diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/rabbitmq/Keys.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/rabbitmq/Keys.java
index e3e18ba..56c2bed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/rabbitmq/Keys.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/rabbitmq/Keys.java
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
   GERRIT_SCHEME(null, "gerrit-scheme"),
   GERRIT_PORT("gerritSshPort", "gerrit-port"),
   GERRIT_FRONT_URL("gerritCanonicalWebUrl", "gerrit-front-url"),
-  GERRIT_VERSION(null, "gerrit-version");
+  GERRIT_VERSION(null, "gerrit-version"),
+  CONNECTION_MONITOR_INTERVAL("monitorInterval", null);
 
   public String property;
   public String header;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/rabbitmq/PluginChangeListener.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/rabbitmq/PluginChangeListener.java
index cfce77c..982db87 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/rabbitmq/PluginChangeListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/rabbitmq/PluginChangeListener.java
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 public class PluginChangeListener implements ChangeListener, LifecycleListener {
 
   private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PluginChangeListener.class);
+  private final static int MONITOR_FIRATTIME_DELAY = 15000;
+  private final Properties properties;
   private final AMQPSession.Factory factory;
   private AMQPSession session;
   private final Gson gson = new Gson();
@@ -21,7 +23,8 @@
   private final ConnectionMonitorTask monitorTask;
 
   @Inject
-  public PluginChangeListener(AMQPSession.Factory factory, ConnectionMonitorTask monitorTask) {
+  public PluginChangeListener(Properties properties, AMQPSession.Factory factory, ConnectionMonitorTask monitorTask) {
+    this.properties = properties;
     this.factory = factory;
     this.monitorTask = monitorTask;
   }
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@
   public void start() {
     session = factory.create();
     session.connect();
-    monitorTimer.schedule(monitorTask, 15000, 15000);
+    monitorTimer.schedule(monitorTask, MONITOR_FIRATTIME_DELAY, properties.getConnectionMonitorInterval());
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/rabbitmq/Properties.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/rabbitmq/Properties.java
index f38154a..5b26d23 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/rabbitmq/Properties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/rabbitmq/Properties.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
   private final static int DEFAULT_MESSAGE_PRIORITY = 1;
   private final static int DEFAULT_GERRIT_PORT = 29418;
   private final static String DEFAULT_GERRIT_SCHEME = "ssh";
+  private final static int DEFAULT_CONNECTION_MONITOR_INTERVAL = 15000;
+  private final static int MINIMUM_CONNECTION_MONITOR_INTERVAL = 5000;
 
   private final Config config;
   private final PluginConfig pluginConfig;
@@ -95,6 +97,14 @@
     return StringUtils.stripToEmpty(Version.getVersion());
   }
 
+  public int getConnectionMonitorInterval() {
+    int interval = pluginConfig.getInt(Keys.CONNECTION_MONITOR_INTERVAL.property, DEFAULT_CONNECTION_MONITOR_INTERVAL);
+    if (interval < MINIMUM_CONNECTION_MONITOR_INTERVAL) {
+      return MINIMUM_CONNECTION_MONITOR_INTERVAL;
+    }
+    return interval;
+  }
+
   public AMQP.BasicProperties getBasicProperties() {
     if (properties == null) {
       Map<String, Object> headers = new HashMap<String, Object>();