diff --git a/package/system/zram-swap/Makefile b/package/system/zram-swap/Makefile
index bcada98a81..ee5e85927f 100644
--- a/package/system/zram-swap/Makefile
+++ b/package/system/zram-swap/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=zram-swap
 PKG_VERSION:=1.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_RELEASE:=4
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR := $(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 
diff --git a/package/system/zram-swap/files/zram.init b/package/system/zram-swap/files/zram.init
index ae432f3b00..49140ad406 100755
--- a/package/system/zram-swap/files/zram.init
+++ b/package/system/zram-swap/files/zram.init
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ start()
 	local zram_size="$( zram_getsize )"
 	local zram_dev="$( zram_getdev )"
 	zram_applicable "$zram_dev" || return 1
+	local zram_priority="$( uci -q get system.@system[0].zram_priority )"
+	zram_priority=${zram_priority:+-p $zram_priority}
 
 	logger -s -t zram_start -p daemon.debug "activating '$zram_dev' for swapping ($zram_size MegaBytes)"
 
@@ -180,7 +182,7 @@ start()
 	zram_comp_streams "$zram_dev"
 	echo $(( $zram_size * 1024 * 1024 )) >"/sys/block/$( basename "$zram_dev" )/disksize"
 	mkswap "$zram_dev"
-	swapon "$zram_dev"
+	swapon $zram_priority "$zram_dev"
 }
 
 stop()