diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0c244f901..058bb6ad7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ RUN apt-get -qq update \
     libtbb2 libtbb-dev libdc1394-22-dev libopenexr-dev \
     libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev \
     # scipy dependencies
-    gcc gfortran libopenblas-dev liblapack-dev && \
+    gcc gfortran libopenblas-dev liblapack-dev \
+    # faster-fifo dependencies
+    g++ cython3 && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN wget -q https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -O get-pip.py \
diff --git a/frigate/app.py b/frigate/app.py
index 9d85f461e..75eac59a0 100644
--- a/frigate/app.py
+++ b/frigate/app.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import shutil
 import signal
 import sys
 import traceback
-from multiprocessing.queues import Queue
+from faster_fifo import Queue
 from multiprocessing.synchronize import Event as MpEvent
 from types import FrameType
 from typing import Optional
diff --git a/frigate/events/external.py b/frigate/events/external.py
index 5422de260..bd93999d2 100644
--- a/frigate/events/external.py
+++ b/frigate/events/external.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 import random
 import string
-from multiprocessing.queues import Queue
+from faster_fifo import Queue
 from typing import Optional
 
 import cv2
diff --git a/frigate/events/maintainer.py b/frigate/events/maintainer.py
index 264ab1142..158888374 100644
--- a/frigate/events/maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/events/maintainer.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import logging
 import queue
 import threading
 from enum import Enum
-from multiprocessing.queues import Queue
+from faster_fifo import Queue
 from multiprocessing.synchronize import Event as MpEvent
 from typing import Dict
 
diff --git a/frigate/log.py b/frigate/log.py
index 5dbf4eed0..d826032d2 100644
--- a/frigate/log.py
+++ b/frigate/log.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import signal
 import threading
 from collections import deque
 from logging import handlers
-from multiprocessing.queues import Queue
+from faster_fifo import Queue
 from types import FrameType
 from typing import Deque, Optional
 
diff --git a/frigate/timeline.py b/frigate/timeline.py
index 9ca617ba9..ed9b305f7 100644
--- a/frigate/timeline.py
+++ b/frigate/timeline.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import logging
 import queue
 import threading
-from multiprocessing.queues import Queue
+from faster_fifo import Queue
 from multiprocessing.synchronize import Event as MpEvent
 
 from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
diff --git a/frigate/types.py b/frigate/types.py
index 8c3e54654..41752508c 100644
--- a/frigate/types.py
+++ b/frigate/types.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from multiprocessing.context import Process
-from multiprocessing.queues import Queue
+from faster_fifo import Queue
 from multiprocessing.sharedctypes import Synchronized
 from typing import Optional, TypedDict
 
diff --git a/requirements-wheels.txt b/requirements-wheels.txt
index f02317e41..19bd1077c 100644
--- a/requirements-wheels.txt
+++ b/requirements-wheels.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 click == 8.1.*
 Flask == 2.3.*
+faster-fifo == 1.4.*
 imutils == 0.5.*
 matplotlib == 3.7.*
 mypy == 0.942