diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index ca9181788..9385b440c 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -2535,6 +2535,7 @@ standardConfig configs[] = {
     createBoolConfig("use-fork", NULL, IMMUTABLE_CONFIG, cserver.fForkBgSave, 0, NULL, NULL),
     createBoolConfig("allow-write-during-load", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, g_pserver->fWriteDuringActiveLoad, 0, NULL, NULL),
     createBoolConfig("io-threads-do-reads", NULL, IMMUTABLE_CONFIG, fDummy, 0, NULL, NULL),
+    createBoolConfig("time-thread-priority", NULL, IMMUTABLE_CONFIG, cserver.time_thread_priority, 0, NULL, NULL),
 
     /* String Configs */
     createStringConfig("aclfile", NULL, IMMUTABLE_CONFIG, ALLOW_EMPTY_STRING, g_pserver->acl_filename, "", NULL, NULL),
diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index e4eba3453..f4a068892 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -6443,9 +6443,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     serverAssert(cserver.cthreads > 0 && cserver.cthreads <= MAX_EVENT_LOOPS);
 
     pthread_create(&cserver.time_thread_id, nullptr, timeThreadMain, nullptr);
+if (cserver.time_thread_priority) {
     struct sched_param time_thread_priority;
     time_thread_priority.sched_priority = sched_get_priority_max(SCHED_FIFO);
     pthread_setschedparam(cserver.time_thread_id, SCHED_FIFO, &time_thread_priority);
+}
 
     pthread_attr_t tattr;
     pthread_attr_init(&tattr);
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index 1fbb77c60..cb93a2047 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -2000,6 +2000,7 @@ struct redisServerConst {
     int storage_memory_model = STORAGE_WRITETHROUGH;
     char *storage_conf = nullptr;
     int fForkBgSave = false;
+    int time_thread_priority = false;
 };
 
 struct redisServer {
diff --git a/tests/unit/introspection.tcl b/tests/unit/introspection.tcl
index 54d9dbbcd..30376ba45 100644
--- a/tests/unit/introspection.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/introspection.tcl
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ start_server {tags {"introspection"}} {
             server_cpulist
             bio_cpulist
             aof_rewrite_cpulist
+            time-thread-priority
             bgsave_cpulist
 	        storage-cache-mode
 	        storage-provider-options