diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ae09679023..2b9188d3a9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-Fri Aug 10 09:47:32 2007  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+Fri Aug 10 23:54:46 2007  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
-	* thread_pthread.ci (native_thread_apply_priority): set actually
-	  applied prority.  [ruby-core:11876]
+	* thread.c (thread_create_core): inherit the priority of creating
+	  thread.  submitted at [ruby-core:11873] by David Flanagan <david AT
+	  davidflanagan.com>.  [ruby-core:11876]
 
 Fri Aug 10 05:12:19 2007  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
diff --git a/thread.c b/thread.c
index f5c2773599..301d67137a 100644
--- a/thread.c
+++ b/thread.c
@@ -367,6 +367,8 @@ thread_create_core(VALUE klass, VALUE args, VALUE (*fn)(ANYARGS), void *arg)
     th->first_func = fn;
     th->first_func_arg = arg;
 
+    th->priority = GET_THREAD()->priority;
+
     native_mutex_initialize(&th->interrupt_lock);
     /* kick thread */
     st_insert(th->vm->living_threads, thval, (st_data_t) th->thread_id);
diff --git a/thread_pthread.ci b/thread_pthread.ci
index f9498f8786..d624e98487 100644
--- a/thread_pthread.ci
+++ b/thread_pthread.ci
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ native_thread_apply_priority(rb_thread_t *th)
     else if (max > priority) {
 	priority = min;
     }
-    th->priority = 0 - priority;
 
     sp.sched_priority = priority;
     pthread_setschedparam(th->thread_id, policy, &sp);