diff --git a/doc/check-options.md b/doc/check-options.md
index d6204d859d..6487f0092e 100644
--- a/doc/check-options.md
+++ b/doc/check-options.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   - [css-orientation-lock](#css-orientation-lock)
   - [meta-viewport-large](#meta-viewport-large)
   - [meta-viewport](#meta-viewport)
+  - [meta-refresh](#meta-refresh)
   - [header-present](#header-present)
   - [landmark](#landmark)
   - [p-as-heading](#p-as-heading)
@@ -385,6 +386,13 @@ th</code></pre>
 | -------------- | :------ | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `scaleMinimum` | `2`     | The `scale-maximum` CSS value the check applies to. Values above this number will be ignored |
 
+### meta-refresh
+
+| Option     | Default | Description                                                                         |
+| ---------- | :------ | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `minDelay` | `0`     | Passes if the redirect is equal or less than this. Can be set to `false` to disable |
+| `maxDelay` | `7200`  | Passes if the redirect is greater than this. Can be set to `false` to disable       |
+
 ### header-present
 
 <table>
diff --git a/lib/checks/navigation/meta-refresh-evaluate.js b/lib/checks/navigation/meta-refresh-evaluate.js
index cfa57e2faa..65777a6a4c 100644
--- a/lib/checks/navigation/meta-refresh-evaluate.js
+++ b/lib/checks/navigation/meta-refresh-evaluate.js
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
-function metaRefreshEvaluate(node, options, virtualNode) {
-  var content = virtualNode.attr('content') || '',
-    parsedParams = content.split(/[;,]/);
+const separatorRegex = /[;,\s]/;
+const validRedirectNumRegex = /^[0-9.]+$/;
 
-  return content === '' || parsedParams[0] === '0';
-}
+export default function metaRefreshEvaluate(node, options, virtualNode) {
+  const { minDelay, maxDelay } = options || {};
+  const content = (virtualNode.attr('content') || '').trim();
+  const [redirectStr] = content.split(separatorRegex);
+  if (!redirectStr.match(validRedirectNumRegex)) {
+    return true;
+  }
 
-export default metaRefreshEvaluate;
+  const redirectDelay = parseFloat(redirectStr);
+  this.data({ redirectDelay });
+  if (typeof minDelay === 'number' && redirectDelay <= options.minDelay) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (typeof maxDelay === 'number' && redirectDelay > options.maxDelay) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/lib/checks/navigation/meta-refresh.json b/lib/checks/navigation/meta-refresh.json
index 59fc48c992..7c85c6d5d0 100644
--- a/lib/checks/navigation/meta-refresh.json
+++ b/lib/checks/navigation/meta-refresh.json
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
   "id": "meta-refresh",
   "evaluate": "meta-refresh-evaluate",
+  "options": {
+    "minDelay": 0,
+    "maxDelay": 72000
+  },
   "metadata": {
     "impact": "critical",
     "messages": {
diff --git a/lib/rules/meta-refresh.json b/lib/rules/meta-refresh.json
index f6a60d5029..32fa2cc129 100644
--- a/lib/rules/meta-refresh.json
+++ b/lib/rules/meta-refresh.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "id": "meta-refresh",
-  "selector": "meta[http-equiv=\"refresh\"]",
+  "selector": "meta[http-equiv=\"refresh\"][content]",
   "excludeHidden": false,
   "tags": [
     "cat.time-and-media",
diff --git a/test/checks/navigation/meta-refresh.js b/test/checks/navigation/meta-refresh.js
index d328c6dbd2..d623a3fc2b 100644
--- a/test/checks/navigation/meta-refresh.js
+++ b/test/checks/navigation/meta-refresh.js
@@ -3,68 +3,187 @@ describe('meta-refresh', function() {
 
   var checkContext = axe.testUtils.MockCheckContext();
   var checkSetup = axe.testUtils.checkSetup;
+  var metaRefreshCheck = axe.testUtils.getCheckEvaluate('meta-refresh');
 
   afterEach(function() {
     checkContext.reset();
   });
 
-  describe('; separator', function() {
-    it('should return false if content value is not 0', function() {
+  it('returns false if there is a number', function() {
+    var checkArgs = checkSetup('<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="3">');
+    assert.isFalse(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+  });
+
+  describe('returns false when valid', function() {
+    it('there is a decimal', function() {
       var checkArgs = checkSetup(
-        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="300">'
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="3.1">'
       );
+      assert.isFalse(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+    });
 
