1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config-model/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/model/content/Distributor.java b/config-model/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/model/content/Distributor.java
index c55548cfd2b..4b07b78a713 100644
--- a/config-model/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/model/content/Distributor.java
+++ b/config-model/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/model/content/Distributor.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 package com.yahoo.vespa.model.content;
 
 import com.yahoo.config.model.deploy.DeployState;
+import com.yahoo.vespa.config.content.core.StorCommunicationmanagerConfig;
 import com.yahoo.vespa.config.content.core.StorServerConfig;
 import com.yahoo.config.model.producer.AbstractConfigProducer;
 import com.yahoo.vespa.model.builder.xml.dom.ModelElement;
@@ -50,6 +51,13 @@ public class Distributor extends ContentNode {
     }
 
     @Override
+    public void getConfig(StorCommunicationmanagerConfig.Builder builder) {
+        super.getConfig(builder);
+        // Single distributor needs help to encode the messages.
+        builder.mbus.dispatch_on_encode(true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public String getStartupCommand() {
         return "exec sbin/vespa-distributord -c $VESPA_CONFIG_ID";
     }