diff --git a/subsys/kafka/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/subsys/kafka/boot/KafkaStreamBooter.java b/subsys/kafka/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/subsys/kafka/boot/KafkaStreamBooter.java
index 4d83016207..e7b86bd7de 100644
--- a/subsys/kafka/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/subsys/kafka/boot/KafkaStreamBooter.java
+++ b/subsys/kafka/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/subsys/kafka/boot/KafkaStreamBooter.java
@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@ public class KafkaStreamBooter
 
     private static final long DEFAULT_KAFKA_STREAM_CLOSE_TIMEOUT = 5 * 60 * 3000L;
 
-    private static final long RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS = 60 * 1000L;
-
-    private static final long RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MAX_MS = 30 * 60 * 1000L;
-
     private KafkaStreams streams;
 
     @Override
@@ -137,8 +133,8 @@ private Properties setKafkaProps()
         props.putIfAbsent( StreamsConfig.APPLICATION_ID_CONFIG, config.getGroup() );
         props.putIfAbsent( StreamsConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, config.getBootstrapServers() );
         props.putIfAbsent( StreamsConfig.BUFFERED_RECORDS_PER_PARTITION_CONFIG, config.getRecordsPerPartition() );
-        props.putIfAbsent( StreamsConfig.RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS_CONFIG, RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS );
-        props.putIfAbsent( StreamsConfig.RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MAX_MS_CONFIG, RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MAX_MS );
+        props.putIfAbsent( StreamsConfig.RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS_CONFIG, config.getReconnectBackoff() );
+        props.putIfAbsent( StreamsConfig.RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MAX_MS_CONFIG, config.getReconnectBackoffMax() );
 
         logger.info( "Kafka props: {}", props );
         return props;
diff --git a/subsys/kafka/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/subsys/kafka/conf/KafkaConfig.java b/subsys/kafka/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/subsys/kafka/conf/KafkaConfig.java
index 84f2c29b6f..29b6b8639a 100644
--- a/subsys/kafka/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/subsys/kafka/conf/KafkaConfig.java
+++ b/subsys/kafka/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/subsys/kafka/conf/KafkaConfig.java
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ public class KafkaConfig
 
     private static final Integer DEFAULT_RECORDS_PER_PARTITION = 1000;
 
+    private static final Long DEFAULT_RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS = 60 * 1000L;
+
+    private static final Long DEFAULT_RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MAX_MS = 30 * 60 * 1000L;
+
     private static final boolean DEFAULT_ENABLED = true;
 
     private static final boolean DEFAULT_TRACE = false;
@@ -58,6 +62,10 @@ public class KafkaConfig
 
     private Boolean tracing;
 
+    private Long reconnectBackoff;
+
+    private Long reconnectBackoffMax;
+
     public KafkaConfig()
     {
     }
@@ -140,6 +148,16 @@ public boolean isTracing()
         return tracing == null ? DEFAULT_TRACE : tracing;
     }
 
+    public Long getReconnectBackoff()
+    {
+        return reconnectBackoff == null ? DEFAULT_RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS : reconnectBackoff;
+    }
+
+    public Long getReconnectBackoffMax()
+    {
+        return reconnectBackoffMax == null ? DEFAULT_RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MAX_MS : reconnectBackoffMax;
+    }
+
     @ConfigName( "kafka.trace" )
     public void setTracing( boolean tracing )
     {