diff --git a/distributed/shuffle/_core.py b/distributed/shuffle/_core.py
index 010d7d880d..a3f9ce327d 100644
--- a/distributed/shuffle/_core.py
+++ b/distributed/shuffle/_core.py
@@ -601,3 +601,7 @@ def __init__(
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"P2PBarrierTask({self.key!r})"
+
+    @property
+    def block_fusion(self) -> bool:
+        return True