diff --git a/package/qos-scripts/files/usr/lib/qos/generate.sh b/package/qos-scripts/files/usr/lib/qos/generate.sh
index 9fc146b81c..02c3933d19 100755
--- a/package/qos-scripts/files/usr/lib/qos/generate.sh
+++ b/package/qos-scripts/files/usr/lib/qos/generate.sh
@@ -315,8 +315,10 @@ start_interface() {
 			cls_var maxrate "$class" limitrate $dir 100
 			cls_var prio "$class" priority $dir 1
 			cls_var avgrate "$class" avgrate $dir 0
+			cls_var qdisc_esfq "$class" qdisc_esfq $dir ""
+			[ "$qdisc_esfq" != "" ] && add_insmod sch_esfq
 			config_get classnr "$class" classnr
-			append cstr "$classnr:$prio:$avgrate:$pktsize:$pktdelay:$maxrate" "$N"
+			append cstr "$classnr:$prio:$avgrate:$pktsize:$pktdelay:$maxrate:$qdisc_esfq" "$N"
 		done
 		append ${prefix}q "$(tcrules)" "$N"
 		export dev_${dir}="ifconfig $dev up txqueuelen 5 >&- 2>&-
diff --git a/package/qos-scripts/files/usr/lib/qos/tcrules.awk b/package/qos-scripts/files/usr/lib/qos/tcrules.awk
index 7bef85b0d0..ebda50640b 100644
--- a/package/qos-scripts/files/usr/lib/qos/tcrules.awk
+++ b/package/qos-scripts/files/usr/lib/qos/tcrules.awk
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ BEGIN {
 	pktsize[n] = $4
 	delay[n] = $5
 	maxrate[n] = ($6 * linespeed / 100)
+	qdisc_esfq[n] = $7
 }
 
 END {
@@ -67,7 +68,11 @@ END {
 	# main qdisc
 	for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
 		printf "tc class add dev "device" parent 1:1 classid 1:"class[i]"0 hfsc"
-		if (rtm1[i] > 0) {
+		if (qdisc_esfq[i] != "") {
+			# user requested esfq
+			print "esfq " qdisc_esfq[i] " limit " ql
+		} else if (rtm1[i] > 0) {
+			# rt class - use sfq
 			printf " rt m1 " int(rtm1[i]) "kbit d " int(d[i] * 1000) "us m2 " int(rtm2[i])"kbit"
 		}
 		printf " ls m1 " int(lsm1[i]) "kbit d " int(d[i] * 1000) "us m2 " int(lsm2[i]) "kbit"