diff --git a/headers/posix/pthread.h b/headers/posix/pthread.h
index 7c79e99a21..8c2f436c5e 100644
--- a/headers/posix/pthread.h
+++ b/headers/posix/pthread.h
@@ -229,14 +229,14 @@ extern int pthread_attr_getscope(const pthread_attr_t *attr,
 	int *contentionScope);
 extern int pthread_attr_setscope(pthread_attr_t *attr, int contentionScope);
 
-#if 0	/* Unimplemented attribute functions: */
-
 /* mandatory! */
 extern int pthread_attr_getschedparam(const pthread_attr_t *attr,
 	struct sched_param *param);
 extern int pthread_attr_setschedparam(pthread_attr_t *attr,
 	const struct sched_param *param);
 
+#if 0   /* Unimplemented attribute functions: */
+
 /* [TPS] */
 extern int pthread_attr_getinheritsched(const pthread_attr_t *attr,
 	int *inheritsched);
diff --git a/headers/posix/sched.h b/headers/posix/sched.h
index 679dc2447a..b4fb4c5efe 100644
--- a/headers/posix/sched.h
+++ b/headers/posix/sched.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2008, Haiku Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2008-2009, Haiku Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT license.
  */
 #ifndef _SCHED_H_
@@ -9,7 +9,17 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#define SCHED_OTHER 	1
+#define SCHED_RR	2
+#define SCHED_FIFO	4
+
+struct sched_param {
+	int sched_priority;
+};
+
 extern int sched_yield(void);
+extern int sched_get_priority_min(int);
+extern int sched_get_priority_max(int);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/pthread/pthread_attr.c b/src/system/libroot/posix/pthread/pthread_attr.c
index 7ffc1c87aa..559040eca2 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/pthread/pthread_attr.c
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/pthread/pthread_attr.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include <thread_defs.h>
 
-
 int
 pthread_attr_init(pthread_attr_t *_attr)
 {
@@ -134,3 +133,26 @@ pthread_attr_setscope(pthread_attr_t *attr, int contentionScope)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int 
+pthread_attr_setschedparam(pthread_attr_t *attr, const struct sched_param *param)
+{
+        if (attr == NULL || param == NULL)
+                return EINVAL;
+
+	(*attr)->sched_priority = param->sched_priority;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+pthread_attr_getschedparam(const pthread_attr_t *attr, struct sched_param *param)
+{
+        if (attr == NULL || param == NULL)
+                return EINVAL;
+
+        param->sched_priority = (*attr)->sched_priority;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/scheduler.cpp b/src/system/libroot/posix/scheduler.cpp
index ea88da6224..5f33a3d18d 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/scheduler.cpp
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/scheduler.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright 2009, Michael Franz
  * Copyright 2008, Andreas Färber, andreas.faerber@web.de
  * Distributed under the terms of the MIT license.
  */
 
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <sched.h>
 
+#include <OS.h>
+
 #include <syscalls.h>
 
 
@@ -15,3 +19,32 @@ sched_yield(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+
+int
+sched_get_priority_min(int policy)
+{
+	switch (policy) {
+		case SCHED_FIFO:
+		case SCHED_RR:
+		case SCHED_OTHER:
+			return B_LOW_PRIORITY;
+		default:
+			errno = EINVAL;
+			return -1;
+	}
+}
+
+
+int
+sched_get_priority_max(int policy)
+{
+	switch (policy) {
+		case SCHED_FIFO:
+		case SCHED_RR:
+		case SCHED_OTHER:
+			return B_REAL_TIME_PRIORITY;
+		default:
+			errno = EINVAL;
+			return -1;
+	}
+}