diff --git a/containers.conf b/containers.conf
index bd7c577e..be5a9693 100644
--- a/containers.conf
+++ b/containers.conf
@@ -18,3 +18,8 @@ cgroup_conf=[
 # OOMScoreAdjust=500
 #
 oom_score_adj = 750
+
+[network]
+# The default is 10.88.0.0, but we need qm containers to have a
+# different ip address range or routing becomes confused
+default_subnet="10.89.0.0/16"