diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0cb16194d5..dcbe5e7eac 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ libc = "0.2.139"
 libloading = "0.8"
 log = "0.4.17"
 lz4_flex = "0.11"
-nix = { version = "0.27", features = ["fs"] }
+nix = { version = "0.27", features = ["fs", "net", "socket"] }
 num_cpus = "1.15.0"
 ordered-float = "4.1.1"
 panic-message = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/io/zenoh-link-commons/src/unicast.rs b/io/zenoh-link-commons/src/unicast.rs
index d44686ff50..1b888d584e 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-link-commons/src/unicast.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-link-commons/src/unicast.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use core::{
     hash::{Hash, Hasher},
     ops::Deref,
 };
-use zenoh_protocol::core::{EndPoint, Locator};
+use zenoh_protocol::core::{EndPoint, Locator, Priority};
 use zenoh_result::ZResult;
 
 pub type LinkManagerUnicast = Arc<dyn LinkManagerUnicastTrait>;
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ pub trait LinkUnicastTrait: Send + Sync {
     fn get_dst(&self) -> &Locator;
     fn is_reliable(&self) -> bool;
     fn is_streamed(&self) -> bool;
+    fn set_priority(&self, priority: Priority) -> ZResult<()>;
     async fn write(&self, buffer: &[u8]) -> ZResult<usize>;
     async fn write_all(&self, buffer: &[u8]) -> ZResult<()>;
     async fn read(&self, buffer: &mut [u8]) -> ZResult<usize>;
diff --git a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-quic/src/unicast.rs b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-quic/src/unicast.rs
index 2b1c59ad23..256acd8d6d 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-quic/src/unicast.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-quic/src/unicast.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use std::net::IpAddr;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::time::Duration;
+use zenoh_config::Priority;
 use zenoh_core::{zasynclock, zread, zwrite};
 use zenoh_link_commons::{
     LinkManagerUnicastTrait, LinkUnicast, LinkUnicastTrait, NewLinkChannelSender,
@@ -152,6 +153,11 @@ impl LinkUnicastTrait for LinkUnicastQuic {
     fn is_streamed(&self) -> bool {
         true
     }
+
+    fn set_priority(&self, _priority: Priority) -> ZResult<()> {
+        // no-op
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for LinkUnicastQuic {
diff --git a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-serial/src/unicast.rs b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-serial/src/unicast.rs
index 6ec8f8f279..f8a47d7880 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-serial/src/unicast.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-serial/src/unicast.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::time::Duration;
+use zenoh_config::Priority;
 use zenoh_core::{zasynclock, zread, zwrite};
 use zenoh_link_commons::{
     ConstructibleLinkManagerUnicast, LinkManagerUnicastTrait, LinkUnicast, LinkUnicastTrait,
@@ -190,6 +191,11 @@ impl LinkUnicastTrait for LinkUnicastSerial {
     fn is_streamed(&self) -> bool {
         false
     }
+
+    fn set_priority(&self, _priority: Priority) -> ZResult<()> {
+        // no-op
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for LinkUnicastSerial {
diff --git a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp/Cargo.toml b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp/Cargo.toml
index 9c4725ff03..742c24a804 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ description = "Internal crate for zenoh."
 async-std = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
+nix.workspace = true
 zenoh-core = { workspace = true }
 zenoh-link-commons = { workspace = true }
 zenoh-protocol = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp/src/unicast.rs b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp/src/unicast.rs
index 3960b91228..a8adce2ee1 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp/src/unicast.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp/src/unicast.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::net::{IpAddr, Shutdown};
+use std::os::fd::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd, OwnedFd};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ use zenoh_core::{zread, zwrite};
 use zenoh_link_commons::{
     LinkManagerUnicastTrait, LinkUnicast, LinkUnicastTrait, NewLinkChannelSender,
 };
-use zenoh_protocol::core::{EndPoint, Locator};
+use zenoh_protocol::core::{EndPoint, Locator, Priority};
 use zenoh_result::{bail, zerror, Error as ZError, ZResult};
 use zenoh_sync::Signal;
 
