diff --git a/newrelic-security-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/Agent.java b/newrelic-security-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/Agent.java
index 2d2e4f815..da12defa9 100644
--- a/newrelic-security-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/Agent.java
+++ b/newrelic-security-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/Agent.java
@@ -497,4 +497,9 @@ public void setInitialised(boolean initialised) {
     public Instrumentation getInstrumentation() {
         return this.instrumentation;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLowPriorityInstrumentationEnabled() {
+        return NewRelic.getAgent().getConfig().getValue(LowSeverityHelper.LOW_SEVERITY_HOOKS_ENABLED, LowSeverityHelper.DEFAULT);
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/newrelic-security-api-test-impl/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/Agent.java b/newrelic-security-api-test-impl/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/Agent.java
index cf67441cb..2b57c8bcb 100644
--- a/newrelic-security-api-test-impl/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/Agent.java
+++ b/newrelic-security-api-test-impl/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/Agent.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.NewRelic;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.Transaction;
+import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.instrumentation.helpers.LowSeverityHelper;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.AbstractOperation;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.SecurityMetaData;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.policy.AgentPolicy;
@@ -131,4 +132,9 @@ public String getAgentTempDir() {
     public Instrumentation getInstrumentation() {
         return null;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLowPriorityInstrumentationEnabled() {
+        return true;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/newrelic-security-api/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/NoOpAgent.java b/newrelic-security-api/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/NoOpAgent.java
index c3131db9b..9fd955bf6 100644
--- a/newrelic-security-api/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/NoOpAgent.java
+++ b/newrelic-security-api/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/NoOpAgent.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 package com.newrelic.api.agent.security;
 
+import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.instrumentation.helpers.LowSeverityHelper;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.AbstractOperation;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.SecurityMetaData;
 import com.newrelic.api.agent.security.schema.policy.AgentPolicy;
@@ -72,4 +73,9 @@ public Instrumentation getInstrumentation() {
         return null;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLowPriorityInstrumentationEnabled() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/newrelic-security-api/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/SecurityAgent.java b/newrelic-security-api/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/SecurityAgent.java
index bc9ad3dfd..dbb89481e 100644
--- a/newrelic-security-api/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/SecurityAgent.java
+++ b/newrelic-security-api/src/main/java/com/newrelic/api/agent/security/SecurityAgent.java
@@ -43,4 +43,6 @@ public interface SecurityAgent {
     String getAgentTempDir();
 
     Instrumentation getInstrumentation();
+
+    boolean isLowPriorityInstrumentationEnabled();
 }