diff --git a/doc/source/admin/galaxy_options.rst b/doc/source/admin/galaxy_options.rst
index 398ca602f96..5e65ae3cb22 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/galaxy_options.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/galaxy_options.rst
@@ -3505,6 +3505,17 @@
 :Type: str
 
 
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+``workflow_schedulers_config_file``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:Description:
+    Optional configuration file similar to `job_config_file` to
+    specify which Galaxy processes should schedule workflows.
+:Default: ``config/workflow_schedulers_conf.xml``
+:Type: str
+
+
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ``cache_user_job_count``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample
index c0485138c37..ff4d675020c 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample
@@ -1701,6 +1701,10 @@ galaxy:
   # tags to do the mapping).
   #workflow_resource_params_mapper: config/workflow_resource_mapper_conf.yml
 
+  # Optional configuration file similar to `job_config_file` to specify
+  # which Galaxy processes should schedule workflows.
+  #workflow_schedulers_config_file: config/workflow_schedulers_conf.xml
+
   # If using job concurrency limits (configured in job_config_file),
   # several extra database queries must be performed to determine the
   # number of jobs a user has dispatched to a given destination.  By
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/config_schema.yml b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/config_schema.yml
index cee5956577e..ec84757e160 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/config_schema.yml
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/config_schema.yml
@@ -2612,6 +2612,14 @@ mapping:
           descriptions (additional types of mappings via these files could be implemented but
           haven't yet - for instance using workflow tags to do the mapping).
 
+      workflow_schedulers_config_file:
+        type: str
+        default: config/workflow_schedulers_conf.xml
+        required: false
+        desc: |
+          Optional configuration file similar to `job_config_file` to specify
+          which Galaxy processes should schedule workflows.
+
       cache_user_job_count:
         type: bool
         default: false