diff --git a/browser/app/profile/firefox.js b/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
index 1431530bcaac..ee03c52e83b5 100644
--- a/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
+++ b/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ pref("app.update.langpack.enabled", true);
   // The amount of time, in seconds, before background tasks time out and exit.
   // Tasks can override this default (10 minutes).
   pref("toolkit.backgroundtasks.defaultTimeoutSec", 600);
+
+  #if defined(ENABLE_TESTS)
+    // Test prefs to verify background tasks inheret and override browser prefs
+    // correctly.
+    pref("toolkit.backgroundtasks.tests.browserPrefsInherited", 15);
+    pref("toolkit.backgroundtasks.tests.browserPrefsOverriden", 16);
+  #endif
 #endif
 
 // Symmetric (can be overridden by individual extensions) update preferences.
diff --git a/modules/libpref/init/all.js b/modules/libpref/init/all.js
index 65a992c24e07..af6780e2e689 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/init/all.js
+++ b/modules/libpref/init/all.js
@@ -4187,3 +4187,10 @@ pref("extensions.webcompat.useScriptingAPI", true);
 pref("privacy.fingerprintingProtection.WebCompatService.logLevel", "Error");
 // To test strip on share site specific parameters by enabling a different list to be used
 pref("privacy.query_stripping.strip_on_share.enableTestMode", false);
+
+#if defined(MOZ_BACKGROUNDTASKS) && defined(ENABLE_TESTS)
+  // Test prefs to verify background tasks inheret and override gecko prefs
+  // correctly.
+  pref("toolkit.backgroundtasks.tests.geckoPrefsInherited", 17);
+  pref("toolkit.backgroundtasks.tests.geckoPrefsOverriden", 18);
+#endif
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/defaults/backgroundtasks.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/defaults/backgroundtasks.js
index 43a937def42e..f1f9b334e565 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/defaults/backgroundtasks.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/defaults/backgroundtasks.js
@@ -54,3 +54,8 @@ pref("app.update.background.automaticRestartEnabled", true);
 #else
 pref("app.update.background.automaticRestartEnabled", false);
 #endif
+
+#if defined(ENABLE_TESTS)
+  // Test prefs to verify background tasks override gecko prefs correctly.
+  pref("toolkit.backgroundtasks.tests.geckoPrefsOverriden", 28);
+#endif
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/defaults/backgroundtasks_browser.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/defaults/backgroundtasks_browser.js
index 8ce1e5bc5e2d..f80295f59458 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/defaults/backgroundtasks_browser.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/defaults/backgroundtasks_browser.js
@@ -45,3 +45,8 @@ pref("app.normandy.run_interval_seconds", 0);
 // Use a separate Nimbus application ID from regular Firefox Desktop.
 // This prevents enrolling in regular desktop experiments.
 pref("nimbus.appId", "firefox-desktop-background-task");
+
+#if defined(ENABLE_TESTS)
+  // Test prefs to verify background tasks override browser prefs correctly.
+  pref("toolkit.backgroundtasks.tests.browserPrefsOverriden", 26);
+#endif
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser.toml b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser.toml
index 80bc7282946d..53706e03efa1 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser.toml
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ skip-if = ["os == 'android'"]
 head = "head.js"
 
 ["browser_backgroundtask_specific_pref.js"]
+run-if = ["appname == 'firefox'"] # Prefs are Firefox specific, e.g. not Thunderbird
 
 ["browser_xpcom_graph_wait.js"]
 skip-if = ["tsan"] # TSan times out on pretty much all profiler-consuming tests.
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser_backgroundtask_specific_pref.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser_backgroundtask_specific_pref.js
index b80ee2f59376..872224837337 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser_backgroundtask_specific_pref.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser_backgroundtask_specific_pref.js
@@ -21,3 +21,71 @@ add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_specific_pref() {
   });
   Assert.equal(79, exitCode);
 });
+
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_browser_pref_inherited() {
+  // First, verify this pref is set in Firefox.
+  Assert.equal(
+    15,
+    Services.prefs.getIntPref(
+      "toolkit.backgroundtasks.tests.browserPrefsInherited",
+      -1
+    )
+  );
+
+  // Second, verify that this pref is set in background tasks.
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("backgroundtask_specific_pref", {
+    extraArgs: ["toolkit.backgroundtasks.tests.browserPrefsInherited"],
+  });
+  Assert.equal(15, exitCode);
+});
+
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_gecko_pref_overridden() {
+  // First, verify this pref is set in Firefox.
+  Assert.equal(
+    16,
+    Services.prefs.getIntPref(
+      "toolkit.backgroundtasks.tests.browserPrefsOverriden",
+      -1
+    )
+  );
+
+  // Second, verify that this pref is overridden in background tasks.
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("backgroundtask_specific_pref", {
+    extraArgs: ["toolkit.backgroundtasks.tests.browserPrefsOverriden"],
+  });
+  Assert.equal(26, exitCode);
+});
+
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_gecko_pref_inherited() {
+  // First, verify this pref is set in Gecko.
+  Assert.equal(
+    17,
+    Services.prefs.getIntPref(
+      "toolkit.backgroundtasks.tests.geckoPrefsInherited",
+      -1
+    )
+  );
+
+  // Second, verify that this pref is set in background tasks.
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("backgroundtask_specific_pref", {
+    extraArgs: ["toolkit.backgroundtasks.tests.geckoPrefsInherited"],
+  });
+  Assert.equal(17, exitCode);
+});
+
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_gecko_pref_overridden() {
+  // First, verify this pref is set in Gecko.
+  Assert.equal(
+    18,
+    Services.prefs.getIntPref(
+      "toolkit.backgroundtasks.tests.geckoPrefsOverriden",
+      -1
+    )
+  );
+
+  // Second, verify that this pref is overridden in background tasks.
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("backgroundtask_specific_pref", {
+    extraArgs: ["toolkit.backgroundtasks.tests.geckoPrefsOverriden"],
+  });
+  Assert.equal(28, exitCode);
+});