diff --git a/src/daemon/rpm-ostreed-automatic.service b/src/daemon/rpm-ostreed-automatic.service
index e53e89c228..6e93d2d3a8 100644
--- a/src/daemon/rpm-ostreed-automatic.service
+++ b/src/daemon/rpm-ostreed-automatic.service
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ ConditionPathExists=/run/ostree-booted
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
+Nice=10
 ExecStart=rpm-ostree upgrade --quiet --trigger-automatic-update-policy