diff --git a/media/jni/soundpool/SoundDecoder.cpp b/media/jni/soundpool/SoundDecoder.cpp
index 5ed10b0..ae57634 100644
--- a/media/jni/soundpool/SoundDecoder.cpp
+++ b/media/jni/soundpool/SoundDecoder.cpp
@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@
 // before the SoundDecoder thread closes.
 static constexpr int32_t kWaitTimeBeforeCloseMs = 1000;
 
-SoundDecoder::SoundDecoder(SoundManager* soundManager, size_t threads)
+SoundDecoder::SoundDecoder(SoundManager* soundManager, size_t threads, int32_t threadPriority)
     : mSoundManager(soundManager)
 {
     ALOGV("%s(%p, %zu)", __func__, soundManager, threads);
     // ThreadPool is created, but we don't launch any threads.
     mThreadPool = std::make_unique<ThreadPool>(
             std::min(threads, (size_t)std::thread::hardware_concurrency()),
-            "SoundDecoder_");
+            "SoundDecoder_",
+            threadPriority);
 }
 
 SoundDecoder::~SoundDecoder()
diff --git a/media/jni/soundpool/SoundDecoder.h b/media/jni/soundpool/SoundDecoder.h
index 7b62114..3f44a0d 100644
--- a/media/jni/soundpool/SoundDecoder.h
+++ b/media/jni/soundpool/SoundDecoder.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  */
 class SoundDecoder {
 public:
-    SoundDecoder(SoundManager* soundManager, size_t threads);
+    SoundDecoder(SoundManager* soundManager, size_t threads, int32_t threadPriority);
     ~SoundDecoder();
     void loadSound(int32_t soundID) NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS; // uses unique_lock
     void quit();
diff --git a/media/jni/soundpool/SoundManager.cpp b/media/jni/soundpool/SoundManager.cpp
index 5b16174..fa35813 100644
--- a/media/jni/soundpool/SoundManager.cpp
+++ b/media/jni/soundpool/SoundManager.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 static const size_t kDecoderThreads = std::thread::hardware_concurrency() >= 4 ? 2 : 1;
 
 SoundManager::SoundManager()
-    : mDecoder{std::make_unique<SoundDecoder>(this, kDecoderThreads)}
+    : mDecoder{std::make_unique<SoundDecoder>(this, kDecoderThreads, ANDROID_PRIORITY_NORMAL)}
 {
     ALOGV("%s()", __func__);
 }
diff --git a/media/jni/soundpool/StreamManager.cpp b/media/jni/soundpool/StreamManager.cpp
index 66fec1c..e11ccbc 100644
--- a/media/jni/soundpool/StreamManager.cpp
+++ b/media/jni/soundpool/StreamManager.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@
     mThreadPool = std::make_unique<ThreadPool>(
             std::min((size_t)streams,  // do not make more threads than streams to play
                     std::min(threads, (size_t)std::thread::hardware_concurrency())),
-            "SoundPool_");
+            "SoundPool_",
+            ANDROID_PRIORITY_AUDIO);
 }
 
 #pragma clang diagnostic pop
diff --git a/media/jni/soundpool/StreamManager.h b/media/jni/soundpool/StreamManager.h
index 340b49b..a4cb286 100644
--- a/media/jni/soundpool/StreamManager.h
+++ b/media/jni/soundpool/StreamManager.h
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
  */
 class JavaThread {
 public:
-    JavaThread(std::function<void()> f, const char *name)
+    JavaThread(std::function<void()> f, const char *name, int32_t threadPriority)
         : mF{std::move(f)} {
-        createThreadEtc(staticFunction, this, name, ANDROID_PRIORITY_AUDIO);
+        createThreadEtc(staticFunction, this, name, threadPriority);
     }
 
     JavaThread(JavaThread &&) = delete; // uses "this" ptr, not moveable.
@@ -109,9 +109,11 @@
  */
 class ThreadPool {
 public:
-    ThreadPool(size_t maxThreadCount, std::string name)
+    ThreadPool(size_t maxThreadCount, std::string name,
+            int32_t threadPriority = ANDROID_PRIORITY_NORMAL)
         : mMaxThreadCount(maxThreadCount)
-        , mName{std::move(name)} { }
+        , mName{std::move(name)}
+        , mThreadPriority(threadPriority) {}
 
     ~ThreadPool() { quit(); }
 
@@ -159,7 +161,8 @@
             const int32_t id = mNextThreadId;
             mThreads.emplace_back(std::make_unique<JavaThread>(
                     [this, id, mf = std::move(f)] { mf(id); --mActiveThreadCount; },
-                    (mName + std::to_string(id)).c_str()));
+                    (mName + std::to_string(id)).c_str(),
+                    mThreadPriority));
             ++mActiveThreadCount;
             return id;
         }
@@ -180,6 +183,7 @@
 private:
     const size_t            mMaxThreadCount;
     const std::string       mName;
+    const int32_t           mThreadPriority;
 
     std::atomic_size_t      mActiveThreadCount = 0;