@@ -153,6 +154,14 @@ impl LinkUnicastTrait for LinkUnicastTcp {
     fn is_streamed(&self) -> bool {
         true
     }
+
+    fn set_priority(&self, priority: Priority) -> ZResult<()> {
+        use nix::sys::socket::sockopt::Priority as O_PRIORITY;
+        let fd = unsafe { OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(self.socket.as_raw_fd()) };
+        let priority = priority as u8 as i32;
+        nix::sys::socket::setsockopt(&fd, O_PRIORITY, &priority)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for LinkUnicastTcp {
diff --git a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tls/src/unicast.rs b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tls/src/unicast.rs
index 7761195e4b..112bf1af74 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tls/src/unicast.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tls/src/unicast.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ use webpki::{
     anchor_from_trusted_cert,
     types::{CertificateDer, TrustAnchor},
 };
+use zenoh_config::Priority;
 use zenoh_core::{zasynclock, zread, zwrite};
 use zenoh_link_commons::{
     LinkManagerUnicastTrait, LinkUnicast, LinkUnicastTrait, NewLinkChannelSender,
@@ -204,6 +205,11 @@ impl LinkUnicastTrait for LinkUnicastTls {
     fn is_streamed(&self) -> bool {
         true
     }
+
+    fn set_priority(&self, _priority: Priority) -> ZResult<()> {
+        // no-op
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for LinkUnicastTls {
diff --git a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-udp/Cargo.toml b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-udp/Cargo.toml
index aae1b01f54..28cc7fb3e6 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-udp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-udp/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ description = "Internal crate for zenoh."
 async-std = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
+nix.workspace = true
 socket2 = { workspace = true }
 zenoh-buffers = { workspace = true }
 zenoh-collections = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-udp/src/unicast.rs b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-udp/src/unicast.rs
index 585442ed71..5819f83a25 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-udp/src/unicast.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-udp/src/unicast.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::net::IpAddr;
+use std::os::fd::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd, OwnedFd};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLock, Weak};
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ use zenoh_link_commons::{
     ConstructibleLinkManagerUnicast, LinkManagerUnicastTrait, LinkUnicast, LinkUnicastTrait,
     NewLinkChannelSender,
 };
-use zenoh_protocol::core::{EndPoint, Locator};
+use zenoh_protocol::core::{EndPoint, Locator, Priority};
 use zenoh_result::{bail, zerror, Error as ZError, ZResult};
 use zenoh_sync::Mvar;
 use zenoh_sync::Signal;
@@ -63,6 +64,14 @@ impl LinkUnicastUdpConnected {
     async fn close(&self) -> ZResult<()> {
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    fn set_priority(&self, priority: Priority) -> ZResult<()> {
+        use nix::sys::socket::sockopt::Priority as O_PRIORITY;
+        let fd = unsafe { OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(self.socket.as_raw_fd()) };
+        let priority = priority as u8 as i32;
+        nix::sys::socket::setsockopt(&fd, O_PRIORITY, &priority)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 struct LinkUnicastUdpUnconnected {
@@ -116,6 +125,19 @@ impl LinkUnicastUdpUnconnected {
         zlock!(self.links).remove(&(src_addr, dst_addr));
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    fn set_priority(&self, priority: Priority) -> ZResult<()> {
+        use nix::sys::socket::sockopt::Priority as O_PRIORITY;
+
+        let socket = match self.socket.upgrade() {
+            Some(socket) => socket,
+            None => bail!("UDP listener has been dropped"),
+        };
+        let fd = unsafe { OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(socket.as_raw_fd()) };
+        let priority = priority as u8 as i32;
+        nix::sys::socket::setsockopt(&fd, O_PRIORITY, &priority)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 enum LinkUnicastUdpVariant {
@@ -217,6 +239,13 @@ impl LinkUnicastTrait for LinkUnicastUdp {
     fn is_streamed(&self) -> bool {
         false
     }
+
+    fn set_priority(&self, priority: Priority) -> ZResult<()> {
+        match &self.variant {
+            LinkUnicastUdpVariant::Connected(link) => link.set_priority(priority),
+            LinkUnicastUdpVariant::Unconnected(link) => link.set_priority(priority),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for LinkUnicastUdp {
diff --git a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/src/unix/unicast.rs b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/src/unix/unicast.rs
index 156698d195..1d2d3ce085 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/src/unix/unicast.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/src/unix/unicast.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
 use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use zenoh_config::Priority;
 use zenoh_core::{zasyncread, zasyncwrite};
 use zenoh_protocol::core::{EndPoint, Locator};
 
@@ -501,6 +502,11 @@ impl LinkUnicastTrait for UnicastPipe {
     fn is_streamed(&self) -> bool {
         true
     }
+
+    fn set_priority(&self, _priority: Priority) -> ZResult<()> {
+        // TODO: no-op
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for UnicastPipe {
diff --git a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixsock_stream/src/unicast.rs b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixsock_stream/src/unicast.rs
index e4d751344f..6f0bff5bf1 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixsock_stream/src/unicast.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixsock_stream/src/unicast.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::fs::remove_file;
 use std::net::Shutdown;
+use std::os::fd::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd, OwnedFd};
 use std::os::unix::io::RawFd;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ use zenoh_core::{zread, zwrite};
 use zenoh_link_commons::{
     LinkManagerUnicastTrait, LinkUnicast, LinkUnicastTrait, NewLinkChannelSender,
 };
-use zenoh_protocol::core::{EndPoint, Locator};
+use zenoh_protocol::core::{EndPoint, Locator, Priority};
 use zenoh_result::{zerror, ZResult};
 use zenoh_sync::Signal;
 
