diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1c49d63..c83d439 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "aquatic_common",
  "aquatic_udp_protocol",
  "cfg-if",
+ "core_affinity",
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "futures-lite",
  "glommio",
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "aquatic_cli_helpers",
  "aquatic_udp_protocol",
+ "core_affinity",
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "hashbrown 0.11.2",
  "mimalloc",
@@ -497,6 +499,18 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5827cebf4670468b8772dd191856768aedcb1b0278a04f989f7766351917b9dc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core_affinity"
+version = "0.5.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f8a03115cc34fb0d7c321dd154a3914b3ca082ccc5c11d91bf7117dbbe7171f"
+dependencies = [
+ "kernel32-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "num_cpus",
+ "winapi 0.2.8",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/Cargo.toml b/aquatic_udp/Cargo.toml
index a79294c..43ebe06 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aquatic_udp/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ aquatic_cli_helpers = "0.1.0"
 aquatic_common = "0.1.0"
 aquatic_udp_protocol = "0.1.0"
 cfg-if = "1"
+core_affinity = "0.5"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5"
 hashbrown = "0.11.2"
 hex = "0.4"
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/config.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/config.rs
index 981095e..5e7b6f6 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/config.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/config.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub cleaning: CleaningConfig,
     pub privileges: PrivilegeConfig,
     pub access_list: AccessListConfig,
+    pub core_affinity: CoreAffinityConfig,
 }
 
 impl aquatic_cli_helpers::Config for Config {
@@ -103,6 +104,13 @@ pub struct PrivilegeConfig {
     pub user: String,
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(default)]
+pub struct CoreAffinityConfig {
+    pub set_affinities: bool,
+    pub offset: usize,
+}
+
 impl Default for Config {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -116,6 +124,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             cleaning: CleaningConfig::default(),
             privileges: PrivilegeConfig::default(),
             access_list: AccessListConfig::default(),
+            core_affinity: CoreAffinityConfig::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -174,3 +183,12 @@ impl Default for PrivilegeConfig {
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl Default for CoreAffinityConfig {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            set_affinities: false,
+            offset: 0,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/glommio/mod.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/glommio/mod.rs
index 0da8ab9..3d60544 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/glommio/mod.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/glommio/mod.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ pub mod network;
 pub const SHARED_CHANNEL_SIZE: usize = 4096;
 
 pub fn run(config: Config) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    if config.core_affinity.set_affinities {
+        core_affinity::set_for_current(
+            core_affinity::CoreId { id: config.core_affinity.offset }
+        );
+    }
+
     let num_peers = config.socket_workers + config.request_workers;
 
     let request_mesh_builder = MeshBuilder::partial(num_peers, SHARED_CHANNEL_SIZE);
@@ -26,13 +32,19 @@ pub fn run(config: Config) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     let mut executors = Vec::new();
 
-    for _ in 0..(config.socket_workers) {
+    for i in 0..(config.socket_workers) {
         let config = config.clone();
         let request_mesh_builder = request_mesh_builder.clone();
         let response_mesh_builder = response_mesh_builder.clone();
         let num_bound_sockets = num_bound_sockets.clone();
 
-        let executor = LocalExecutorBuilder::default().spawn(|| async move {
+        let mut builder = LocalExecutorBuilder::default();
+
+        if config.core_affinity.set_affinities {
+            builder = builder.pin_to_cpu(config.core_affinity.offset + 1 + i);
+        }
+
+        let executor = builder.spawn(|| async move {
             network::run_socket_worker(
                 config,
                 request_mesh_builder,
@@ -45,12 +57,18 @@ pub fn run(config: Config) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         executors.push(executor);
     }
 
-    for _ in 0..(config.request_workers) {
+    for i in 0..(config.request_workers) {
         let config = config.clone();
         let request_mesh_builder = request_mesh_builder.clone();
         let response_mesh_builder = response_mesh_builder.clone();
 
-        let executor = LocalExecutorBuilder::default().spawn(|| async move {
+        let mut builder = LocalExecutorBuilder::default();
+
+        if config.core_affinity.set_affinities {
+            builder = builder.pin_to_cpu(config.core_affinity.offset + 1 + config.socket_workers + i);
+        }
+
+        let executor = builder.spawn(|| async move {
             handlers::run_request_worker(config, request_mesh_builder, response_mesh_builder).await
         });
 
