diff --git a/utils/scoutfs-utils.spec.in b/utils/scoutfs-utils.spec.in
index fb24b812..44261a0d 100644
--- a/utils/scoutfs-utils.spec.in
+++ b/utils/scoutfs-utils.spec.in
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 %{!?_release: %global _release 0.%{pkg_date}git%{pkg_git_hash}}
 
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 10
+%global tuned_profiles_dir %{_prefix}/lib/tuned
+%else
+%global tuned_profiles_dir %{_prefix}/lib/tuned/profiles
+%endif
+
 Name:           scoutfs-utils
 Summary:        scoutfs user space utilities
 Version:        %{pkg_version}
@@ -57,6 +63,8 @@ install -m 644 -D src/format.h $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_includedir}/scoutfs/format.h
 install -m 755 -D fenced/scoutfs-fenced $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libexecdir}/scoutfs-fenced/scoutfs-fenced
 install -m 644 -D fenced/scoutfs-fenced.service $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_unitdir}/scoutfs-fenced.service
 install -m 644 -D fenced/scoutfs-fenced.conf.example $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/scoutfs/scoutfs-fenced.conf.example
+install -m 644 -D tuned/tuned.conf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{tuned_profiles_dir}/scoutfs/tuned.conf
+install -m 644 -D tuned/40-scoutfs.conf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/tuned/recommend.d/40-scoutfs.conf
 
 %files
 %defattr(644,root,root,755)
@@ -66,6 +74,8 @@ install -m 644 -D fenced/scoutfs-fenced.conf.example $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdi
 %defattr(755,root,root,755)
 %{_sbindir}/scoutfs
 %{_libexecdir}/scoutfs-fenced
+%{tuned_profiles_dir}/scoutfs/tuned.conf
+%{_prefix}/lib/tuned/recommend.d/40-scoutfs.conf
 
 %files -n scoutfs-devel
 %defattr(644,root,root,755)
diff --git a/utils/tuned/40-scoutfs.conf b/utils/tuned/40-scoutfs.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b589d4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/tuned/40-scoutfs.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#
+# scoutfs tuned recommendation
+#
+
+# If the system has support for mounting scoutfs filesystems, which is
+# valid for client mounts and quorum mounts. We then always recommend
+# the scoutfs profile.
+[scoutfs]
+/proc/filesystems=scoutfs
diff --git a/utils/tuned/tuned.conf b/utils/tuned/tuned.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bb44e8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/tuned/tuned.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#
+# ScoutFS specific tuned profile
+#
+
+# The parameters below are a mix of settings present in the throughput-performance
+# profile as well as the latency-performance profile. Generally speaking, we
+# want to encourage the system to avoid swap and accumulating large amounts of
+# dirty data, as this can cause reclaim to lead to congestion.
+
+# Enable this profile with `$ sudo tuned-adm profile scoutfs`
+
+# linux default values are marked with [<value>] for reference.
+
+[main]
+summary=Optimize for production scoutfs deployment
+description=Configures the system for production scoutfs filesystem server deployment.
+
+# network-throughput sets some larger buffers useful for 40gbe deployments
+# network-throughput also inherits throughput-performance
+include=network-throughput
+
+[vm]
+# throughput-performance sets dirty_bytes to 40% (much larger than linux default), but
+# this allows the accumulation of large backlogs of writeback. We prefer to writeback
+# often and early to avoid congestion [20%]
+dirty_bytes = 10%
+# start writing back at this amount [10%]
+dirty_background_bytes = 5%
+
+[sysctl]
+# the kernel default is 60. Lower it to instruct the kernel that swapping is
+# expensive and we want to avoid it. We assume scoutfs deployments have ample
+# available RAM. [60]
+vm.swappiness = 10
+
+# increase pdflush runs so it can more aggressively write out dirty data [500]
+vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs = 300
+
+# decrease time dirty data will linger before being written back [3000]
+vm.dirty_expire_centisecs = 2000