diff --git a/Utilities/Thread.cpp b/Utilities/Thread.cpp
index 6fca5cc54c..ac77041b50 100644
--- a/Utilities/Thread.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/Thread.cpp
@@ -1916,6 +1916,11 @@ void thread_ctrl::set_ideal_processor_core(int core)
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	HANDLE _this_thread = GetCurrentThread();
 	SetThreadIdealProcessor(_this_thread, core);
+#else
+	cpu_set_t cs;
+	CPU_ZERO(&cs);
+	CPU_SET(core, &cs);
+	pthread_setaffinity_np(pthread_self(), sizeof(cpu_set_t), &cs);
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp
index 7e9f88ff18..952acf1894 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ namespace rsx
 
 		// Raise priority above other threads
 		thread_ctrl::set_native_priority(1);
+		thread_ctrl::set_ideal_processor_core(0);
 
 		// Round to nearest to deal with forward/reverse scaling
 		fesetround(FE_TONEAREST);