@@ -124,6 +125,14 @@ impl LinkUnicastTrait for LinkUnicastUnixSocketStream {
     fn is_streamed(&self) -> bool {
         true
     }
+
+    fn set_priority(&self, priority: Priority) -> ZResult<()> {
+        use nix::sys::socket::sockopt::Priority as O_PRIORITY;
+        let fd = unsafe { OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(self.socket.as_raw_fd()) };
+        let priority = priority as u8 as i32;
+        nix::sys::socket::setsockopt(&fd, O_PRIORITY, &priority)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for LinkUnicastUnixSocketStream {
diff --git a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-ws/src/unicast.rs b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-ws/src/unicast.rs
index 2238dcb4a6..9f0a8c732d 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-ws/src/unicast.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-ws/src/unicast.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ use zenoh_core::{zasynclock, zread, zwrite};
 use zenoh_link_commons::{
     LinkManagerUnicastTrait, LinkUnicast, LinkUnicastTrait, NewLinkChannelSender,
 };
+use zenoh_protocol::core::Priority;
 use zenoh_protocol::core::{EndPoint, Locator};
 use zenoh_result::{bail, zerror, ZResult};
 use zenoh_sync::Signal;
@@ -216,6 +217,11 @@ impl LinkUnicastTrait for LinkUnicastWs {
     fn is_streamed(&self) -> bool {
         false
     }
+
+    fn set_priority(&self, _priority: Priority) -> ZResult<()> {
+        // no-op
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for LinkUnicastWs {
diff --git a/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/link.rs b/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/link.rs
index bd756d6396..ee50452c7e 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/link.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/link.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use crate::common::batch::{BatchConfig, Decode, Encode, Finalize, RBatch, WBatch
 use std::fmt;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use zenoh_buffers::{BBuf, ZSlice, ZSliceBuffer};
+use zenoh_config::Priority;
 use zenoh_core::zcondfeat;
 use zenoh_link::{Link, LinkUnicast};
 use zenoh_protocol::transport::{BatchSize, Close, OpenAck, TransportMessage};
@@ -144,7 +145,11 @@ pub(crate) struct TransportLinkUnicastTx {
 }
 
 impl TransportLinkUnicastTx {
-    pub(crate) async fn send_batch(&mut self, batch: &mut WBatch) -> ZResult<()> {
+    pub(crate) async fn send_batch(
+        &mut self,
+        batch: &mut WBatch,
+        priority: Option<Priority>,
+    ) -> ZResult<()> {
         const ERR: &str = "Write error on link: ";
 
         // log::trace!("WBatch: {:?}", batch);
@@ -165,6 +170,10 @@ impl TransportLinkUnicastTx {
         // log::trace!("WBytes: {:02x?}", bytes);
 
         // Send the message on the link
+
+        if let Some(priority) = priority {
+            self.inner.link.set_priority(priority)?;
+        }
         self.inner.link.write_all(bytes).await?;
 
         Ok(())
@@ -177,7 +186,7 @@ impl TransportLinkUnicastTx {
         let mut batch = WBatch::new(self.inner.config.batch);
         batch.encode(msg).map_err(|_| zerror!("{ERR}{self}"))?;
         let len = batch.len() as usize;
-        self.send_batch(&mut batch).await?;
+        self.send_batch(&mut batch, None).await?;
         Ok(len)
     }
 }
diff --git a/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/universal/link.rs b/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/universal/link.rs
index 513cefc0a6..e484f71c7f 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/universal/link.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-transport/src/unicast/universal/link.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ use std::{
     time::Duration,
 };
 use zenoh_buffers::ZSliceBuffer;
+use zenoh_config::Priority;
 use zenoh_core::zwrite;
 use zenoh_protocol::transport::{KeepAlive, TransportMessage};
 use zenoh_result::{zerror, ZResult};
@@ -195,7 +196,11 @@ async fn tx_task(
         match pipeline.pull().timeout(keep_alive).await {
             Ok(res) => match res {
                 Some((mut batch, priority)) => {
-                    link.send_batch(&mut batch).await?;
+                    link.send_batch(
+                        &mut batch,
+                        Some(Priority::try_from(priority as u8).unwrap()),
+                    )
+                    .await?;
 
                     #[cfg(feature = "stats")]
                     {
@@ -225,7 +230,7 @@ async fn tx_task(
     // Drain the transmission pipeline and write remaining bytes on the wire
     let mut batches = pipeline.drain();
     for (mut b, _) in batches.drain(..) {
-        link.send_batch(&mut b)
+        link.send_batch(&mut b, None)
             .timeout(keep_alive)
             .await
             .map_err(|_| zerror!("{}: flush failed after {} ms", link, keep_alive.as_millis()))??;