diff --git a/executorlib/interactive/fluxspawner.py b/executorlib/interactive/fluxspawner.py
index e8af304c..9cb4ed55 100644
--- a/executorlib/interactive/fluxspawner.py
+++ b/executorlib/interactive/fluxspawner.py
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ class FluxPythonSpawner(BaseSpawner):
         threads_per_core (int, optional): The number of threads per base. Defaults to 1.
         gpus_per_core (int, optional): The number of GPUs per base. Defaults to 0.
         num_nodes (int, optional): The number of compute nodes to use for executing the task. Defaults to None.
-        exclusive (bool): Whether to exclusively reserve the compute nodes, or allow sharing compute notes. Defaults to False.
+        exclusive (bool): Whether to exclusively reserve the compute nodes, or allow sharing compute notes. Defaults to
+                          False.
         openmpi_oversubscribe (bool, optional): Whether to oversubscribe. Defaults to False.
+        priority (int, optional): job urgency 0 (lowest) through 31 (highest) (default is 16). Priorities 0 through 15
+                                  are restricted to the instance owner.
         flux_executor (flux.job.FluxExecutor, optional): The FluxExecutor instance. Defaults to None.
         flux_executor_pmi_mode (str, optional): The PMI option. Defaults to None.
         flux_executor_nesting (bool, optional): Whether to use nested FluxExecutor. Defaults to False.
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ def __init__(
         gpus_per_core: int = 0,
         num_nodes: Optional[int] = None,
         exclusive: bool = False,
+        priority: Optional[int] = None,
         openmpi_oversubscribe: bool = False,
         flux_executor: Optional[flux.job.FluxExecutor] = None,
         flux_executor_pmi_mode: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -65,6 +69,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._flux_executor_pmi_mode = flux_executor_pmi_mode
         self._flux_executor_nesting = flux_executor_nesting
         self._flux_log_files = flux_log_files
+        self._priority = priority
         self._future = None
 
     def bootup(
@@ -114,7 +119,12 @@ def bootup(
         elif self._flux_log_files:
             jobspec.stderr = os.path.abspath("flux.err")
             jobspec.stdout = os.path.abspath("flux.out")
-        self._future = self._flux_executor.submit(jobspec)
+        if self._priority is not None:
+            self._future = self._flux_executor.submit(
+                jobspec=jobspec, urgency=self._priority
+            )
+        else:
+            self._future = self._flux_executor.submit(jobspec=jobspec)
 
     def shutdown(self, wait: bool = True):
         """
diff --git a/tests/test_flux_executor.py b/tests/test_flux_executor.py
index 95e7bfe9..7cf0ad89 100644
--- a/tests/test_flux_executor.py
+++ b/tests/test_flux_executor.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def setUp(self):
     def test_flux_executor_serial(self):
         with BlockAllocationExecutor(
             max_workers=2,
-            executor_kwargs={"flux_executor": self.flux_executor},
+            executor_kwargs={"flux_executor": self.flux_executor, "priority": 20},
             spawner=FluxPythonSpawner,
         ) as exe:
             fs_1 = exe.submit(calc, 1)