diff --git a/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp b/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp
index d0cd8f2..e832961 100644
--- a/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp
@@ -338,6 +338,11 @@
     gDisableBackgroundScheduling = disable;
 }
 
+bool IPCThreadState::backgroundSchedulingDisabled()
+{
+    return gDisableBackgroundScheduling;
+}
+
 sp<ProcessState> IPCThreadState::process()
 {
     return mProcess;
diff --git a/libs/binder/Parcel.cpp b/libs/binder/Parcel.cpp
index 39bb078..aec8f10 100644
--- a/libs/binder/Parcel.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/Parcel.cpp
@@ -211,7 +211,14 @@
 {
     flat_binder_object obj;
 
-    obj.flags = 0x7f | FLAT_BINDER_FLAG_ACCEPTS_FDS;
+    if (IPCThreadState::self()->backgroundSchedulingDisabled()) {
+        /* minimum priority for all nodes is nice 0 */
+        obj.flags = FLAT_BINDER_FLAG_ACCEPTS_FDS;
+    } else {
+        /* minimum priority for all nodes is MAX_NICE(19) */
+        obj.flags = 0x13 | FLAT_BINDER_FLAG_ACCEPTS_FDS;
+    }
+
     if (binder != NULL) {
         IBinder *local = binder->localBinder();
         if (!local) {
diff --git a/libs/binder/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h b/libs/binder/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h
index 7b826d6..245607e 100644
--- a/libs/binder/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h
+++ b/libs/binder/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
     // in to it but doesn't want to acquire locks in its services while in
     // the background.
     static  void                disableBackgroundScheduling(bool disable);
+            bool                backgroundSchedulingDisabled();
 
             // Call blocks until the number of executing binder threads is less than
             // the maximum number of binder threads threads allowed for this process.