diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 102fed67..dec1a76b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ TODO: Add an updated screenshot with some fancy VST3-only plugins to the readme
   difference in responsiveness.
 - VST2 editor idle events are now handled slightly differently. This should
   result in even more responsive GUIs for VST2 plugins.
+- Win32 and X11 events in the Wine plugin host are now handled with lower
+  scheduling priority than other tasks. With a properly configured system GUI
+  drawing should not affect DSP load at all, but this should help with less than
+  optimal setups some people were getting DSP load spikes with the editor open.
 - Changed part of the build process considering [this Wine
   bug](https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49138). Building with Wine 5.7
   and 5.8 required a change, but that change now breaks builds using Wine 6.0
diff --git a/src/wine-host/utils.h b/src/wine-host/utils.h
index 3477b586..2dae532b 100644
--- a/src/wine-host/utils.h
+++ b/src/wine-host/utils.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include <boost/asio/io_context.hpp>
 #include <function2/function2.hpp>
 
+#include "../common/utils.h"
+
 /**
  * The delay between calls to the event loop so we can keep a nice 60 fps. We
  * could bump this up to the monitor's refresh rate, but I'm afraid that it will
@@ -108,7 +110,18 @@ class MainContext {
                     return;
                 }
 
+                // NOTE: These periodic callbacks should not be able to
+                //       interrupt other threads that are actively processing
+                //       audio. For me personally having the GUI open makes
+                //       absolutely zero difference on DSP usage (as it should),
+                //       but for some others it does have an impact.
+                // TODO: Benchmark this further on a properly configured system,
+                //       see if it does not increase average load because of the
+                //       rapid scheduling switching.
+                set_realtime_priority(false);
                 handler();
+                set_realtime_priority(true);
+
                 async_handle_events(handler);
             });
     }