diff --git a/hosts/containers/hydra/hydra.nix b/hosts/containers/hydra/hydra.nix
index 99439413..db9e6a5b 100644
--- a/hosts/containers/hydra/hydra.nix
+++ b/hosts/containers/hydra/hydra.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ in {
       supportedFeatures = [ "nixos-test" "big-parallel" "benchmark" ];
       maxJobs = 4;
     } ];
+
+    daemonCPUSchedPolicy = "idle";
+    daemonIOSchedClass = "idle";
+    daemonIOSchedPriority = 7;
   };
 
   services.hydra = {