();
 
     if let Some(n) = matches.value_of("num-recv-sockets") {
         num_sockets = max(num_sockets, n.to_string().parse().expect("integer"));
     }
 
-    let mut port = 0;
+    let num_producers = value_t!(matches, "num_producers", u64).unwrap_or(4);
+
+    let port = 0;
     let ip_addr = IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0));
     let mut addr = SocketAddr::new(ip_addr, 0);
 
@@ -82,13 +91,16 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let mut read_channels = Vec::new();
     let mut read_threads = Vec::new();
     let recycler = PacketBatchRecycler::default();
-    for _ in 0..num_sockets {
-        let read = solana_net_utils::bind_to(ip_addr, port, false).unwrap();
+    let (_port, read_sockets) = solana_net_utils::multi_bind_in_range(
+        ip_addr,
+        (port, port + num_sockets as u16),
+        num_sockets,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    for read in read_sockets {
         read.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::new(1, 0))).unwrap();
 
         addr = read.local_addr().unwrap();
-        port = addr.port();
-
         let (s_reader, r_reader) = unbounded();
         read_channels.push(r_reader);
         read_threads.push(receiver(
@@ -102,9 +114,10 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         ));
     }
 
-    let t_producer1 = producer(&addr, exit.clone());
-    let t_producer2 = producer(&addr, exit.clone());
-    let t_producer3 = producer(&addr, exit.clone());
+    let producer_threads: Vec<_> = (0..num_producers)
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|_| producer(&addr, exit.clone()))
+        .collect();
 
     let rvs = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
     let sink_threads: Vec<_> = read_channels
@@ -124,9 +137,9 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     for t_reader in read_threads {
         t_reader.join()?;
     }
-    t_producer1.join()?;
-    t_producer2.join()?;
-    t_producer3.join()?;
+    for t_producer in producer_threads {
+        t_producer.join()?;
+    }
     for t_sink in sink_threads {
         t_sink.join()?;
     }