diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 08e2f9c483..8fccd17b65 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <cmocka.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_CMOCKA_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `cpuset_setaffinty' function. */
+#undef HAVE_CPUSET_SETAFFINITY
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `CRYPTO_zalloc' function. */
 #undef HAVE_CRYPTO_ZALLOC
 
@@ -285,6 +288,9 @@
 /* define if OpenSSL supports Ed25519 */
 #undef HAVE_OPENSSL_ED25519
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `processor_bind' function. */
+#undef HAVE_PROCESSOR_BIND
+
 /* Define if you have POSIX threads libraries and header files. */
 #undef HAVE_PTHREAD
 
@@ -303,6 +309,9 @@
 /* Have PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT. */
 #undef HAVE_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `pthread_setaffinity_np' function. */
+#undef HAVE_PTHREAD_SETAFFINITY_NP
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `pthread_setname_np' function. */
 #undef HAVE_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP
 
@@ -333,6 +342,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <sched.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_SCHED_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `sched_setaffinity' function. */
+#undef HAVE_SCHED_SETAFFINITY
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `sched_yield' function. */
 #undef HAVE_SCHED_YIELD
 
@@ -387,6 +399,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/capability.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_SYS_CAPABILITY_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/cpuset.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_SYS_CPUSET_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/devpoll.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_SYS_DEVPOLL_H
 
@@ -396,6 +411,12 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/param.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/prctl.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/procset.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_SYS_PROCSET_H
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/select.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6ed2702470..b6a780f78f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@ infodir
 docdir
 oldincludedir
 includedir
+runstatedir
 localstatedir
 sharedstatedir
 sysconfdir
@@ -1003,6 +1004,7 @@ datadir='${datarootdir}'
 sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
 sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
 localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
+runstatedir='${localstatedir}/run'
 includedir='${prefix}/include'
 oldincludedir='/usr/include'
 docdir='${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}'
@@ -1255,6 +1257,15 @@ do
   | -silent | --silent | --silen | --sile | --sil)
     silent=yes ;;
 
+  -runstatedir | --runstatedir | --runstatedi | --runstated \
+  | --runstate | --runstat | --runsta | --runst | --runs \
+  | --run | --ru | --r)
+    ac_prev=runstatedir ;;
+  -runstatedir=* | --runstatedir=* | --runstatedi=* | --runstated=* \
+  | --runstate=* | --runstat=* | --runsta=* | --runst=* | --runs=* \
+  | --run=* | --ru=* | --r=*)
+    runstatedir=$ac_optarg ;;
+
   -sbindir | --sbindir | --sbindi | --sbind | --sbin | --sbi | --sb)
     ac_prev=sbindir ;;
   -sbindir=* | --sbindir=* | --sbindi=* | --sbind=* | --sbin=* \
@@ -1392,7 +1403,7 @@ fi
 for ac_var in	exec_prefix prefix bindir sbindir libexecdir datarootdir \
 		datadir sysconfdir sharedstatedir localstatedir includedir \
 		oldincludedir docdir infodir htmldir dvidir pdfdir psdir \
-		libdir localedir mandir
+		libdir localedir mandir runstatedir
 do
   eval ac_val=\$$ac_var
   # Remove trailing slashes.
@@ -1545,6 +1556,7 @@ Fine tuning of the installation directories:
   --sysconfdir=DIR        read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
   --sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
   --localstatedir=DIR     modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
+  --runstatedir=DIR       modifiable per-process data [LOCALSTATEDIR/run]
   --libdir=DIR            object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
   --includedir=DIR        C header files [PREFIX/include]
   --oldincludedir=DIR     C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
@@ -15235,6 +15247,43 @@ fi
 done
 
 
+for ac_header in sys/cpuset.h
+do :
+  ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "sys/cpuset.h" "ac_cv_header_sys_cpuset_h" "$ac_includes_default"
+if test "x$ac_cv_header_sys_cpuset_h" = xyes; then :
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_SYS_CPUSET_H 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+
+done
+
+for ac_header in sys/procset.h
+do :
+  ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "sys/procset.h" "ac_cv_header_sys_procset_h" "$ac_includes_default"
+if test "x$ac_cv_header_sys_procset_h" = xyes; then :
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_SYS_PROCSET_H 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+
+done
+
+for ac_func in pthread_setaffinity_np cpuset_setaffinity processor_bind sched_setaffinity
+do :
+  as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
+ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "$ac_func" "$as_ac_var"
+if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_var"\" = x"yes"; then :
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define `$as_echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+done
+
+
 # Look for functions relating to thread naming
 for ac_func in pthread_setname_np pthread_set_name_np
 do :
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 941053b8a5..2b27558a6e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -701,6 +701,10 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sched.h])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([sched_yield],[rt])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([sched_yield pthread_yield pthread_yield_np])
 
