diff --git a/jobs/consul_agent_windows/spec b/jobs/consul_agent_windows/spec
index 9b1b14f..886ef8e 100755
--- a/jobs/consul_agent_windows/spec
+++ b/jobs/consul_agent_windows/spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ templates:
   confab.json.erb: confab.json
   consul_link.json.erb: consul_link.json
   pre-start.ps1.erb: bin/pre-start.ps1
+  post-start.ps1.erb: bin/post-start.ps1
 
 packages:
 - consul-windows
diff --git a/jobs/consul_agent_windows/templates/post-start.ps1.erb b/jobs/consul_agent_windows/templates/post-start.ps1.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9b941d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jobs/consul_agent_windows/templates/post-start.ps1.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop";
+trap {
+  $host.SetShouldExit(1)
+}
+
+(Get-Process -Name consul).PriorityClass='High'