diff --git a/alienblaster/project/jni/sdl/src/audio/android/SDL_androidaudio.c b/alienblaster/project/jni/sdl/src/audio/android/SDL_androidaudio.c
index 697902097..1b8733d4d 100644
--- a/alienblaster/project/jni/sdl/src/audio/android/SDL_androidaudio.c
+++ b/alienblaster/project/jni/sdl/src/audio/android/SDL_androidaudio.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <jni.h>
 #include <android/log.h>
 #include <string.h> // for memset()
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 #define _THIS	SDL_AudioDevice *this
 
@@ -190,12 +191,18 @@ static jmethodID JavaFillBuffer = NULL;
 static void ANDROIDAUD_ThreadInit(_THIS)
 {
 	jclass JavaAudioThreadClass = NULL;
+	jmethodID JavaInitThread = NULL;
+	struct sched_param param;
 
 	(*jniVM)->AttachCurrentThread(jniVM, &jniEnvPlaying, NULL);
+	
 
 	JavaAudioThreadClass = (*jniEnvPlaying)->GetObjectClass(jniEnvPlaying, JavaAudioThread);
 	JavaFillBuffer = (*jniEnvPlaying)->GetMethodID(jniEnvPlaying, JavaAudioThreadClass, "fillBuffer", "()I");
 
+	/* HACK: raise our own thread priority to max to get rid of "W/AudioFlinger: write blocked for 54 msecs" errors */
+	JavaInitThread = (*jniEnvPlaying)->GetMethodID(jniEnvPlaying, JavaAudioThreadClass, "initAudioThread", "()I");
+	(*jniEnvPlaying)->CallIntMethod( jniEnvPlaying, JavaAudioThread, JavaInitThread );
 };
 
 static void ANDROIDAUD_ThreadDeinit(_THIS)
diff --git a/alienblaster/project/src/Audio.java b/alienblaster/project/src/Audio.java
index a5b2edfbf..54a8568c7 100644
--- a/alienblaster/project/src/Audio.java
+++ b/alienblaster/project/src/Audio.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import android.media.AudioFormat;
 import java.io.*;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import android.util.Log;
+import java.lang.Thread;
 
 
 class AudioThread {
@@ -74,6 +75,13 @@ class AudioThread {
 		return 1;
 	}
 	
+	public int initAudioThread()
+	{
+		// Make audio thread priority higher so audio thread won't get underrun
+		Thread.currentThread().setPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	
 	private native int nativeAudioInitJavaCallbacks();
 }