diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py
index 5d3e5d8d3..fd17239cf 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class Aria2cFD(ExternalFD):
     def _make_cmd(self, tmpfilename, info_dict):
         cmd = [self.exe, '-c']
         cmd += self._configuration_args([
-            '--min-split-size', '1M', '--max-connection-per-server', '4'])
+            '--min-split-size', '1M', '--max-connection-per-server', '4', '--stream-piece-selector', 'geom', '--enable-http-pipelining'])
         dn = os.path.dirname(tmpfilename)
         if dn:
             cmd += ['--dir', dn]