diff --git a/platform-grpc-service-framework/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/core/serviceframework/grpc/GrpcPlatformServerDefinition.java b/platform-grpc-service-framework/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/core/serviceframework/grpc/GrpcPlatformServerDefinition.java
index 37e8946..639b045 100644
--- a/platform-grpc-service-framework/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/core/serviceframework/grpc/GrpcPlatformServerDefinition.java
+++ b/platform-grpc-service-framework/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/core/serviceframework/grpc/GrpcPlatformServerDefinition.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Builder;
@@ -22,4 +24,12 @@ public class GrpcPlatformServerDefinition {
   @Builder.Default Duration maxConnectionAgeGrace = Duration.ZERO;
   @Singular Collection<GrpcPlatformServiceFactory> serviceFactories;
   @Singular List<ServerInterceptor> serverInterceptors;
+
+  /**
+   * Optional executor used by the gRPC server to run RPC handler callbacks. When {@code null} (the
+   * default), gRPC uses its built-in shared executor (an unbounded cached thread pool). Services
+   * that block inside their handlers can supply a bounded or virtual-thread executor here to
+   * control how handler work is dispatched.
+   */
+  @Nullable Executor executor;
 }
diff --git a/platform-grpc-service-framework/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/core/serviceframework/grpc/GrpcPlatformServiceContainer.java b/platform-grpc-service-framework/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/core/serviceframework/grpc/GrpcPlatformServiceContainer.java
index 435ea0f..ea18d53 100644
--- a/platform-grpc-service-framework/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/core/serviceframework/grpc/GrpcPlatformServiceContainer.java
+++ b/platform-grpc-service-framework/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/core/serviceframework/grpc/GrpcPlatformServiceContainer.java
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@ protected abstract GrpcServiceContainerEnvironment buildContainerEnvironment(
   private ServerBuilder<?> initializeBuilder(GrpcPlatformServerDefinition serverDefinition) {
     NettyServerBuilder builder = NettyServerBuilder.forPort(serverDefinition.getPort());
 
+    if (serverDefinition.getExecutor() != null) {
+      builder.executor(serverDefinition.getExecutor());
+    }
     if (serverDefinition.getMaxInboundMessageSize() > 0) {
       builder.maxInboundMessageSize(serverDefinition.getMaxInboundMessageSize());
     }