diff --git a/examples/hello/Kconfig b/examples/hello/Kconfig
index 0d49aa7d5..cd74a901d 100644
--- a/examples/hello/Kconfig
+++ b/examples/hello/Kconfig
@@ -19,4 +19,12 @@ config EXAMPLES_HELLO_PROGNAME
 		This is the name of the program that will be use when the NSH ELF
 		program is installed.
 
+config EXAMPLES_HELLO_PRIORITY
+	int "Hello task priority"
+	default 100
+
+config EXAMPLES_HELLO_STACKSIZE
+	int "Hello stack size"
+	default 2048
+
 endif
diff --git a/examples/hello/Makefile b/examples/hello/Makefile
index 986b68a8e..3133b33fb 100644
--- a/examples/hello/Makefile
+++ b/examples/hello/Makefile
@@ -37,9 +37,12 @@
 
 # Hello, World! built-in application info
 
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO_PRIORITY ?= SCHED_PRIORITY_DEFAULT
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO_STACKSIZE ?= 2048
+
 APPNAME = hello
-PRIORITY = SCHED_PRIORITY_DEFAULT
-STACKSIZE = 2048
+PRIORITY = $(CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO_PRIORITY)
+STACKSIZE = $(CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO_STACKSIZE)
 
 # Hello, World! Example