diff --git a/quic/common/events/LibevQuicEventBase.cpp b/quic/common/events/LibevQuicEventBase.cpp
index d4dad3762..25da00777 100644
--- a/quic/common/events/LibevQuicEventBase.cpp
+++ b/quic/common/events/LibevQuicEventBase.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ void LibevQuicEventBase::scheduleLibevTimeoutImpl(
         libEvTimeoutCallback,
         seconds /* after */,
         0. /* repeat */);
+    if (prioritizeTimers_) {
+      ev_set_priority(&wrapper->ev_timer_, EV_MAXPRI);
+    }
     setImplHandle(timerCallback, wrapper);
   } else {
     // We already have a wrapper. Just re-arm it.
@@ -144,7 +147,8 @@ void LibevQuicEventBase::scheduleTimerFDTimeoutImpl(
   if (wrapper == nullptr) {
     // This is the first time this timer callback is getting scheduled. Create
     // a wrapper for it.
-    wrapper = new TimerCallbackWrapperTimerFD(timerCallback, ev_loop_);
+    wrapper = new TimerCallbackWrapperTimerFD(
+        timerCallback, ev_loop_, prioritizeTimers_);
     wrapper->ev_io_watcher_.data = wrapper;
     setImplHandle(timerCallback, wrapper);
   }
diff --git a/quic/common/events/LibevQuicEventBase.h b/quic/common/events/LibevQuicEventBase.h
index 53f03c504..cabe1aca5 100644
--- a/quic/common/events/LibevQuicEventBase.h
+++ b/quic/common/events/LibevQuicEventBase.h
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ class LibevQuicEventBase
 #endif
   }
 
+  void prioritizeTimers() {
+    prioritizeTimers_ = true;
+  }
+
   struct ev_loop* getLibevLoop() {
     return ev_loop_;
   }
@@ -191,9 +195,10 @@ class LibevQuicEventBase
   class TimerCallbackWrapperTimerFD
       : public QuicTimerCallback::TimerCallbackImpl {
    public:
-    explicit TimerCallbackWrapperTimerFD(
+    TimerCallbackWrapperTimerFD(
         QuicTimerCallback* callback,
-        struct ev_loop* ev_loop)
+        struct ev_loop* ev_loop,
+        bool prioritizeTimers)
         : callback_(callback), ev_loop_(ev_loop) {
 #if defined(HAS_TIMERFD)
       ev_io_watcher_.fd = timerfd_create(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, TFD_NONBLOCK);
@@ -211,6 +216,9 @@ class LibevQuicEventBase
           },
           ev_io_watcher_.fd,
           EV_READ);
+      if (prioritizeTimers) {
+        ev_set_priority(&ev_io_watcher_, EV_MAXPRI);
+      }
 #else
       LOG(FATAL) << "TimerFD not supported on this platform";
 #endif
@@ -339,5 +347,6 @@ class LibevQuicEventBase
   ev_timer ev_timer_internal_;
   bool internalTimerInitialized_{false};
   bool useTimerFd_{false};
+  bool prioritizeTimers_{false};
 };
 } // namespace quic