diff --git a/SDWebImage/SDWebImagePrefetcher.m b/SDWebImage/SDWebImagePrefetcher.m
index 95f4b5d..7364577 100644
--- a/SDWebImage/SDWebImagePrefetcher.m
+++ b/SDWebImage/SDWebImagePrefetcher.m
@@ -35,12 +35,21 @@
     if ((self = [super init]))
     {
         _manager = SDWebImageManager.new;
-        _manager.imageDownloader.maxConcurrentDownloads = 3;
         _options = SDWebImageLowPriority;
+        self.maxConcurrentDownloads = 3;
     }
     return self;
 }
 
+- (void)setMaxConcurrentDownloads:(NSUInteger)maxConcurrentDownloads
+{
+    self.manager.imageDownloader.maxConcurrentDownloads = maxConcurrentDownloads;
+}
+
+- (NSUInteger)maxConcurrentDownloads
+{
+    return self.manager.imageDownloader.maxConcurrentDownloads;
+}
 
 - (void)startPrefetchingAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index
 {
@@ -88,7 +97,7 @@
 
     // Starts prefetching from the very first image on the list with the max allowed concurrency
     NSUInteger listCount = self.prefetchURLs.count;
-    for (NSUInteger i = 0; i < self.manager.imageDownloader.maxConcurrentDownloads && self.requestedCount < listCount; i++)
+    for (NSUInteger i = 0; i < self.maxConcurrentDownloads && self.requestedCount < listCount; i++)
     {
         [self startPrefetchingAtIndex:i];
     }