diff --git a/src/unix/core.c b/src/unix/core.c
index 352d50ebb9d..cfd4c7a2076 100644
--- a/src/unix/core.c
+++ b/src/unix/core.c
@@ -1869,6 +1869,8 @@ unsigned int uv_available_parallelism(void) {
 #ifdef __linux__
   cpu_set_t set;
   long rc;
+  double rc_with_cgroup;
+  uv__cpu_constraint c = {0, 0, 0.0};
 
   memset(&set, 0, sizeof(set));
 
@@ -1880,8 +1882,13 @@ unsigned int uv_available_parallelism(void) {
     rc = CPU_COUNT(&set);
   else
     rc = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
-
-  if (rc < 1)
+    
+  if (uv__get_constrained_cpu(&c) == 0 && c.period_length > 0) {
+    rc_with_cgroup = (double)c.quota_per_period / c.period_length * c.proportions;
+    if (rc_with_cgroup < rc)
+      rc = (long)rc_with_cgroup; /* Casting is safe since rc_with_cgroup < rc < LONG_MAX */
+  }
+  if (rc < 1) 
     rc = 1;
 
   return (unsigned) rc;
diff --git a/src/unix/internal.h b/src/unix/internal.h
index 1a3570d293b..7768c2d0fc3 100644
--- a/src/unix/internal.h
+++ b/src/unix/internal.h
@@ -461,4 +461,14 @@ uv__fs_copy_file_range(int fd_in,
 #define UV__CPU_AFFINITY_SUPPORTED 0
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __linux__
+typedef struct {
+  long long quota_per_period;
+  long long period_length;
+  double proportions;
+} uv__cpu_constraint;
+
+int uv__get_constrained_cpu(uv__cpu_constraint* constraint);
+#endif
+
 #endif /* UV_UNIX_INTERNAL_H_ */
diff --git a/src/unix/linux.c b/src/unix/linux.c
index 5690eb0b2f5..79fd84cf78d 100644
--- a/src/unix/linux.c
+++ b/src/unix/linux.c
@@ -2251,6 +2251,136 @@ uint64_t uv_get_available_memory(void) {
 }
 
