diff --git a/etc/sysctl.d/local.conf b/etc/sysctl.d/local.conf
index d8bbb26..ae2d529 100644
--- a/etc/sysctl.d/local.conf
+++ b/etc/sysctl.d/local.conf
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ net.ipv6.conf.*.accept_redirects = 0
 net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 0
 net.ipv4.conf.*.rp_filter = 0
 
+net.core.default_qdisc = fq
+
 # use BBR and disable ECN since BBRv1 doesn't support it
 net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control = bbr
 net.ipv4.tcp_ecn = 0