Index: apps/app_queue.c
===================================================================
--- apps/app_queue.c	(revision 161115)
+++ apps/app_queue.c	(working copy)
@@ -1278,8 +1278,18 @@
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(param, "servicelevel")) {
 		q->servicelevel= atoi(val);
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(param, "strategy")) {
-		/* We already have set this, no need to do it again */
-		return;
+		/* We are a static queue and already have set this, no need to do it again */
+		if (failunknown) {
+			return;
+		}
+		if (!strcasecmp(param, "strategy")) {
+			q->strategy = strat2int(val);
+			if (q->strategy < 0) {
+				ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "'%s' isn't a valid strategy for queue '%s', using ringall instead\n",
+					val, q->name);
+				q->strategy = QUEUE_STRATEGY_RINGALL;
+			}
+		}
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(param, "joinempty")) {
 		if (!strcasecmp(val, "loose"))
 			q->joinempty = QUEUE_EMPTY_LOOSE;