diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 33ba34b..c83d439 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "aquatic_cli_helpers",
  "aquatic_udp_protocol",
+ "core_affinity",
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "hashbrown 0.11.2",
  "mimalloc",
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)
         });
     }