diff --git a/vllm/engine/async_llm_engine.py b/vllm/engine/async_llm_engine.py
index 4baacc3609522..e3848c3c27adc 100644
--- a/vllm/engine/async_llm_engine.py
+++ b/vllm/engine/async_llm_engine.py
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ async def add_request_async(
         lora_request: Optional[LoRARequest] = None,
         trace_headers: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
         prompt_adapter_request: Optional[PromptAdapterRequest] = None,
+        priority: int = 0,
     ) -> None:
         ...
 
@@ -471,6 +472,7 @@ async def add_request_async(
         lora_request: Optional[LoRARequest] = None,
         trace_headers: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
         prompt_adapter_request: Optional[PromptAdapterRequest] = None,
+        priority: int = 0,
     ) -> None:
         ...
 
@@ -487,6 +489,7 @@ async def add_request_async(
             lora_request: Optional[LoRARequest] = None,
             trace_headers: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
             prompt_adapter_request: Optional[PromptAdapterRequest] = None,
+            priority: int = 0,
             *,
             inputs: Optional[PromptType] = None,  # DEPRECATED
     ) -> None:
@@ -498,6 +501,9 @@ async def add_request_async(
         if lora_request is not None and not self.lora_config:
             raise ValueError(f"Got lora_request {lora_request} but LoRA is "
                              "not enabled!")
+        if priority != 0 and not self.scheduler_config.policy == "priority":
+            raise ValueError(f"Got priority {priority} but "
+                             "Priority scheduling is not enabled.")
         if arrival_time is None:
             arrival_time = time.time()
 
@@ -521,6 +527,7 @@ async def add_request_async(
             lora_request=lora_request,
             prompt_adapter_request=prompt_adapter_request,
             trace_headers=trace_headers,
+            priority=priority,
         )
 
     async def check_health_async(self) -> None:
@@ -871,6 +878,7 @@ def add_request(
         lora_request: Optional[LoRARequest] = None,
         trace_headers: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
         prompt_adapter_request: Optional[PromptAdapterRequest] = None,
+        priority: int = 0,
     ) -> Coroutine[None, None, AsyncGenerator[Union[
             RequestOutput, EmbeddingRequestOutput], None]]:
         ...
@@ -885,6 +893,7 @@ def add_request(
         lora_request: Optional[LoRARequest] = None,
         trace_headers: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
         prompt_adapter_request: Optional[PromptAdapterRequest] = None,
+        priority: int = 0,
     ) -> Coroutine[None, None, AsyncGenerator[Union[
             RequestOutput, EmbeddingRequestOutput], None]]:
         ...
@@ -902,6 +911,7 @@ async def add_request(
         lora_request: Optional[LoRARequest] = None,
         trace_headers: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
         prompt_adapter_request: Optional[PromptAdapterRequest] = None,
+        priority: int = 0,
         *,
         inputs: Optional[PromptType] = None,  # DEPRECATED
     ) -> AsyncGenerator[Union[RequestOutput, EmbeddingRequestOutput], None]:
@@ -919,6 +929,11 @@ async def add_request(
                     "error that caused the background loop to stop "
                     "(AsyncEngineDeadError).")
 
+        if (priority != 0
+                and not self.engine.scheduler_config.policy == "priority"):
+            raise ValueError(f"Got priority {priority} but "
+                             "Priority scheduling is not enabled.")
+
         stream = self._request_tracker.add_request(
             request_id,
             verbose=self.log_requests,
@@ -927,7 +942,9 @@ async def add_request(
             arrival_time=arrival_time or time.time(),
             lora_request=lora_request,
             trace_headers=trace_headers,
-            prompt_adapter_request=prompt_adapter_request)
+            prompt_adapter_request=prompt_adapter_request,
+            priority=priority,
+        )
 
         return stream.generator()
 
@@ -938,7 +955,8 @@ async def generate(
         request_id: str,
         lora_request: Optional[LoRARequest] = None,
         trace_headers: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
-        prompt_adapter_request: Optional[PromptAdapterRequest] = None
+        prompt_adapter_request: Optional[PromptAdapterRequest] = None,
+        priority: int = 0,
     ) -> AsyncGenerator[RequestOutput, None]:
         """Generate outputs for a request.
 
@@ -955,6 +973,8 @@ async def generate(
             trace_headers: OpenTelemetry trace headers.
             prompt_adapter_request: Prompt Adapter request to use
                                             for generation, if any.
+            priority: The priority of the request.
+                Only applicable with priority scheduling.
 
         Yields:
             The output `RequestOutput` objects from the LLMEngine
@@ -1010,6 +1030,7 @@ async def generate(
                 lora_request=lora_request,
                 trace_headers=trace_headers,
                 prompt_adapter_request=prompt_adapter_request,
+                priority=priority,
         ):
             yield LLMEngine.validate_output(output, RequestOutput)
 
diff --git a/vllm/engine/llm_engine.py b/vllm/engine/llm_engine.py
index c5b46ef26cda3..3f6c6e8ae3570 100644
--- a/vllm/engine/llm_engine.py
+++ b/vllm/engine/llm_engine.py
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ def add_request(
             raise ValueError(f"Got lora_request {lora_request} but LoRA is "
                              "not enabled!")
 
-        if priority > 0 and not self.scheduler_config.policy == "priority":
+        if priority != 0 and not self.scheduler_config.policy == "priority":
             raise ValueError(f"Got priority {priority} but "
                              "Priority scheduling is not enabled.")