diff --git a/plugins/app-json/appjson.go b/plugins/app-json/appjson.go
index 8d064210d..4d8aad640 100644
--- a/plugins/app-json/appjson.go
+++ b/plugins/app-json/appjson.go
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ var (
 
 // AppJSON is a struct that represents an app.json file as understood by Dokku
 type AppJSON struct {
-	Cron    []CronCommand `json:"cron"`
-	Scripts struct {
+	Cron      []CronCommand        `json:"cron"`
+	Formation map[string]Formation `json:"formation"`
+	Scripts   struct {
 		Dokku struct {
 			Predeploy  string `json:"predeploy"`
 			Postdeploy string `json:"postdeploy"`
@@ -36,6 +37,10 @@ type CronCommand struct {
 	Schedule string `json:"schedule"`
 }
 
+type Formation struct {
+	Quantity int `json:"quantity"`
+}
+
 // GetAppjsonDirectory returns the directory containing a given app's extracted app.json file
 func GetAppjsonDirectory(appName string) string {
 	return filepath.Join(common.MustGetEnv("DOKKU_LIB_ROOT"), "data", "app-json", appName)
diff --git a/plugins/app-json/functions.go b/plugins/app-json/functions.go
index e393f0133..e370382a3 100644
--- a/plugins/app-json/functions.go
+++ b/plugins/app-json/functions.go
@@ -79,24 +79,33 @@ func constructScript(command string, shell string, isHerokuishImage bool, isCnbI
 	return []string{shell, "-c", strings.Join(script, " ")}
 }
 
-// getPhaseScript extracts app.json from app image and returns the appropriate json key/value
-func getPhaseScript(appName string, phase string) (string, error) {
+func getAppJson(appName string) (AppJSON, error) {
 	if !common.FileExists(GetAppjsonPath(appName)) {
-		return "", nil
+		return AppJSON{}, nil
 	}
 
 	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(GetAppjsonPath(appName))
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("Cannot read app.json file: %v", err)
+		return AppJSON{}, fmt.Errorf("Cannot read app.json file: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if strings.TrimSpace(string(b)) == "" {
-		return "", nil
+		return AppJSON{}, nil
 	}
 
 	var appJSON AppJSON
 	if err = json.Unmarshal(b, &appJSON); err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse app.json: %v", err)
+		return AppJSON{}, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse app.json: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return AppJSON{}, nil
+}
+
+// getPhaseScript extracts app.json from app image and returns the appropriate json key/value
+func getPhaseScript(appName string, phase string) (string, error) {
+	appJSON, err := getAppJson(appName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
 	}
 
 	if phase == "heroku.postdeploy" {
@@ -475,3 +484,29 @@ func refreshAppJSON(appName string, image string) error {
 	common.CopyFromImage(appName, image, reportComputedAppjsonpath(appName), appjsonPath)
 	return nil
 }
+
+func setScale(appName string, image string) error {
+	appJSON, err := getAppJson(appName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	args := []string{appName}
+	for processType, formation := range appJSON.Formation {
+		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%d", processType, formation.Quantity))
+	}
+
+	if len(args) == 1 {
+		return common.PlugnTrigger("ps-can-scale", []string{appName, "true"}...)
+	}
+
+	if err := common.PlugnTrigger("ps-can-scale", []string{appName, "false"}...); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := common.PlugnTrigger("ps-scale-set", args...); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/plugins/app-json/triggers.go b/plugins/app-json/triggers.go
index c3ccc05b5..708a5583b 100644
--- a/plugins/app-json/triggers.go
+++ b/plugins/app-json/triggers.go
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ func TriggerPreDeploy(appName string, imageTag string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if err := setScale(appName, image); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if common.PropertyGet("common", appName, "deployed") == "true" {
 		return nil
 	}