 
+static int uv__get_cgroupv2_constrained_cpu(const char* cgroup, 
+                                            uv__cpu_constraint* constraint) {
+  char path[256];
+  char buf[1024];
+  unsigned int weight;
+  int cgroup_size;
+  const char* cgroup_trimmed;
+  char quota_buf[16];
+
+  if (strncmp(cgroup, "0::/", 4) != 0)
+    return UV_EINVAL;
+   
+  /* Trim ending \n by replacing it with a 0 */
+  cgroup_trimmed = cgroup + sizeof("0::/") - 1;      /* Skip the prefix "0::/" */
+  cgroup_size = (int)strcspn(cgroup_trimmed, "\n");  /* Find the first slash */
+
+  /* Construct the path to the cpu.max file */
+  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/sys/fs/cgroup/%.*s/cpu.max", cgroup_size,
+           cgroup_trimmed);
+
+  /* Read cpu.max */
+  if (uv__slurp(path, buf, sizeof(buf)) < 0)
+    return UV_EIO;
+
+  if (sscanf(buf, "%15s %llu", quota_buf, &constraint->period_length) != 2)
+    return UV_EINVAL;
+
+  if (strncmp(quota_buf, "max", 3) == 0)
+    constraint->quota_per_period = LLONG_MAX;
+  else if (sscanf(quota_buf, "%lld", &constraint->quota_per_period) != 1)
+    return UV_EINVAL; // conversion failed
+
+  /* Construct the path to the cpu.weight file */
+  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/sys/fs/cgroup/%.*s/cpu.weight", cgroup_size,
+           cgroup_trimmed);
+
+  /* Read cpu.weight */
+  if (uv__slurp(path, buf, sizeof(buf)) < 0)
+    return UV_EIO;
+
+  if (sscanf(buf, "%u", &weight) != 1)
+    return UV_EINVAL;
+
+  constraint->proportions = (double)weight / 100.0;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static char* uv__cgroup1_find_cpu_controller(const char* cgroup,
+                                             int* cgroup_size) {
+  /* Seek to the cpu controller line. */
+  char* cgroup_cpu = strstr(cgroup, ":cpu,");
+
+  if (cgroup_cpu != NULL) {
+    /* Skip the controller prefix to the start of the cgroup path. */
+    cgroup_cpu += sizeof(":cpu,") - 1;
+    /* Determine the length of the cgroup path, excluding the newline. */
+    *cgroup_size = (int)strcspn(cgroup_cpu, "\n");
+  }
+
+  return cgroup_cpu;
+}
+
+static int uv__get_cgroupv1_constrained_cpu(const char* cgroup, 
+                                            uv__cpu_constraint* constraint) {
+  char path[256];
+  char buf[1024];
+  unsigned int shares;
+  int cgroup_size;
+  char* cgroup_cpu;
+
+  cgroup_cpu = uv__cgroup1_find_cpu_controller(cgroup, &cgroup_size);
+
+  if (cgroup_cpu == NULL)
+    return UV_EIO;
+
+  /* Construct the path to the cpu.cfs_quota_us file */
+  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/sys/fs/cgroup/%.*s/cpu.cfs_quota_us",
+           cgroup_size, cgroup_cpu);
+
+  if (uv__slurp(path, buf, sizeof(buf)) < 0)
+    return UV_EIO;  
+    
+  if (sscanf(buf, "%lld", &constraint->quota_per_period) != 1)
+    return UV_EINVAL;
+
+  /* Construct the path to the cpu.cfs_period_us file */
+  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/sys/fs/cgroup/%.*s/cpu.cfs_period_us",
+           cgroup_size, cgroup_cpu);
+
+  /* Read cpu.cfs_period_us */
+  if (uv__slurp(path, buf, sizeof(buf)) < 0)
+    return UV_EIO;
+
+  if (sscanf(buf, "%lld", &constraint->period_length) != 1)
+    return UV_EINVAL;
+
+  /* Construct the path to the cpu.shares file */
+  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/sys/fs/cgroup/%.*s/cpu.shares", cgroup_size,
+           cgroup_cpu);
+
+  /* Read cpu.shares */
+  if (uv__slurp(path, buf, sizeof(buf)) < 0)
+    return UV_EIO;
+  
+  if (sscanf(buf, "%u", &shares) != 1)
+    return UV_EINVAL;
+
+  constraint->proportions = (double)shares / 1024.0;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int uv__get_constrained_cpu(uv__cpu_constraint* constraint) {
+  char cgroup[1024];
+
+  /* Read the cgroup from /proc/self/cgroup */
+  if (uv__slurp("/proc/self/cgroup", cgroup, sizeof(cgroup)) < 0)
+    return UV_EIO;
+
+  /* Check if the system is using cgroup v2 by examining /proc/self/cgroup
+   * The entry for cgroup v2 is always in the format "0::$PATH"
+   * see https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.html */
+  if (strncmp(cgroup, "0::/", 4) == 0)
+    return uv__get_cgroupv2_constrained_cpu(cgroup, constraint);
+  else
+    return uv__get_cgroupv1_constrained_cpu(cgroup, constraint);
+}
+
+
 void uv_loadavg(double avg[3]) {
   struct sysinfo info;
   char buf[128];  /* Large enough to hold all of /proc/loadavg. */
diff --git a/test/test-platform-output.c b/test/test-platform-output.c
index 7fc5775e6f1..235dcb28d5e 100644
--- a/test/test-platform-output.c
+++ b/test/test-platform-output.c
@@ -90,6 +90,45 @@ TEST_IMPL(platform_output) {
   ASSERT_GE(par, 1);
   printf("uv_available_parallelism: %u\n", par);
 
+#ifdef __linux__
+  FILE* file;
+  int cgroup_version = 0;
+  unsigned int cgroup_par = 0;
+  uint64_t quota, period;
+
+  // Attempt to parse cgroup v2 to deduce parallelism constraints
+  file = fopen("/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu.max", "r");
+  if (file) {
+    if (fscanf(file, "%lu %lu", &quota, &period) == 2 && quota > 0) {
+      cgroup_version = 2;
+      cgroup_par = (unsigned int)(quota / period);
+    }
+    fclose(file);
+  }
+
+  // If cgroup v2 wasn't present, try parsing cgroup v1
+  if (cgroup_version == 0) {
+    file = fopen("/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct/cpu.cfs_quota_us", "r");
+    if (file) {
+      if (fscanf(file, "%lu", &quota) == 1 && quota > 0) {
+        fclose(file);
+        file = fopen("/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct/cpu.cfs_period_us", "r");
+        if (file && fscanf(file, "%lu", &period) == 1) {
+          cgroup_version = 1;
+          cgroup_par = (unsigned int)(quota / period);
+        }
+      }
+      if (file) fclose(file);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // If we found cgroup parallelism constraints, assert and print them
+  if (cgroup_par > 0) {
+    ASSERT_GE(par, cgroup_par);
+    printf("cgroup v%d available parallelism: %u\n", cgroup_version, cgroup_par);
+  }
+#endif
+
   err = uv_cpu_info(&cpus, &count);
 #if defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__MSYS__)
   ASSERT_EQ(err, UV_ENOSYS);