diff --git a/src/proc.sh b/src/proc.sh
index f870b9d..ff40651 100644
--- a/src/proc.sh
+++ b/src/proc.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@ set -Eeuo pipefail
 # Docker environment variables
 
 : "${KVM:="Y"}"
+: "${CPU_PIN:=""}"
 : "${CPU_FLAGS:=""}"
 : "${CPU_MODEL:=""}"
 : "${DEF_MODEL:="neoverse-n1"}"
 
+if [[ "${SYS,,}" == *"-rk35xx" ]]; then
+  # Pin to performance cores on Orange Pi 5
+  CPU_PIN="4,5,6,7"
+fi
+
  if [[ "${ARCH,,}" != "arm64" ]]; then
   KVM="N"
   warn "your CPU architecture is ${ARCH^^} and cannot provide KVM acceleration for ARM64 instructions, this will cause a major loss of performance."