diff --git a/src/brpc/event_dispatcher_epoll.cpp b/src/brpc/event_dispatcher_epoll.cpp
index 0ea404fff6..fac9512d54 100644
--- a/src/brpc/event_dispatcher_epoll.cpp
+++ b/src/brpc/event_dispatcher_epoll.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ EventDispatcher::EventDispatcher()
     : _event_dispatcher_fd(-1)
     , _stop(false)
     , _tid(0)
-    , _thread_attr(BTHREAD_ATTR_NORMAL) {
+    , _thread_attr(BTHREAD_ATTR_EPOLL) {
     _event_dispatcher_fd = epoll_create(1024 * 1024);
     if (_event_dispatcher_fd < 0) {
         PLOG(FATAL) << "Fail to create epoll";
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ int EventDispatcher::Start(const bthread_attr_t* consumer_thread_attr) {
     // Set _thread_attr before creating epoll thread to make sure
     // everyting seems sane to the thread.
     _thread_attr = consumer_thread_attr  ?
-        *consumer_thread_attr : BTHREAD_ATTR_NORMAL;
+        *consumer_thread_attr : _thread_attr;
+    _thread_attr = _thread_attr | BTHREAD_GLOBAL_PRIORITY;
 
     //_thread_attr is used in StartInputEvent(), assign flag NEVER_QUIT to it will cause new bthread
     // that created by epoll_wait() never to quit.
diff --git a/src/bthread/parking_lot.h b/src/bthread/parking_lot.h
index d597c409f4..b8c3f36c5f 100644
--- a/src/bthread/parking_lot.h
+++ b/src/bthread/parking_lot.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class BAIDU_CACHELINE_ALIGNMENT ParkingLot {
         _pending_signal.fetch_or(1);
         futex_wake_private(&_pending_signal, 10000);
     }
+
 private:
     // higher 31 bits for signalling, LSB for stopping.
     butil::atomic<int> _pending_signal;
diff --git a/src/bthread/task_control.cpp b/src/bthread/task_control.cpp
index 55ed1f2e42..e04793379e 100644
--- a/src/bthread/task_control.cpp
+++ b/src/bthread/task_control.cpp
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ TaskControl::TaskControl()
     , _signal_per_second(&_cumulated_signal_count)
     , _status(print_rq_sizes_in_the_tc, this)
     , _nbthreads("bthread_count")
+    , _priority_qs(FLAGS_task_group_ntags)
     , _pl(FLAGS_task_group_ntags)
 {}
 
@@ -207,6 +208,10 @@ int TaskControl::init(int concurrency) {
         _tagged_worker_usage_second.push_back(new bvar::PerSecond<bvar::PassiveStatus<double>>(
             "bthread_worker_usage", tag_str, _tagged_cumulated_worker_time[i], 1));
         _tagged_nbthreads.push_back(new bvar::Adder<int64_t>("bthread_count", tag_str));
+        if (_priority_qs[i].init(BTHREAD_MAX_CONCURRENCY) != 0) {
+            LOG(FATAL) << "Fail to init _priority_q";
+            return -1;
+        }
     }
 
     // Make sure TimerThread is ready.
@@ -430,6 +435,11 @@ int TaskControl::_destroy_group(TaskGroup* g) {
 
 bool TaskControl::steal_task(bthread_t* tid, size_t* seed, size_t offset) {
     auto tag = tls_task_group->tag();
+
+    if (_priority_qs[tag].steal(tid)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     // 1: Acquiring fence is paired with releasing fence in _add_group to
     // avoid accessing uninitialized slot of _groups.
     const size_t ngroup = tag_ngroup(tag).load(butil::memory_order_acquire/*1*/);
diff --git a/src/bthread/task_control.h b/src/bthread/task_control.h
index 95820a86f9..87ddee5450 100644
--- a/src/bthread/task_control.h
+++ b/src/bthread/task_control.h
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ friend bthread_t init_for_pthread_stack_trace();
     std::string stack_trace(bthread_t tid);
 #endif // BRPC_BTHREAD_TRACER
 
+    void push_priority_q(bthread_tag_t tag, bthread_t tid) {
+        _priority_qs[tag].push(tid);
+    }
+
 private:
     typedef std::array<TaskGroup*, BTHREAD_MAX_CONCURRENCY> TaggedGroups;
     static const int PARKING_LOT_NUM = 4;
@@ -153,6 +157,7 @@ friend bthread_t init_for_pthread_stack_trace();
     std::vector<bvar::PassiveStatus<double>*> _tagged_cumulated_worker_time;
     std::vector<bvar::PerSecond<bvar::PassiveStatus<double>>*> _tagged_worker_usage_second;
     std::vector<bvar::Adder<int64_t>*> _tagged_nbthreads;
+    std::vector<WorkStealingQueue<bthread_t>> _priority_qs;
 
     std::vector<TaggedParkingLot> _pl;
 
diff --git a/src/bthread/task_group.cpp b/src/bthread/task_group.cpp
index 361efa5936..0b60e2f518 100644
--- a/src/bthread/task_group.cpp
+++ b/src/bthread/task_group.cpp
@@ -429,12 +429,19 @@ int TaskGroup::start_foreground(TaskGroup** pg,
     } else {
         // NOSIGNAL affects current task, not the new task.
         RemainedFn fn = NULL;
-        if (g->current_task()->about_to_quit) {
+        auto& cur_attr = g->get_current_attr();
+        if (cur_attr.flags & BTHREAD_GLOBAL_PRIORITY) {
+            fn = priority_to_run;
+        } else if (g->current_task()->about_to_quit) {
             fn = ready_to_run_in_worker_ignoresignal;
         } else {
             fn = ready_to_run_in_worker;
         }
-        ReadyToRunArgs args = { g->_cur_meta, (bool)(using_attr.flags & BTHREAD_NOSIGNAL) };
+        ReadyToRunArgs args = {
+            g->tag(),
+            g->_cur_meta,
+            (bool)(using_attr.flags & BTHREAD_NOSIGNAL)
+        };
         g->set_remained(fn, &args);
         TaskGroup::sched_to(pg, m->tid);
     }
@@ -798,6 +805,11 @@ void TaskGroup::ready_to_run_in_worker_ignoresignal(void* args_in) {
     return tls_task_group->push_rq(args->meta->tid);
 }
 
