diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/main_surfaceflinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/main_surfaceflinger.cpp
index 2b8424c..9686523 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/main_surfaceflinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/main_surfaceflinger.cpp
@@ -89,13 +89,47 @@
     // binder threads to 4.
     ProcessState::self()->setThreadPoolMaxThreadCount(4);
 
+    // The binder threadpool we start will inherit sched policy and priority
+    // of (this) creating thread. We want the binder thread pool to have
+    // SCHED_FIFO policy and priority 1 (lowest RT priority)
+    // Once the pool is created we reset this thread's priority back to
+    // original.
+    int newPriority = 0;
+    int origPolicy = sched_getscheduler(0);
+    struct sched_param origSchedParam;
+
+    int errorInPriorityModification = sched_getparam(0, &origSchedParam);
+    if (errorInPriorityModification == 0) {
+        int policy = SCHED_FIFO;
+        newPriority = sched_get_priority_min(policy);
+
+        struct sched_param param;
+        param.sched_priority = newPriority;
+
+        errorInPriorityModification = sched_setscheduler(0, policy, &param);
+    }
+
     // start the thread pool
     sp<ProcessState> ps(ProcessState::self());
     ps->startThreadPool();
 
+    // Reset current thread's policy and priority
+    if (errorInPriorityModification == 0) {
+        errorInPriorityModification = sched_setscheduler(0, origPolicy, &origSchedParam);
+    } else {
+        ALOGE("Failed to set SurfaceFlinger binder threadpool priority to SCHED_FIFO");
+    }
+
     // instantiate surfaceflinger
     sp<SurfaceFlinger> flinger = surfaceflinger::createSurfaceFlinger();
 
+    // Set the minimum policy of surfaceflinger node to be SCHED_FIFO.
+    // So any thread with policy/priority lower than {SCHED_FIFO, 1}, will run
+    // at least with SCHED_FIFO policy and priority 1.
+    if (errorInPriorityModification == 0) {
+        flinger->setMinSchedulerPolicy(SCHED_FIFO, newPriority);
+    }
+
     setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, PRIORITY_URGENT_DISPLAY);
 
     set_sched_policy(0, SP_FOREGROUND);