diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/sql_common.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/sql_common.py
index a0bd9ce0760bd1..5b1b9b1c2952c3 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/sql_common.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/sql_common.py
@@ -352,6 +352,15 @@ def __init__(self, config: SQLCommonConfig, ctx: PipelineContext, platform: str)
         )
         self.report.sql_aggregator = self.aggregator.report
 
+    def _add_default_options(self, sql_config: SQLCommonConfig) -> None:
+        """Add default SQLAlchemy options. Can be overridden by subclasses to add additional defaults."""
+        # Extra default SQLAlchemy option for better connection pooling and threading.
+        # https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/14/core/pooling.html#sqlalchemy.pool.QueuePool.params.max_overflow
+        if sql_config.is_profiling_enabled():
+            sql_config.options.setdefault(
+                "max_overflow", sql_config.profiling.max_workers
+            )
+
     @classmethod
     def test_connection(cls, config_dict: dict) -> TestConnectionReport:
         test_report = TestConnectionReport()
@@ -519,12 +528,7 @@ def get_workunits_internal(self) -> Iterable[Union[MetadataWorkUnit, SqlWorkUnit
             # Known issue with sqlalchemy https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60804288/pycharm-duplicated-log-for-sqlalchemy-echo-true
             sqlalchemy_log._add_default_handler = lambda x: None  # type: ignore
 
-        # Extra default SQLAlchemy option for better connection pooling and threading.
-        # https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/14/core/pooling.html#sqlalchemy.pool.QueuePool.params.max_overflow
-        if sql_config.is_profiling_enabled():
-            sql_config.options.setdefault(
-                "max_overflow", sql_config.profiling.max_workers
-            )
+        self._add_default_options(sql_config)
 
         for inspector in self.get_inspectors():
             profiler = None
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/teradata.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/teradata.py
index e6319f668ecb8c..c52eceb726955e 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/teradata.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/teradata.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
 from sqlalchemy.engine.base import Connection
 from sqlalchemy.engine.reflection import Inspector
+from sqlalchemy.pool import QueuePool
 from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import text
 from teradatasqlalchemy.dialect import TeradataDialect
 from teradatasqlalchemy.options import configure
@@ -678,6 +679,16 @@ def __init__(self, config: TeradataConfig, ctx: PipelineContext):
             if self.config.stateful_ingestion:
                 self.config.stateful_ingestion.remove_stale_metadata = False
 
+    def _add_default_options(self, sql_config: SQLCommonConfig) -> None:
+        """Add Teradata-specific default options"""
+        super()._add_default_options(sql_config)
+        if sql_config.is_profiling_enabled():
+            # Sqlalchemy uses QueuePool by default however Teradata uses SingletonThreadPool.
+            # SingletonThreadPool does not support parellel connections. For using profiling, we need to use QueuePool.
+            # https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/core/pooling.html#connection-pool-configuration
+            # https://github.com/Teradata/sqlalchemy-teradata/issues/96
+            sql_config.options.setdefault("poolclass", QueuePool)
+
     @classmethod
     def create(cls, config_dict, ctx):
         config = TeradataConfig.parse_obj(config_dict)
@@ -705,6 +716,7 @@ def get_inspectors(self):
         # This method can be overridden in the case that you want to dynamically
         # run on multiple databases.
         url = self.config.get_sql_alchemy_url()
+
         logger.debug(f"sql_alchemy_url={url}")
         engine = create_engine(url, **self.config.options)
         with engine.connect() as conn: