diff --git a/src/memgraph_bolt.cpp b/src/memgraph_bolt.cpp
index 5dc1937e6..4f9d86b9c 100644
--- a/src/memgraph_bolt.cpp
+++ b/src/memgraph_bolt.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "logging/default.hpp"
 #include "logging/streams/stdout.hpp"
 
+#include "utils/flag_validation.hpp"
 #include "utils/signals/handler.hpp"
 #include "utils/stacktrace/log.hpp"
 #include "utils/terminate_handler.hpp"
@@ -34,8 +35,9 @@ Logger logger;
 
 DEFINE_string(interface, "0.0.0.0", "Default interface on which to listen.");
 DEFINE_string(port, "7687", "Default port on which to listen.");
-DEFINE_int32(num_workers, std::thread::hardware_concurrency(),
-             "Number of workers");
+DEFINE_VALIDATED_int32(num_workers,
+                       std::max(std::thread::hardware_concurrency(), 1U),
+                       "Number of workers", FLAG_IN_RANGE(1, INT32_MAX));
 
 void throw_and_stacktace(std::string message) {
   Stacktrace stacktrace;
diff --git a/src/utils/flag_validation.hpp b/src/utils/flag_validation.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11bafd239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/flag_validation.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+/// @file
+///
+/// This file defines convenience macros which wrap defining a command line flag
+/// with validation function. The defined macros can only be used in tandem with
+/// gflags.
+///
+/// For example, to define an integer flag which needs to be between 1 and 10.
+/// The usual gflags approach is the following code.
+///
+/// @code
+/// DEFINE_int32(my_flag, 2, "My flag, which needs to be in [1,10]");
+///
+/// bool ValidateMyFlag(const char *flagname, std::int32_t value) {
+///   if (value >= 1 && value <= 10) return true;
+///   std::cout << "Invalid value for --" << flagname << std::endl;
+///   return false;
+/// }
+///
+/// DEFINE_validator(my_flag, &ValidateMyFlag);
+/// @endcode
+///
+/// With the macros defined in this file, the above can be simplified to the
+/// following.
+///
+/// @code
+/// DEFINE_VALIDATED_int32(my_flag, 2, "My flag, which needs to be in [1, 10]",
+/// {
+///   if (value >= 1 && value <= 10) return true;
+///   std::cout << "Invalid value for --" << flagname << std::endl;
+///   return false;
+/// });
+/// @endcode
+///
+/// Or even more simplified if you can use one of the general validators defined
+/// in this file.
+///
+/// @code
+/// DEFINE_VALIDATED_int32(my_flag, 2, "My flag, which needs to be in [1, 10]",
+///                        FLAG_IN_RANGE(1, 10));
+/// @endcode
+///
+/// Note that the `value` is implicitly bound to the new value of the flag. Name
+/// of the flag as a string is implicitly bound to the `flagname` variable.
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "gflags/gflags.h"
+
+/// Macro which defines a flag of given type and registers a validator function.
+/// The function is generated from the `validation_body` and `cpp_type` is used
+/// as the type of the implicitly bound `value`.
+///
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_bool
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_int32
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_int64
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_uint64
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_double
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_string
+#define DEFINE_VALIDATED_FLAG(flag_type, flag_name, default_value,    \
+                              description, cpp_type, validation_body) \
+  DEFINE_##flag_type(flag_name, default_value, description);          \
+  namespace {                                                         \
+  bool validate_##flag_name(const char *flagname,                     \
+                            cpp_type value) validation_body           \
+  }                                                                   \
+  DEFINE_validator(flag_name, &validate_##flag_name)
+
+/// Define a boolean command line flag with validation.
+///
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_int32
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_int64
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_uint64
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_double
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_string
+#define DEFINE_VALIDATED_bool(flag_name, default_value, description,       \
+                              validation_body)                             \
+  DEFINE_VALIDATED_FLAG(bool, flag_name, default_value, description, bool, \
+                        validation_body)
+
+/// Define an integer command line flag with validation.
+///
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_bool
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_int64
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_uint64
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_double
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_string
+#define DEFINE_VALIDATED_int32(flag_name, default_value, description, \
+                               validation_body)                       \
+  DEFINE_VALIDATED_FLAG(int32, flag_name, default_value, description, \
+                        std::int32_t, validation_body)
+
+/// Define an integer command line flag with validation.
+///
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_bool
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_int32
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_uint64
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_double
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_string
+#define DEFINE_VALIDATED_int64(flag_name, default_value, description, \
+                               validation_body)                       \
+  DEFINE_VALIDATED_FLAG(int64, flag_name, default_value, description, \
+                        std::int64_t, validation_body)
+
+/// Define an unsigned integer command line flag with validation.
+///
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_bool
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_int32
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_int64
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_double
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_string
+#define DEFINE_VALIDATED_uint64(flag_name, default_value, description, \
+                                validation_body)                       \
+  DEFINE_VALIDATED_FLAG(uint64, flag_name, default_value, description, \
+                        std::uint64_t, validation_body)
+
+/// Define a double floating point command line flag with validation.
+///
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_bool
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_int32
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_int64
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_uint64
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_string
+#define DEFINE_VALIDATED_double(flag_name, default_value, description,         \
+                                validation_body)                               \
+  DEFINE_VALIDATED_FLAG(double, flag_name, default_value, description, double, \
+                        validation_body)
+
+/// Define a character string command line flag with validation.
+///
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_bool
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_int32
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_int64
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_uint64
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_double
+#define DEFINE_VALIDATED_string(flag_name, default_value, description, \
+                                validation_body)                       \
+  DEFINE_VALIDATED_FLAG(string, flag_name, default_value, description, \
+                        const std::string &, validation_body)
+
+/// General flag validator for numeric flag values inside a range (inclusive).
+///
+/// This should only be used with DEFINE_VALIDATED_* macros.
+///
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_bool
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_int32
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_int64
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_uint64
+/// @sa DEFINE_VALIDATED_double
+#define FLAG_IN_RANGE(lower_bound, upper_bound)                          \
+  {                                                                      \
+    if (value >= lower_bound && value <= upper_bound) return true;       \
+    std::cout << "Expected --" << flagname << " to be in range ["        \
+              << lower_bound << ", " << upper_bound << "]" << std::endl; \
+    return false;                                                        \
+  }