diff --git a/src/realtime.c b/src/realtime.c
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+++ b/src/realtime.c
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+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include "labwc.h"
+ 
+static void child_fork_callback(void) {
+ 
+	struct sched_param param;
+	param.sched_priority = 0;
+	int ret = pthread_setschedparam(pthread_self(), SCHED_OTHER, &param);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "Failed to reset scheduler policy on fork");
+	}
+}
+
+void set_rr_scheduling(void) {
+	int prio = sched_get_priority_min(SCHED_RR);
+	int old_policy;
+	int ret;
+	struct sched_param param;
+	ret = pthread_getschedparam(pthread_self(), &old_policy, &param);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		wlr_log(WLR_DEBUG, "Failed to get old scheduling priority");
+		return;
+	}
+  
+	param.sched_priority = prio;
+	ret = pthread_setschedparam(pthread_self(), SCHED_RR, &param);
+  
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		wlr_log(WLR_INFO, "Failed to set scheduling priority to %d", prio);
+		return;
+	}
+  
+	pthread_atfork(NULL, NULL, child_fork_callback);
+}