diff --git a/gfxconf.example.h b/gfxconf.example.h
index 1f7d9c2e..e6be90db 100644
--- a/gfxconf.example.h
+++ b/gfxconf.example.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
 	#define GDISP_LINEBUF_SIZE				128
 	#define GEVENT_MAXIMUM_SIZE				32
 	#define GEVENT_MAX_SOURCE_LISTENERS		32
+	#define GTIMER_THREAD_PRIORITY			HIGH_PRIORITY
 	#define GTIMER_THREAD_WORKAREA_SIZE		512
 	#define GADC_MAX_LOWSPEED_DEVICES		4
 	#define GWIN_BUTTON_LAZY_RELEASE		FALSE
diff --git a/include/gtimer/options.h b/include/gtimer/options.h
index 958f89e4..17358abe 100644
--- a/include/gtimer/options.h
+++ b/include/gtimer/options.h
@@ -4,36 +4,43 @@
  *
  *              http://ugfx.org/license.html
  */
-
-/**
- * @file    include/gtimer/options.h
- * @brief   GTIMER sub-system options header file.
- *
- * @addtogroup GTIMER
- * @{
- */
-
-#ifndef _GTIMER_OPTIONS_H
-#define _GTIMER_OPTIONS_H
-
-/**
- * @name    GTIMER Functionality to be included
- * @{
- */
-/**
- * @}
- *
- * @name    GTIMER Optional Sizing Parameters
- * @{
- */
-	/**
-	 * @brief   Defines the size of the timer threads work area (stack+structures).
-	 * @details	Defaults to 512 bytes
-	 */
-	#ifndef GTIMER_THREAD_WORKAREA_SIZE
-		#define GTIMER_THREAD_WORKAREA_SIZE		512
-	#endif
-/** @} */
-
-#endif /* _GTIMER_OPTIONS_H */
-/** @} */
+
+/**
+ * @file    include/gtimer/options.h
+ * @brief   GTIMER sub-system options header file.
+ *
+ * @addtogroup GTIMER
+ * @{
+ */
+
+#ifndef _GTIMER_OPTIONS_H
+#define _GTIMER_OPTIONS_H
+
+/**
+ * @name    GTIMER Functionality to be included
+ * @{
+ */
+/**
+ * @}
+ *
+ * @name    GTIMER Optional Sizing Parameters
+ * @{
+ */
+	/**
+	 * @brief	Defines the GTIMER thread priority
+	 * @details	Defaults to HIGH_PRIORITY
+	 */
+	#ifndef GTIMER_THREAD_PRIORITY
+		#define GTIMER_THREAD_PRIORITY			HIGH_PRIORITY
+	#endif
+	/**
+	 * @brief   Defines the size of the timer threads work area (stack+structures).
+	 * @details	Defaults to 512 bytes
+	 */
+	#ifndef GTIMER_THREAD_WORKAREA_SIZE
+		#define GTIMER_THREAD_WORKAREA_SIZE		512
+	#endif
+/** @} */
+
+#endif /* _GTIMER_OPTIONS_H */
+/** @} */
diff --git a/src/gtimer/gtimer.c b/src/gtimer/gtimer.c
index e789ee74..25b7d804 100644
--- a/src/gtimer/gtimer.c
+++ b/src/gtimer/gtimer.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void gtimerStart(GTimer *pt, GTimerFunction fn, void *param, bool_t periodic, de
 	
 	// Start our thread if not already going
 	if (!hThread) {
-		hThread = gfxThreadCreate(waTimerThread, sizeof(waTimerThread), HIGH_PRIORITY, GTimerThreadHandler, NULL);
+		hThread = gfxThreadCreate(waTimerThread, sizeof(waTimerThread), GTIMER_PRIORITY, GTimerThreadHandler, NULL);
 		if (hThread) gfxThreadClose(hThread);		// We never really need the handle again
 	}