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/cpuset.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/procset.h])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pthread_setaffinity_np cpuset_setaffinity processor_bind sched_setaffinity])
+
 # Look for functions relating to thread naming
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pthread_setname_np pthread_set_name_np])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([pthread_np.h], [], [], [#include <pthread.h>])
diff --git a/lib/isc/pthreads/include/isc/thread.h b/lib/isc/pthreads/include/isc/thread.h
index 798af338ac..6d96950028 100644
--- a/lib/isc/pthreads/include/isc/thread.h
+++ b/lib/isc/pthreads/include/isc/thread.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ isc_thread_yield(void);
 void
 isc_thread_setname(isc_thread_t thread, const char *name);
 
+isc_result_t
+isc_thread_setaffinity(int cpu);
+
 /* XXX We could do fancier error handling... */
 
 #define isc_thread_join(t, rp) \
diff --git a/lib/isc/pthreads/thread.c b/lib/isc/pthreads/thread.c
index ba7ae52daa..f8029e26ed 100644
--- a/lib/isc/pthreads/thread.c
+++ b/lib/isc/pthreads/thread.c
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@
 #include <sched.h>
 #endif
 
+#if defined(HAVE_CPUSET_H)
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/cpuset.h>
+#endif
+
+#if defined(HAVE_SYS_PROCESET_H)
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/processor.h>
+#include <sys/procset.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <isc/thread.h>
 #include <isc/util.h>
 
@@ -91,3 +102,31 @@ isc_thread_yield(void) {
 	pthread_yield_np();
 #endif
 }
+
+isc_result_t
+isc_thread_setaffinity(int cpu) {
+#if defined(HAVE_CPUSET_SETAFFINITY)
+	cpuset_t cpuset;
+	CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
+	CPU_SET(cpu, &cpuset);
+	if (cpuset_setaffinity(CPU_LEVEL_WHICH, CPU_WHICH_TID, -1,
+	    &cpuset, sizeof(cpuset)) != 0) {
+		return (ISC_R_FAILURE);
+	}
+#elif defined(HAVE_PTHREAD_SETAFFINITY_NP)
+	cpu_set_t set;
+	CPU_ZERO(&set);
+	CPU_SET(cpu, &set);
+	if (pthread_setaffinity_np(pthread_self(), sizeof(cpu_set_t),
+	    &set) != 0) {
+		return (ISC_R_FAILURE);
+	}
+#elif defined(HAVE_PROCESSOR_BIND)
+	if (processor_bind(P_LWPID, P_MYID, cpu, NULL) != 0) {
+		return (ISC_R_FAILURE);
+	}
+#else
+	UNUSED(cpu);
+#endif
+	return (ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+}
diff --git a/lib/isc/win32/include/isc/thread.h b/lib/isc/win32/include/isc/thread.h
index be1343afcb..25b83af073 100644
--- a/lib/isc/win32/include/isc/thread.h
+++ b/lib/isc/win32/include/isc/thread.h
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ isc_thread_setconcurrency(unsigned int level);
 void
 isc_thread_setname(isc_thread_t, const char *);
 
+isc_result_t
+isc_thread_setaffinity(int cpu);
+
 int
 isc_thread_key_create(isc_thread_key_t *key, void (*func)(void *));
 
diff --git a/lib/isc/win32/libisc.def.in b/lib/isc/win32/libisc.def.in
index 88faffb193..c468a89fe2 100644
--- a/lib/isc/win32/libisc.def.in
+++ b/lib/isc/win32/libisc.def.in
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ isc_thread_key_create
 isc_thread_key_delete
 isc_thread_key_getspecific
 isc_thread_key_setspecific
+isc_thread_setaffinity
 isc_thread_setconcurrency
 isc_thread_setname
 isc_time_add
diff --git a/lib/isc/win32/thread.c b/lib/isc/win32/thread.c
index ebc2f2936f..7c147164d2 100644
--- a/lib/isc/win32/thread.c
+++ b/lib/isc/win32/thread.c
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ isc_thread_setname(isc_thread_t thread, const char *name) {
 	UNUSED(name);
 }
 
+isc_result_t
+isc_thread_setaffinity(int cpu) {
+	/* no-op on Windows for now */
+	return (ISC_R_SUCCESS);
+}
+
 void *
 isc_thread_key_getspecific(isc_thread_key_t key) {
 	return(TlsGetValue(key));