diff --git a/include/spdlog/async_logger.h b/include/spdlog/async_logger.h
index c894399c..7cb5cf13 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/async_logger.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/async_logger.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 // Upong destruction, logs all remaining messages in the queue before destructing..
 
 #include <chrono>
+#include <functional>
 #include "common.h"
 #include "logger.h"
 
@@ -51,9 +52,9 @@ class async_logger :public logger
 {
 public:
     template<class It>
-    async_logger(const std::string& name, const It& begin, const It& end, size_t queue_size);
-    async_logger(const std::string& logger_name, sinks_init_list sinks, size_t queue_size);
-    async_logger(const std::string& logger_name, sink_ptr single_sink, size_t queue_size);
+    async_logger(const std::string& name, const It& begin, const It& end, size_t queue_size, const std::function<void()>& worker_warmup_cb = nullptr);
+    async_logger(const std::string& logger_name, sinks_init_list sinks, size_t queue_size, const std::function<void()>& worker_warmup_cb = nullptr);
+    async_logger(const std::string& logger_name, sink_ptr single_sink, size_t queue_size, const std::function<void()>& worker_warmup_cb = nullptr);
 
 
 protected:
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/async_log_helper.h b/include/spdlog/details/async_log_helper.h
index ca306f4f..eecf804a 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/async_log_helper.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/async_log_helper.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <chrono>
 #include <thread>
 #include <atomic>
+#include <functional>
 
 #include "../common.h"
 #include "../sinks/sink.h"
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ public:
     using clock = std::chrono::steady_clock;
 
 
-    async_log_helper(formatter_ptr formatter, const std::vector<sink_ptr>& sinks, size_t queue_size);
+    async_log_helper(formatter_ptr formatter, const std::vector<sink_ptr>& sinks, size_t queue_size, const std::function<void()>& worker_warmup_cb = nullptr);
     void log(const details::log_msg& msg);
 
     //Stop logging and join the back thread
@@ -125,6 +126,9 @@ private:
     // last exception thrown from the worker thread
     std::shared_ptr<spdlog_ex> _last_workerthread_ex;
 
+    // worker thread warmup callback - one can set thread priority, affinity, etc
+    const std::function<void()> _worker_warmup_cb;
+
 
     // throw last worker thread exception or if worker thread is not active
     void throw_if_bad_worker();
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ private:
     //return true if a message was available (queue was not empty), will set the last_pop to the pop time
     bool process_next_msg(clock::time_point& last_pop);
 
-    // guess how much to sleep if queue is empty/full using last succesful op time as hint
+    // guess how much to sleep if queue is empty/full using last successful op time as hint
     static void sleep_or_yield(const clock::time_point& last_op_time);
 
 };
@@ -146,10 +150,11 @@ private:
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // async_sink class implementation
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-inline spdlog::details::async_log_helper::async_log_helper(formatter_ptr formatter, const std::vector<sink_ptr>& sinks, size_t queue_size):
+inline spdlog::details::async_log_helper::async_log_helper(formatter_ptr formatter, const std::vector<sink_ptr>& sinks, size_t queue_size, const std::function<void()>& worker_warmup_cb):
     _formatter(formatter),
     _sinks(sinks),
     _q(queue_size),
+    _worker_warmup_cb(worker_warmup_cb),
     _worker_thread(&async_log_helper::worker_loop, this)
 {}
 
