diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index f8ea61aed..db9ae3577 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ class DefaultConfig(object):
   # The endpoint for the security scanner.
   SECURITY_SCANNER_ENDPOINT = 'http://192.168.99.101:6060'
 
+  # The number of seconds between indexing intervals in the security scanner
+  SECURITY_SCANNER_INDEXING_INTERVAL = 30
+
   # If specified, the endpoint to be used for all POST calls to the security scanner.
   SECURITY_SCANNER_ENDPOINT_BATCH = None
 
diff --git a/workers/securityworker.py b/workers/securityworker.py
index dfc397199..314bbe436 100644
--- a/workers/securityworker.py
+++ b/workers/securityworker.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from endpoints.v2 import v2_bp
 
 
 BATCH_SIZE = 50
-INDEXING_INTERVAL = 30
+DEFAULT_INDEXING_INTERVAL = 30
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ class SecurityWorker(Worker):
       # Get the ID of the first image we want to analyze.
       self._min_id = get_min_id_for_sec_scan(self._target_version)
 
-      self.add_operation(self._index_images, INDEXING_INTERVAL)
+      interval = app.config.get('SECURITY_SCANNER_INDEXING_INTERVAL', DEFAULT_INDEXING_INTERVAL)
+      self.add_operation(self._index_images, interval)
     else:
       logger.warning('Failed to validate security scan configuration')