diff --git a/netutils/cjson/Kconfig b/netutils/cjson/Kconfig
index d602ba852..d50a0d544 100644
--- a/netutils/cjson/Kconfig
+++ b/netutils/cjson/Kconfig
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ config CJSON_UNITY_TEST_DIR
 	string "cJSON test directory"
 	default "/data"
 
+config CJSON_TEST_PRIORITY
+        int "task priority"
+        default 100
+
+config CJSON_TEST_STACKSIZE
+        int "stack size"
+        default 102400
+
 endif
 
 endif
diff --git a/netutils/cjson/Makefile b/netutils/cjson/Makefile
index 0af762961..dc9927353 100644
--- a/netutils/cjson/Makefile
+++ b/netutils/cjson/Makefile
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ CONFIG_NETUTILS_CJSON_VERSION ?= "1.7.10"
 CJSON_VERSION = $(patsubst "%",%,$(strip $(CONFIG_NETUTILS_CJSON_VERSION)))
 
 CJSON_TARBALL = v$(CJSON_VERSION).tar.gz
-
 CJSON_UNPACKNAME = cJSON
+
 UNPACK ?= tar -zxf
 
 CJSON_UNPACKDIR =  $(WD)/$(CJSON_UNPACKNAME)
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ MAINSRC += $(UNITY_CJSONTESTCS)
 CSRCS += $(CJSON_SRCDIR)/tests/unity_setup.c
 CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-function
 
-PRIORITY  = SCHED_PRIORITY_DEFAULT
-STACKSIZE = $(CONFIG_DEFAULT_TASK_STACKSIZE)
+PRIORITY  = $(CONFIG_CJSON_TEST_PRIORITY)
+STACKSIZE = $(CONFIG_CJSON_TEST_STACKSIZE)
 endif
 
 $(CJSON_SRCDIR)$(DELIM)cJSON.h: $(CJSON_UNPACKNAME)