diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/BackgroundExecutor.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/BackgroundExecutor.cpp
index 5a1ec6f..3cef875 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/BackgroundExecutor.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/BackgroundExecutor.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #define LOG_TAG "BackgroundExecutor"
 #define ATRACE_TAG ATRACE_TAG_GRAPHICS
 
+#include <processgroup/sched_policy.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <sched.h>
 #include <utils/Log.h>
 #include <mutex>
 
@@ -26,14 +29,24 @@
 
 namespace android {
 
-ANDROID_SINGLETON_STATIC_INSTANCE(BackgroundExecutor);
+namespace {
 
-BackgroundExecutor::BackgroundExecutor() : Singleton<BackgroundExecutor>() {
+void set_thread_priority(bool highPriority) {
+    set_sched_policy(0, highPriority ? SP_FOREGROUND : SP_BACKGROUND);
+    struct sched_param param = {0};
+    param.sched_priority = highPriority ? 2 : 0 /* must be 0 for non-RT */;
+    sched_setscheduler(gettid(), highPriority ? SCHED_FIFO : SCHED_NORMAL, &param);
+}
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+BackgroundExecutor::BackgroundExecutor(bool highPriority) {
     // mSemaphore must be initialized before any calls to
     // BackgroundExecutor::sendCallbacks. For this reason, we initialize it
     // within the constructor instead of within mThread.
     LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(sem_init(&mSemaphore, 0, 0), "sem_init failed");
-    mThread = std::thread([&]() {
+    mThread = std::thread([&, highPriority]() {
+        set_thread_priority(highPriority);
         while (!mDone) {
             LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(sem_wait(&mSemaphore), "sem_wait failed (%d)", errno);
             auto callbacks = mCallbacksQueue.pop();
@@ -45,6 +58,11 @@
             }
         }
     });
+    if (highPriority) {
+        pthread_setname_np(mThread.native_handle(), "BckgrndExec HP");
+    } else {
+        pthread_setname_np(mThread.native_handle(), "BckgrndExec LP");
+    }
 }
 
 BackgroundExecutor::~BackgroundExecutor() {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/BackgroundExecutor.h b/services/surfaceflinger/BackgroundExecutor.h
index 66b7d7a..1b5fadd 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/BackgroundExecutor.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/BackgroundExecutor.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 #include <ftl/small_vector.h>
 #include <semaphore.h>
-#include <utils/Singleton.h>
 #include <thread>
 
 #include "LocklessQueue.h"
@@ -26,10 +25,20 @@
 namespace android {
 
 // Executes tasks off the main thread.
-class BackgroundExecutor : public Singleton<BackgroundExecutor> {
+class BackgroundExecutor {
 public:
-    BackgroundExecutor();
     ~BackgroundExecutor();
+
+    static BackgroundExecutor& getInstance() {
+        static BackgroundExecutor instance(true);
+        return instance;
+    }
+
+    static BackgroundExecutor& getLowPriorityInstance() {
+        static BackgroundExecutor instance(false);
+        return instance;
+    }
+
     using Callbacks = ftl::SmallVector<std::function<void()>, 10>;
     // Queues callbacks onto a work queue to be executed by a background thread.
     // This is safe to call from multiple threads.
@@ -37,6 +46,8 @@
     void flushQueue();
 
 private:
+    BackgroundExecutor(bool highPriority);
+
     sem_t mSemaphore;
     std::atomic_bool mDone = false;