diff --git a/conf_schema.h b/conf_schema.h
index c08c64c6..8ba3ebdd 100644
--- a/conf_schema.h
+++ b/conf_schema.h
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ STRUCT(server)
 STRING(256,                 chdir,      "/", absolute_path,, "Absolute path of chdir(2) for server process")
 STRING(256,                 interface_path, "", str_nonempty,, "Path of directory containing interface files, either absolute or relative to instance directory")
 ATOM(bool_t,                respawn_on_crash, 0, boolean,, "If true, server will exec(2) itself on fatal signals, eg SEGV")
+ATOM(uint32_t,              config_reload_interval_ms, 1000, uint32_nonzero,, "Time interval between configuration reload polls, in milliseconds")
 SUB_STRUCT(watchdog,        watchdog,)
 END_STRUCT
 
diff --git a/overlay.c b/overlay.c
index 1548fcfc..91f954fb 100644
--- a/overlay.c
+++ b/overlay.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int overlayServerMode()
   SCHEDULE(server_shutdown_check, 0, 100);
   
   /* Periodically reload configuration */
-  SCHEDULE(server_config_reload, SERVER_CONFIG_RELOAD_INTERVAL_MS, SERVER_CONFIG_RELOAD_INTERVAL_MS + 100);
+  SCHEDULE(server_config_reload, config.server.config_reload_interval_ms, 100);
   
   overlay_mdp_bind_internal_services();
   
diff --git a/serval.h b/serval.h
index cc0454d3..0d483fb3 100644
--- a/serval.h
+++ b/serval.h
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ int strn_to_sid_t(sid_t *sid, const char *hex, const char **endp);
 
 #define alloca_tohex_sas(sas)           alloca_tohex((sas), SAS_SIZE)
 
-#define SERVER_CONFIG_RELOAD_INTERVAL_MS	1000
-
 struct cli_parsed;
 
 extern int servalShutdown;
diff --git a/server.c b/server.c
index 0aaca4b7..016a13ca 100644
--- a/server.c
+++ b/server.c
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ void server_config_reload(struct sched_ent *alarm)
   }
   if (alarm) {
     time_ms_t now = gettime_ms();
-    alarm->alarm = now + SERVER_CONFIG_RELOAD_INTERVAL_MS;
-    alarm->deadline = alarm->alarm + 1000;
+    alarm->alarm = now + config.server.config_reload_interval_ms;
+    alarm->deadline = alarm->alarm + 100;
     schedule(alarm);
   }
 }