diff --git a/system/netdb/Makefile b/system/netdb/Makefile
index 99431f096..3719c1f91 100644
--- a/system/netdb/Makefile
+++ b/system/netdb/Makefile
@@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ endif
 
 # netdb Application
 
-PRIORITY = SCHED_PRIORITY_DEFAULT
-STACKSIZE = 768
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_NETDB_STACKSIZE ?= 2048
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_NETDB_PRIORITY ?= 100
+
+PRIORITY = $(CONFIG_SYSTEM_NETDB_PRIORITY)
+STACKSIZE = $(CONFIG_SYSTEM_NETDB_STACKSIZE)
 
 ASRCS =
 CSRCS = netdb_main.c