+void TaskGroup::priority_to_run(void* args_in) {
+    ReadyToRunArgs* args = static_cast<ReadyToRunArgs*>(args_in);
+    return tls_task_group->control()->push_priority_q(args->tag, args->meta->tid);
+}
+
 struct SleepArgs {
     uint64_t timeout_us;
     bthread_t tid;
@@ -972,7 +984,7 @@ int TaskGroup::interrupt(bthread_t tid, TaskControl* c, bthread_tag_t tag) {
 
 void TaskGroup::yield(TaskGroup** pg) {
     TaskGroup* g = *pg;
-    ReadyToRunArgs args = {  g->_cur_meta, false };
+    ReadyToRunArgs args = { g->tag(), g->_cur_meta, false };
     g->set_remained(ready_to_run_in_worker, &args);
     sched(pg);
 }
diff --git a/src/bthread/task_group.h b/src/bthread/task_group.h
index c3d2ae463e..58a0426238 100644
--- a/src/bthread/task_group.h
+++ b/src/bthread/task_group.h
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ class TaskGroup {
         return total_ns;
     }
 
+    const bthread_attr_t& get_current_attr() { return _cur_meta->attr; }
+
 private:
 friend class TaskControl;
 
@@ -218,11 +220,13 @@ friend class TaskControl;
     static void _release_last_context(void*);
     static void _add_sleep_event(void*);
     struct ReadyToRunArgs {
+        bthread_tag_t tag;
         TaskMeta* meta;
         bool nosignal;
     };
     static void ready_to_run_in_worker(void*);
     static void ready_to_run_in_worker_ignoresignal(void*);
+    static void priority_to_run(void*);
 
     // Wait for a task to run.
     // Returns true on success, false is treated as permanent error and the
diff --git a/src/bthread/task_group_inl.h b/src/bthread/task_group_inl.h
index 75c377e12f..8ca29fde3a 100644
--- a/src/bthread/task_group_inl.h
+++ b/src/bthread/task_group_inl.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ inline void TaskGroup::exchange(TaskGroup** pg, TaskMeta* next_meta) {
     if (g->is_current_pthread_task()) {
         return g->ready_to_run(next_meta);
     }
-    ReadyToRunArgs args = { g->_cur_meta, false };
+    ReadyToRunArgs args = { g->tag(), g->_cur_meta, false };
     g->set_remained((g->current_task()->about_to_quit
                      ? ready_to_run_in_worker_ignoresignal
                      : ready_to_run_in_worker),
diff --git a/src/bthread/types.h b/src/bthread/types.h
index 60f5c7fee6..c0f23f1c29 100644
--- a/src/bthread/types.h
+++ b/src/bthread/types.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ static const bthread_attrflags_t BTHREAD_LOG_CONTEXT_SWITCH = 16;
 static const bthread_attrflags_t BTHREAD_NOSIGNAL = 32;
 static const bthread_attrflags_t BTHREAD_NEVER_QUIT = 64;
 static const bthread_attrflags_t BTHREAD_INHERIT_SPAN = 128;
+static const bthread_attrflags_t BTHREAD_GLOBAL_PRIORITY = 256;
 
 // Key of thread-local data, created by bthread_key_create.
 typedef struct {
@@ -137,6 +138,10 @@ static const bthread_attr_t BTHREAD_ATTR_NORMAL = {BTHREAD_STACKTYPE_NORMAL, 0,
 static const bthread_attr_t BTHREAD_ATTR_LARGE = {BTHREAD_STACKTYPE_LARGE, 0, NULL,
                                                   BTHREAD_TAG_INVALID};
 
+// epoll bthread
+static const bthread_attr_t BTHREAD_ATTR_EPOLL = {
+    BTHREAD_STACKTYPE_NORMAL, BTHREAD_GLOBAL_PRIORITY, NULL, BTHREAD_TAG_INVALID};
+
 // bthreads created with this attribute will print log when it's started,
 // context-switched, finished.
 static const bthread_attr_t BTHREAD_ATTR_DEBUG = {
diff --git a/test/bthread_setconcurrency_unittest.cpp b/test/bthread_setconcurrency_unittest.cpp
index 4d269b642b..f9272c5e84 100644
--- a/test/bthread_setconcurrency_unittest.cpp
+++ b/test/bthread_setconcurrency_unittest.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ int concurrency_by_tag(int num) {
 
 TEST(BthreadTest, concurrency_by_tag) {
     ASSERT_EQ(concurrency_by_tag(1), false);
-    auto tag_con = bthread_getconcurrency_by_tag(0);
     auto con = bthread_getconcurrency();
     ASSERT_EQ(concurrency_by_tag(con), true);
     ASSERT_EQ(concurrency_by_tag(con + 1), true);