@@ -189,6 +194,7 @@ inline void spdlog::details::async_log_helper::worker_loop()
 {
     try
     {
+        if (_worker_warmup_cb) _worker_warmup_cb();
         clock::time_point last_pop = clock::now();
         while(process_next_msg(last_pop));
     }
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/async_logger_impl.h b/include/spdlog/details/async_logger_impl.h
index 0129e2fd..ec341578 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/async_logger_impl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/async_logger_impl.h
@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@
 
 
 template<class It>
-inline spdlog::async_logger::async_logger(const std::string& logger_name, const It& begin, const It& end, size_t queue_size) :
+inline spdlog::async_logger::async_logger(const std::string& logger_name, const It& begin, const It& end, size_t queue_size, const std::function<void()>& worker_warmup_cb) :
     logger(logger_name, begin, end),
-    _async_log_helper(new details::async_log_helper(_formatter, _sinks, queue_size))
+    _async_log_helper(new details::async_log_helper(_formatter, _sinks, queue_size, worker_warmup_cb))
 {
 }
 
-inline spdlog::async_logger::async_logger(const std::string& logger_name, sinks_init_list sinks, size_t queue_size) :
-    async_logger(logger_name, sinks.begin(), sinks.end(), queue_size) {}
+inline spdlog::async_logger::async_logger(const std::string& logger_name, sinks_init_list sinks, size_t queue_size, const std::function<void()>& worker_warmup_cb) :
+    async_logger(logger_name, sinks.begin(), sinks.end(), queue_size, worker_warmup_cb) {}
 
-inline spdlog::async_logger::async_logger(const std::string& logger_name, sink_ptr single_sink, size_t queue_size) :
-    async_logger(logger_name, { single_sink }, queue_size) {}
+inline spdlog::async_logger::async_logger(const std::string& logger_name, sink_ptr single_sink, size_t queue_size, const std::function<void()>& worker_warmup_cb) :
+    async_logger(logger_name, { single_sink }, queue_size, worker_warmup_cb) {}
 
 
 inline void spdlog::async_logger::_set_formatter(spdlog::formatter_ptr msg_formatter)
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/registry.h b/include/spdlog/details/registry.h
index 8d815e1f..9c25845f 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/registry.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/registry.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <unordered_map>
+#include <functional>
 
 #include "../logger.h"
 #include "../async_logger.h"
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ public:
             return found->second;
         std::shared_ptr<logger> new_logger;
         if (_async_mode)
-            new_logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>(logger_name, sinks_begin, sinks_end, _async_q_size);
+            new_logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>(logger_name, sinks_begin, sinks_end, _async_q_size, _worker_warmup_cb);
         else
             new_logger = std::make_shared<logger>(logger_name, sinks_begin, sinks_end);
 
@@ -119,11 +120,12 @@ public:
             l.second->set_level(log_level);
     }
 
-    void set_async_mode(size_t q_size)
+    void set_async_mode(size_t q_size, const std::function<void()>& worker_warmup_cb = nullptr)
     {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_mutex);
         _async_mode = true;
         _async_q_size = q_size;
+        _worker_warmup_cb = worker_warmup_cb;
     }
 
     void set_sync_mode()
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@ private:
     level::level_enum _level = level::info;
     bool _async_mode = false;
     size_t _async_q_size = 0;
+    std::function<void()> _worker_warmup_cb = nullptr;
 };
 }
 }
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/spdlog_impl.h b/include/spdlog/details/spdlog_impl.h
index 02840b0b..e1e6a5d4 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/spdlog_impl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/spdlog_impl.h
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ inline void spdlog::set_level(level::level_enum log_level)
 }
 
 
-inline void spdlog::set_async_mode(size_t queue_size)
+inline void spdlog::set_async_mode(size_t queue_size, const std::function<void()>& worker_warmup_cb)
 {
-    details::registry::instance().set_async_mode(queue_size);
+    details::registry::instance().set_async_mode(queue_size, worker_warmup_cb);
 }
 
 inline void spdlog::set_sync_mode()
diff --git a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
index 7ce1735b..92894b85 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void set_level(level::level_enum log_level);
 
 // Turn on async mode and set the queue size for each async_logger
 
-void set_async_mode(size_t queue_size);
+void set_async_mode(size_t queue_size, const std::function<void()>& worker_warmup_cb = nullptr);
 // Turn off async mode
 void set_sync_mode();