diff --git a/common b/common
index c2154f348..f0059871a 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c2154f348716f1dede266204d9b4f62d505b7604
+Subproject commit f0059871af74e121b2d091cb445ba0b048ba675b
diff --git a/include/villas/path.h b/include/villas/path.h
index d250efaf3..bd3ec8067 100644
--- a/include/villas/path.h
+++ b/include/villas/path.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ struct vpath {
 
 	double rate;			/**< A timeout for */
 	int enabled;			/**< Is this path enabled. */
+	int affinity;			/**< Thread affinity. */
 	int poll;			/**< Weather or not to use poll(2). */
 	int reverse;			/**< This path has a matching reverse path. */
 	int builtin;			/**< This path should use built-in hooks by default. */
diff --git a/lib/path.cpp b/lib/path.cpp
index 6ee2c7bc8..5fad3c6db 100644
--- a/lib/path.cpp
+++ b/lib/path.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <villas/node.h>
 #include <villas/signal.h>
 #include <villas/path.h>
+#include <villas/kernel/rt.hpp>
 #include <villas/path_source.h>
 #include <villas/path_destination.h>
 
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ int path_init(struct vpath *p)
 	p->poll = -1;
 	p->queuelen = DEFAULT_QUEUE_LENGTH;
 	p->original_sequence_no = -1;
+	p->affinity = 0;
 
 	p->state = State::INITIALIZED;
 
@@ -401,7 +403,7 @@ int path_parse(struct vpath *p, json_t *cfg, struct vlist *nodes)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = json_unpack_ex(cfg, &err, 0, "{ s: o, s?: o, s?: o, s?: b, s?: b, s?: b, s?: i, s?: s, s?: b, s?: F, s?: o, s?: b, s?: s}",
+	ret = json_unpack_ex(cfg, &err, 0, "{ s: o, s?: o, s?: o, s?: b, s?: b, s?: b, s?: i, s?: s, s?: b, s?: F, s?: o, s?: b, s?: s, s?: i }",
 		"in", &json_in,
 		"out", &json_out,
 		"hooks", &json_hooks,
@@ -414,7 +416,8 @@ int path_parse(struct vpath *p, json_t *cfg, struct vlist *nodes)
 		"rate", &p->rate,
 		"mask", &json_mask,
 		"original_sequence_no", &p->original_sequence_no,
-		"uuid", &uuid
+		"uuid", &uuid,
+		"affinity", &p->affinity
 	);
 	if (ret)
 		throw ConfigError(cfg, err, "node-config-path", "Failed to parse path configuration");
@@ -641,6 +644,9 @@ int path_start(struct vpath *p)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (p->affinity)
+		kernel::rt::setThreadAffinity(p->tid, p->affinity);
+
 	return 0;
 }