diff --git a/src/util/thread.h b/src/util/thread.h
index f0c894838..c96cb1c08 100644
--- a/src/util/thread.h
+++ b/src/util/thread.h
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@
 
 namespace dxvk {
 
+  /**
+   * \brief Thread priority
+   */
+  enum class ThreadPriority : int32_t {
+    Lowest      = THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST,
+    Low         = THREAD_PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL,
+    Normal      = THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
+    High        = THREAD_PRIORITY_ABOVE_NORMAL,
+    Highest     = THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST,
+  };
+
   /**
    * \brief Thread helper class
    * 
@@ -56,6 +67,10 @@ namespace dxvk {
       return m_handle != nullptr;
     }
 
+    void set_priority(ThreadPriority priority) {
+      ::SetThreadPriority(m_handle, int32_t(priority));
+    }
+
   private:
 
     Proc    m_proc;
@@ -106,6 +121,10 @@ namespace dxvk {
       return m_thread != nullptr
           && m_thread->joinable();
     }
+
+    void set_priority(ThreadPriority priority) {
+      m_thread->set_priority(priority);
+    }
     
     static uint32_t hardware_concurrency() {
       SYSTEM_INFO info = { };