diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 757110aec..80acd6d39 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -899,3 +899,7 @@
 	  Windestam (2014-4-38).
 
 7.3 2014-xx-xx Gregory Nutt <gnutt@nuttx.org>
+
+	* apps/examples/serialblaster:  Update configuration an make logic in
+	  order to select that the serial blaster task priority and stack size.
+	  From Bob Doiron (2014-4-30).
diff --git a/examples/serialblaster/Kconfig b/examples/serialblaster/Kconfig
index 2cb733445..f0fca5b2f 100644
--- a/examples/serialblaster/Kconfig
+++ b/examples/serialblaster/Kconfig
@@ -10,4 +10,13 @@ config EXAMPLES_SERIALBLASTER
         Enable the serial blaster example
 
 if EXAMPLES_SERIALBLASTER
+
+config EXAMPLES_SERIALBLASTER_STACKSIZE
+	int "CPU hog stack size"
+	default 2048
+
+config EXAMPLES_SERIALBLASTER_PRIORITY
+	int "CPU hog task priority"
+	default 50
+
 endif
diff --git a/examples/serialblaster/Makefile b/examples/serialblaster/Makefile
index da9eb45a9..3205ddbc8 100644
--- a/examples/serialblaster/Makefile
+++ b/examples/serialblaster/Makefile
@@ -62,9 +62,12 @@ ROOTDEPPATH = --dep-path .
 
 # Built-in application info
 
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_SERIALBLASTER_PRIORITY ?= 50
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_SERIALBLASTER_STACKSIZE ?= 2048
+
 APPNAME = serialblaster
-PRIORITY = SCHED_PRIORITY_DEFAULT
-STACKSIZE = 2048
+PRIORITY = $(CONFIG_EXAMPLES_SERIALBLASTER_PRIORITY)
+STACKSIZE = $(CONFIG_EXAMPLES_SERIALBLASTER_STACKSIZE)
 
 # Common build