diff --git a/inotify.c b/inotify.c
index a77473d..7257fa4 100644
--- a/inotify.c
+++ b/inotify.c
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <libgen.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_INOTIFY_H
 #include <sys/inotify.h>
 #else
@@ -534,7 +536,10 @@ start_inotify()
 	int length, i = 0;
 	char * esc_name = NULL;
 	char * path_buf = NULL;
-
+        
+	if (setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, 15) == -1)
+		DPRINTF(E_WARN, L_INOTIFY,  "Failed to reduce inotify thread priority\n");
+        
 	fd = inotify_init();
 
 	if ( fd < 0 ) {
diff --git a/scanner.c b/scanner.c
index db5646e..de84281 100644
--- a/scanner.c
+++ b/scanner.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <libgen.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
 
 #include <sqlite3.h>
 
@@ -782,6 +784,9 @@ start_scanner()
 {
 	struct media_dir_s * media_path = media_dirs;
 
+	if (setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, 15) == -1)
+		DPRINTF(E_WARN, L_INOTIFY,  "Failed to reduce scanner thread priority\n");
+
 	scanning = 1;
 	freopen("/dev/null", "a", stderr);
 	while( media_path )