diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 482a3c20f..04e23b6b1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -5368,7 +5368,7 @@
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/deepmerge": "^2.2.0",
-        "@types/node": "^14.0",
+        "@types/node": "^18.4",
         "@types/nprogress": "^0.2.0",
         "@types/qs": "^6.9.0",
         "esbuild": "^0.16.13",
@@ -5377,11 +5377,14 @@
       }
     },
     "packages/core/node_modules/@types/node": {
-      "version": "14.18.63",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-14.18.63.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-fAtCfv4jJg+ExtXhvCkCqUKZ+4ok/JQk01qDKhL5BDDoS3AxKXhV5/MAVUZyQnSEd2GT92fkgZl0pz0Q0AzcIQ==",
+      "version": "18.19.74",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-18.19.74.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-HMwEkkifei3L605gFdV+/UwtpxP6JSzM+xFk2Ia6DNFSwSVBRh9qp5Tgf4lNFOMfPVuU0WnkcWpXZpgn5ufO4A==",
       "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT"
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "undici-types": "~5.26.4"
+      }
     },
     "packages/core/node_modules/typescript": {
       "version": "4.9.5",
@@ -5397,6 +5400,13 @@
         "node": ">=4.2.0"
       }
     },
+    "packages/core/node_modules/undici-types": {
+      "version": "5.26.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici-types/-/undici-types-5.26.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-JlCMO+ehdEIKqlFxk6IfVoAUVmgz7cU7zD/h9XZ0qzeosSHmUJVOzSQvvYSYWXkFXC+IfLKSIffhv0sVZup6pA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "packages/react": {
       "name": "@inertiajs/react",
       "version": "2.0.3",
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 9cc60d4d3..9c31d6411 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/deepmerge": "^2.2.0",
-    "@types/node": "^14.0",
+    "@types/node": "^18.4",
     "@types/nprogress": "^0.2.0",
     "@types/qs": "^6.9.0",
     "esbuild": "^0.16.13",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/server.ts b/packages/core/src/server.ts
index 0be5230c6..b3d061809 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/server.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 import { createServer, IncomingMessage } from 'http'
 import * as process from 'process'
 import { InertiaAppResponse, Page } from './types'
+import cluster from 'node:cluster';
+import { availableParallelism } from 'node:os';
 
 type AppCallback = (page: Page) => InertiaAppResponse
 type RouteHandler = (request: IncomingMessage) => Promise<unknown>
+type ServerOptions = {
+  port?: number
+  cluster?: boolean
+}
+type Port = number
 
 const readableToString: (readable: IncomingMessage) => Promise<string> = (readable) =>
   new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -13,8 +20,23 @@ const readableToString: (readable: IncomingMessage) => Promise<string> = (readab
     readable.on('error', (err) => reject(err))
   })
 
-export default (render: AppCallback, port?: number): void => {
-  const _port = port || 13714
+export default (render: AppCallback, options?: Port | ServerOptions): void => {
+  const _port = typeof options === 'number' ? options : options?.port ?? 13714;
+  const _useCluster = typeof options === 'object' && options?.cluster !== undefined ? options.cluster : false;
+
+  const log = (message: string) => {
+    console.log(_useCluster && !cluster.isPrimary ? `[${cluster.worker?.id ?? 'N/A'} / ${cluster.worker?.process?.pid ?? 'N/A'}] ${message}` : message)
+  }
+
+  if (_useCluster && cluster.isPrimary) {
+    log('Primary Inertia SSR server process started...')
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < availableParallelism(); i++) {
+      cluster.fork()
+    }
+
+    return
+  }
 
   const routes: Record<string, RouteHandler> = {
     '/health': async () => ({ status: 'OK', timestamp: Date.now() }),
@@ -34,7 +56,7 @@ export default (render: AppCallback, port?: number): void => {
     }
 
     response.end()
-  }).listen(_port, () => console.log('Inertia SSR server started.'))
+  }).listen(_port, () => log('Inertia SSR server started.'))
 
-  console.log(`Starting SSR server on port ${_port}...`)
+  log(`Starting SSR server on port ${_port}...`)
 }