diff --git a/configs/advanced/query_node.yaml b/configs/advanced/query_node.yaml
index 8ae2e7060d..1f9a773132 100644
--- a/configs/advanced/query_node.yaml
+++ b/configs/advanced/query_node.yaml
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ queryNode:
       recvBufSize: 64
 
   segcore:
-    chunkSize: 32768  # 32M
\ No newline at end of file
+    chunkSize: 32768  # 32M
+    simdType: auto    # auto, avx512, avx2, sse
diff --git a/internal/core/src/segcore/segcore_init_c.cpp b/internal/core/src/segcore/segcore_init_c.cpp
index 3c2dacd337..af36fcb3df 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/segcore/segcore_init_c.cpp
+++ b/internal/core/src/segcore/segcore_init_c.cpp
@@ -42,3 +42,21 @@ SegcoreSetChunkSize(const int64_t value) {
     config.set_size_per_chunk(value);
     std::cout << "set config chunk_size: " << config.get_size_per_chunk() << std::endl;
 }
+
+extern "C" void
+SegcoreSetSimdType(const char* value) {
+    milvus::engine::KnowhereConfig::SimdType simd_type;
+    if (strcmp(value, "auto") == 0) {
+        simd_type = milvus::engine::KnowhereConfig::SimdType::AUTO;
+    } else if (strcmp(value, "avx512") == 0) {
+        simd_type = milvus::engine::KnowhereConfig::SimdType::AVX512;
+    } else if (strcmp(value, "avx2") == 0) {
+        simd_type = milvus::engine::KnowhereConfig::SimdType::AVX2;
+    } else if (strcmp(value, "sse") == 0) {
+        simd_type = milvus::engine::KnowhereConfig::SimdType::SSE;
+    } else {
+        PanicInfo("invalid SIMD type: " + std::string(value));
+    }
+    milvus::engine::KnowhereConfig::SetSimdType(simd_type);
+    std::cout << "set config simd_type: " << int(simd_type) << std::endl;
+}
diff --git a/internal/core/src/segcore/segcore_init_c.h b/internal/core/src/segcore/segcore_init_c.h
index bd8bb656ba..985faefa8f 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/segcore/segcore_init_c.h
+++ b/internal/core/src/segcore/segcore_init_c.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ SegcoreInit();
 void
 SegcoreSetChunkSize(const int64_t);
 
+void
+SegcoreSetSimdType(const char*);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/internal/core/unittest/test_init.cpp b/internal/core/unittest/test_init.cpp
index 73ee67855c..e93cce6995 100644
--- a/internal/core/unittest/test_init.cpp
+++ b/internal/core/unittest/test_init.cpp
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ TEST(Init, Naive) {
     using namespace milvus::segcore;
     SegcoreInit();
     SegcoreSetChunkSize(32768);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    SegcoreSetSimdType("auto");
+}
diff --git a/internal/querynode/param_table.go b/internal/querynode/param_table.go
index b09a3fabb7..6a444aa202 100644
--- a/internal/querynode/param_table.go
+++ b/internal/querynode/param_table.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ type ParamTable struct {
 
 	// segcore
 	ChunkSize int64
+	SimdType  string
 
 	Log log.Config
 }
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ func (p *ParamTable) Init() {
 		p.initStatsChannelName()
 
 		p.initSegcoreChunkSize()
+		p.initSegcoreSimdType()
 
 		p.initLogCfg()
 	})
@@ -263,6 +265,14 @@ func (p *ParamTable) initSegcoreChunkSize() {
 	p.ChunkSize = p.ParseInt64("queryNode.segcore.chunkSize")
 }
 
+func (p *ParamTable) initSegcoreSimdType() {
+	simdType, err := p.Load("queryNode.segcore.simdType")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	p.SimdType = simdType
+}
+
 func (p *ParamTable) initLogCfg() {
 	p.Log = log.Config{}
 	format, err := p.Load("log.format")
diff --git a/internal/querynode/query_node.go b/internal/querynode/query_node.go
index 57c0bb565b..02cc25ffd9 100644
--- a/internal/querynode/query_node.go
+++ b/internal/querynode/query_node.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync/atomic"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ func (node *QueryNode) InitSegcore() {
 	// override segcore chunk size
 	cChunkSize := C.int64_t(Params.ChunkSize)
 	C.SegcoreSetChunkSize(cChunkSize)
+
+	// override segcore SIMD type
+	cSimdType := C.CString(Params.SimdType)
+	C.SegcoreSetSimdType(cSimdType)
+	C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cSimdType))
 }
 
 func (node *QueryNode) Init() error {