diff --git a/modules/libcom/src/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c b/modules/libcom/src/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c
index c08dea40e..854441898 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/src/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c
+++ b/modules/libcom/src/osi/os/posix/osdThread.c
@@ -567,14 +567,13 @@ static epicsThreadOSD *createImplicit(void)
     pthreadInfo->osiPriority = 0;
 
 #if defined(_POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING) && _POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING > 0
-    {
-    struct sched_param param;
-    int policy;
-    if(pthread_getschedparam(tid,&policy,&param) == 0)
-        pthreadInfo->osiPriority =
-                 (param.sched_priority - pcommonAttr->minPriority) * 100.0 /
+    if(pthread_getschedparam(tid,&pthreadInfo->schedPolicy,&pthreadInfo->schedParam) == 0) {
+        if ( pcommonAttr->usePolicy && pthreadInfo->schedPolicy == pcommonAttr->schedPolicy ) {
+            pthreadInfo->osiPriority =
+                 (pthreadInfo->schedParam.sched_priority - pcommonAttr->minPriority) * 100.0 /
                     (pcommonAttr->maxPriority - pcommonAttr->minPriority + 1);
-    }
+        }
+	}
 #endif /* _POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING */
 
     status = pthread_setspecific(getpthreadInfo,(void *)pthreadInfo);
diff --git a/modules/libcom/test/Makefile b/modules/libcom/test/Makefile
index 1c26c44b7..130c23512 100755
--- a/modules/libcom/test/Makefile
+++ b/modules/libcom/test/Makefile
@@ -288,4 +288,15 @@ TESTPROD_HOST += cvtFastPerform
 cvtFastPerform_SRCS += cvtFastPerform.cpp
 testHarness_SRCS += cvtFastPerform.cpp
 
+ifeq ($(POSIX),YES)
+ifeq ($(USE_POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING),YES)
+TESTPROD_HOST += nonEpicsThreadPriorityTest
+nonEpicsThreadPriorityTest_SRCS += nonEpicsThreadPriorityTest.cpp
+nonEpicsThreadPriorityTest_SYS_LIBS += $(POSIX_LDLIBS:-l%=%)
+testHarness_SRCS += nonEpicsThreadPriorityTest.cpp
+epicsRunLibComTests_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_PTHREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
+TESTS += nonEpicsThreadPriorityTest
+endif
+endif
+
 include $(TOP)/configure/RULES
diff --git a/modules/libcom/test/nonEpicsThreadPriorityTest.cpp b/modules/libcom/test/nonEpicsThreadPriorityTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..088f0fca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/libcom/test/nonEpicsThreadPriorityTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#include <epicsThread.h>
+#include "epicsUnitTest.h"
+#include "testMain.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#ifdef __rtems__
+
+/* RTEMS is posix but currently does not use the pthread API */
+MAIN(nonEpicsThreadPriorityTest)
+{
+    testPlan(1);
+    testSkip(1, "Platform does not use pthread API");
+    return testDone();
+}
+
+#else
+
+static void *nonEpicsTestFunc(void *arg)
+{
+    unsigned int pri;
+    // epicsThreadGetIdSelf()  creates an EPICS context
+    // verify that the priority computed by epics context
+    // is OK
+    pri = epicsThreadGetPriority( epicsThreadGetIdSelf() );
+    if ( ! testOk( 0 == pri, "'createImplicit' assigned correct priority (%d) to non-EPICS thread", pri) ) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return (void*)1;
+}
+
+
+static void testFunc(void *arg)
+{
+    epicsEventId        ev = (epicsEventId)arg;
+    int                 policy;
+    struct sched_param  param;
+    int                 status;
+    pthread_t           tid;
+    void               *rval;
+    pthread_attr_t      attr;
+
+    status = pthread_getschedparam(pthread_self(), &policy,&param);
+    if ( status ) {
+        testSkip(1, "pthread_getschedparam failed");
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    if ( SCHED_FIFO != policy ) {
+        testSkip(1, "nonEpicsThreadPriorityTest must be executed with privileges to use SCHED_FIFO");
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    if ( pthread_attr_init( &attr ) ) {
+        testSkip(1, "pthread_attr_init failed");
+        goto done;
+    }
+    if ( pthread_attr_setinheritsched( &attr, PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED ) ) {
+        testSkip(1, "pthread_attr_setinheritsched failed");
+        goto done;
+    }
+    if ( pthread_attr_setschedpolicy ( &attr, SCHED_OTHER            ) ) {
+        testSkip(1, "pthread_attr_setschedpolicy failed");
+        goto done;
+    }
+    param.sched_priority = 0;
+    if ( pthread_attr_setschedparam  ( &attr, &param                 ) ) {
+        testSkip(1, "pthread_attr_setschedparam failed");
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    if ( pthread_create( &tid, &attr, nonEpicsTestFunc, 0 ) ) {
+        testSkip(1, "pthread_create failed");
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    if ( pthread_join( tid, &rval ) ) {
+        testSkip(1, "pthread_join failed");
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+done:
+
+    epicsEventSignal( ev );
+}
+
+MAIN(nonEpicsThreadPriorityTest)
+{
+    testPlan(2);
+    epicsEventId testComplete = epicsEventMustCreate(epicsEventEmpty);
+    epicsThreadMustCreate("nonEpicsThreadPriorityTest", epicsThreadPriorityLow,
+        epicsThreadGetStackSize(epicsThreadStackMedium),
+        testFunc, testComplete);
+    epicsEventWaitStatus status = epicsEventWait(testComplete);
+    testOk(status == epicsEventWaitOK,
+        "epicsEventWait returned %d", status);
+    return testDone();
+}
+#endif