diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/DispSync.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/DispSync.cpp
index 37b6420..c67feb3 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/DispSync.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/DispSync.cpp
@@ -383,6 +383,13 @@
         mThread(new DispSyncThread(name)) {
 
     mThread->run("DispSync", PRIORITY_URGENT_DISPLAY + PRIORITY_MORE_FAVORABLE);
+    // set DispSync to SCHED_FIFO to minimize jitter
+    struct sched_param param = {0};
+    param.sched_priority = 1;
+    if (sched_setscheduler(mThread->getTid(), SCHED_FIFO, &param) != 0) {
+        ALOGE("Couldn't set SCHED_FIFO for DispSyncThread");
+    }
+
 
     reset();
     beginResync();