diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/sshdgenkeys.service b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/sshdgenkeys.service
index 603c33787f..fd81793d51 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/sshdgenkeys.service
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh/sshdgenkeys.service
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ RequiresMountsFor=/var /run
 ExecStart=@LIBEXECDIR@/sshd_check_keys
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
+Nice=10
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/dropbearkey.service b/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/dropbearkey.service
index c49053d57c..71a12a6110 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/dropbearkey.service
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear/dropbearkey.service
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ Type=oneshot
 ExecStart=@BASE_BINDIR@/mkdir -p ${DROPBEAR_RSAKEY_DIR}
 ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/dropbearkey -t rsa -f ${DROPBEAR_RSAKEY_DIR}/dropbear_rsa_host_key
 RemainAfterExit=yes
+Nice=10