diff --git a/src/main/java/hex/GLMGrid.java b/src/main/java/hex/GLMGrid.java
index f7d8aeb304..f2dd57b77d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hex/GLMGrid.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hex/GLMGrid.java
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@
 import hex.NewRowVecTask.JobCancelledException;
 
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
 import water.*;
 import water.H2O.H2OCountedCompleter;
 
 import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import water.util.Log;
 
 public class GLMGrid extends Job {
   Key                  _datakey; // Data to work on
@@ -22,10 +25,11 @@ public class GLMGrid extends Job {
   double[]             _ts;     // Thresholds
   double[]             _alphas; // Grid search values
   int                  _xfold;
-  boolean              _parallel;
+  boolean              _parallelFlag;
+  int                  _parallelism;
   GLMParams            _glmp;
 
-  public GLMGrid(Key dest, ValueArray va, GLMParams glmp, int[] xs, double[] ls, double[] as, double[] thresholds, int xfold, boolean parallel) {
+  public GLMGrid(Key dest, ValueArray va, GLMParams glmp, int[] xs, double[] ls, double[] as, double[] thresholds, int xfold, boolean pflag, int par) {
     destination_key = dest;
     _ary = va; // VA is large, and already in a Key so make it transient
     _datakey = va._key; // ... and use the data key instead when reloading
@@ -36,7 +40,8 @@ public GLMGrid(Key dest, ValueArray va, GLMParams glmp, int[] xs, double[] ls, d
     _ts = thresholds;
     _alphas = as;
     _xfold = xfold;
-    _parallel = parallel;
+    _parallelFlag = pflag;
+    _parallelism = par;
     _glmp.checkResponseCol(_ary._cols[xs[xs.length-1]], new ArrayList<String>()); // ignore warnings here, they will be shown for each mdoel anyways
   }
 
@@ -104,20 +109,32 @@ public void start() {
     UKV.put(dest(), new GLMModels(_lambdas.length * _alphas.length));
     H2OCountedCompleter fjtask = new H2OCountedCompleter() {
       @Override public void compute2() {
-        if(_parallel) {
+        if(_parallelFlag) {
           final int cloudsize = H2O.CLOUD._memary.length;
           int myId = H2O.SELF.index();
-          for( int a = 0; a < _alphas.length; a++ ) {
-            GridTask t = new GridTask(GLMGrid.this, a, _parallel);
-            int nodeId = (myId+a)%cloudsize;
-            if(nodeId == myId)
-              H2O.submitTask(t);
-            else
+          int all = 0, done = 0;
+          Future[] active = new GridTask[_parallelism];
+          for (int job = 0; job < _alphas.length; job++) {
+            GridTask t = new GridTask(GLMGrid.this, job, true);
+            int nodeId = (myId+job)%cloudsize;
+            if (nodeId != myId) {
               RPC.call(H2O.CLOUD._memary[nodeId],t);
+              continue;
+            }
+            if (all - done >= _parallelism) {
+              try {
+                active[done++%_parallelism].get();
+              } catch( InterruptedException e ) {
+                throw  Log.errRTExcept(e);
+              } catch( ExecutionException e ) {
+                throw  Log.errRTExcept(e);
+              }
+            }
+            active[all++%_parallelism] = t.fork();
           }
         } else {
           for( int a = 0; a < _alphas.length; a++ ) {
-            GridTask t = new GridTask(GLMGrid.this, a, _parallel);
+            GridTask t = new GridTask(GLMGrid.this, a, false);
             t.compute2();
           }
           remove();
diff --git a/src/main/java/water/api/GLMGrid.java b/src/main/java/water/api/GLMGrid.java
index a232dff9ab..4b754abed2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/water/api/GLMGrid.java
+++ b/src/main/java/water/api/GLMGrid.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public class GLMGrid extends Request {
   public static final String JSON_ROWS = "rows";
   public static final String JSON_TIME = "time";
   public static final String JSON_COEFFICIENTS = "coefficients";
+  public static final String JSON_PARALLELISM = "parallelism";
 
   // Need a HEX key for GLM
   protected final H2OHexKey _key = new H2OHexKey(KEY);
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ public class GLMGrid extends Request {
   protected final RSeq _thresholds = new RSeq(Constants.DTHRESHOLDS, false, new NumberSequence("0:1:0.01",false,0.1),false);
 
   protected final Bool _parallel = new Bool(PARALLEL, true, "Build models in parallel");
+  protected final Int _parallelism = new Int(JSON_PARALLELISM, 1, 256);
 
   public GLMGrid(){
     _requestHelp = "Perform grid search over GLM parameters. Calls glm with all parameter combination from user-defined parameter range. Results are ordered according to AUC. For more details see <a href='GLM.help'>GLM help</a>.";
@@ -127,7 +129,8 @@ private int[] getCols(int [] xs, int y){
                         _alpha.value()._arr,  // Grid ranges
                         ts,
                         _xval.value(),
-                        _parallel.value());
+                        _parallel.value(),
+                        _parallelism.value());
     job.start();
 
     // Redirect to the grid-search status page