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/mio/mod.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/mio/mod.rs
index bf863ee..ad59297 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/mio/mod.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/mio/mod.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ use crate::config::Config;
 use common::State;
 
 pub fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
+    if config.core_affinity.set_affinities {
+        core_affinity::set_for_current(
+            core_affinity::CoreId { id: config.core_affinity.offset }
+        );
+    }
+
     let state = State::default();
 
     update_access_list(&config, &state.access_list);
@@ -86,6 +92,12 @@ pub fn start_workers(
         Builder::new()
             .name(format!("request-{:02}", i + 1))
             .spawn(move || {
+                if config.core_affinity.set_affinities {
+                    core_affinity::set_for_current(
+                        core_affinity::CoreId { id: config.core_affinity.offset + 1 + i }
+                    );
+                }
+
                 handlers::run_request_worker(state, config, request_receiver, response_sender)
             })
             .with_context(|| "spawn request worker")?;
@@ -101,6 +113,12 @@ pub fn start_workers(
         Builder::new()
             .name(format!("socket-{:02}", i + 1))
             .spawn(move || {
+                if config.core_affinity.set_affinities {
+                    core_affinity::set_for_current(
+                        core_affinity::CoreId { id: config.core_affinity.offset + 1 + config.request_workers  + i }
+                    );
+                }
+
                 network::run_socket_worker(
                     state,
                     config,
@@ -119,10 +137,18 @@ pub fn start_workers(
 
         Builder::new()
             .name("statistics-collector".to_string())
-            .spawn(move || loop {
-                ::std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(config.statistics.interval));
+            .spawn(move || {
+                if config.core_affinity.set_affinities {
+                    core_affinity::set_for_current(
+                        core_affinity::CoreId { id: config.core_affinity.offset }
+                    );
+                }
 
-                tasks::gather_and_print_statistics(&state, &config);
+                loop {
+                    ::std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(config.statistics.interval));
+
+                    tasks::gather_and_print_statistics(&state, &config);
+                }
             })
             .with_context(|| "spawn statistics worker")?;
     }
diff --git a/aquatic_udp_load_test/Cargo.toml b/aquatic_udp_load_test/Cargo.toml
index e6bc0ea..f437d60 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp_load_test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aquatic_udp_load_test/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ name = "aquatic_udp_load_test"
 anyhow = "1"
 aquatic_cli_helpers = "0.1.0"
 aquatic_udp_protocol = "0.1.0"
+core_affinity = "0.5"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5"
 hashbrown = "0.11.2"
 mimalloc = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
diff --git a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/common.rs b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/common.rs
index 1b69015..d3ec752 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/common.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/common.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub duration: usize,
     pub network: NetworkConfig,
     pub handler: HandlerConfig,
+    pub core_affinity: CoreAffinityConfig,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -96,6 +97,13 @@ pub struct HandlerConfig {
     pub additional_request_factor: f64,
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(default)]
+pub struct CoreAffinityConfig {
+    /// Set core affinities, descending from last core
+    pub set_affinities: bool,
+}
+
 impl Default for Config {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -105,6 +113,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             duration: 0,
             network: NetworkConfig::default(),
             handler: HandlerConfig::default(),
+            core_affinity: CoreAffinityConfig::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -183,3 +192,11 @@ pub struct SocketWorkerLocalStatistics {
     pub responses_scrape: usize,
     pub responses_error: usize,
 }
+
+impl Default for CoreAffinityConfig {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            set_affinities: false,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/main.rs b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/main.rs
index 1f8d9a4..e1fbe0c 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/main.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/main.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ pub fn main() {
 impl aquatic_cli_helpers::Config for Config {}
 
 fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let affinity_max = core_affinity::get_core_ids()
+        .map(|ids| ids.iter().map(|id| id.id ).max())
+        .flatten().unwrap_or(0);
+
+    if config.core_affinity.set_affinities {
+        core_affinity::set_for_current(
+            core_affinity::CoreId { id: affinity_max }
+        );
+    }
+
     if config.handler.weight_announce + config.handler.weight_connect + config.handler.weight_scrape
         == 0
     {
@@ -92,17 +102,28 @@ fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
         let state = state.clone();
 
         thread::spawn(move || {
+            if config.core_affinity.set_affinities {
+                core_affinity::set_for_current(
+                    core_affinity::CoreId { id: affinity_max - 1 - i as usize }
+                );
+            }
+
             run_socket_thread(state, response_sender, receiver, &config, addr, thread_id)
         });
     }
 
-    for _ in 0..config.num_request_workers {
+    for i in 0..config.num_request_workers {
         let config = config.clone();
         let state = state.clone();
         let request_senders = request_senders.clone();
         let response_receiver = response_receiver.clone();
 
         thread::spawn(move || {
+            if config.core_affinity.set_affinities {
+                core_affinity::set_for_current(
+                    core_affinity::CoreId { id: affinity_max - config.num_socket_workers as usize - 1 - i as usize }
+                );
+            }
             run_handler_thread(&config, state, pareto, request_senders, response_receiver)
         });
     }