diff --git a/src/helper/point-to-point-helper.cc b/src/helper/point-to-point-helper.cc
index 5a7570d80..263b9cad6 100644
--- a/src/helper/point-to-point-helper.cc
+++ b/src/helper/point-to-point-helper.cc
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ namespace ns3 {
 
 
 PointToPointHelper::PointToPointHelper ()
-{}
+{
+  m_queueFactory.SetTypeId ("ns3::DropTailQueue");
+  m_deviceFactory.SetTypeId ("ns3::PointToPointNetDevice");
+  m_channelFactory.SetTypeId ("ns3::PointToPointChannel");
+}
 
 void 
 PointToPointHelper::SetQueue (std::string type,