-      assert.isFalse(
-        axe.testUtils
-          .getCheckEvaluate('meta-refresh')
-          .apply(checkContext, checkArgs)
+    it('there is a number followed by a dot', function() {
+      var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="3.">'
       );
+      assert.isFalse(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
     });
 
-    it('should return false if content value does not start with 0', function() {
+    it('there is a dot followed by a number', function() {
       var checkArgs = checkSetup(
-        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="300;URL=something.html">'
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content=".5">'
       );
+      assert.isFalse(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+    });
 
-      assert.isFalse(
-        axe.testUtils
-          .getCheckEvaluate('meta-refresh')
-          .apply(checkContext, checkArgs)
+    it('there is whitespace before the number', function() {
+      var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="  \n\t3">'
       );
+      assert.isFalse(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+    });
+
+    describe('with a valid separator', function() {
+      it('the number is followed by a semicolon', function() {
+        var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+          '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="3;">'
+        );
+        assert.isFalse(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+      });
+
+      it('the number is followed by a comma', function() {
+        var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+          '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="3,">'
+        );
+        assert.isFalse(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+      });
+
+      it('the number is followed spaces, and then a separator', function() {
+        var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+          '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="3 \t\n;">'
+        );
+        assert.isFalse(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+      });
+
+      it('the separator is followed by non-separator characters', function() {
+        var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+          '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="3; https://deque.com/">'
+        );
+        assert.isFalse(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+      });
+
+      it('the separator is a space', function() {
+        var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+          '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="3 https://deque.com/">'
+        );
+        assert.isFalse(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+      });
     });
+  });
 
-    it('should return true if content value starts with 0', function() {
+  describe('returns true when invalid', function() {
+    it('the number is prefaced with a plus', function() {
       var checkArgs = checkSetup(
-        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="0;URL=something.html">'
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="+3">'
       );
+      assert.isTrue(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+    });
 
-      assert.isTrue(
-        axe.testUtils
-          .getCheckEvaluate('meta-refresh')
-          .apply(checkContext, checkArgs)
+    it('the number is prefaced with a minus', function() {
+      var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="-3">'
       );
+      assert.isTrue(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
     });
 
-    it('should return true if content value is 0', function() {
+    it('the number is prefaced with a letter', function() {
       var checkArgs = checkSetup(
-        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="0">'
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="a3">'
       );
+      assert.isTrue(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+    });
 
-      assert.isTrue(
-        axe.testUtils
-          .getCheckEvaluate('meta-refresh')
-          .apply(checkContext, checkArgs)
+    it('the number is followed by an invalid separator character', function() {
+      var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="3: https://deque.com/">'
       );
+      assert.isTrue(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
     });
+  });
 
-    it('should return true if there is no content value', function() {
-      var checkArgs = checkSetup('<meta id="target" name="refresh">');
+  describe('options.minDelay', function() {
+    it('returns false when the redirect number is greater than minDelay', function() {
+      var options = { minDelay: 2 };
+      var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="3">',
+        options
+      );
+      assert.isFalse(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+    });
 
-      assert.isTrue(
-        axe.testUtils
-          .getCheckEvaluate('meta-refresh')
-          .apply(checkContext, checkArgs)
+    it('returns true when the redirect number equals minDelay', function() {
+      var options = { minDelay: 3 };
+      var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="3">',
+        options
+      );
+      assert.isTrue(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+    });
+
+    it('returns true when the redirect number is less than minDelay', function() {
+      var options = { minDelay: 4 };
+      var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="3">',
+        options
+      );
+      assert.isTrue(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+    });
+
+    it('ignores minDelay when set to false', function() {
+      var options = { minDelay: false };
+      var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="0">',
+        options
+      );
+      assert.isFalse(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('options.maxDelay', function() {
+    it('returns true when the redirect number is greater than maxDelay', function() {
+      var options = { maxDelay: 2 };
+      var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="3">',
+        options
+      );
+      assert.isTrue(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+    });
+
+    it('returns false when the redirect number equals maxDelay', function() {
+      var options = { maxDelay: 3 };
+      var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="3">',
+        options
+      );
+      assert.isFalse(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+    });
+
+    it('returns false when the redirect number is less than maxDelay', function() {
+      var options = { maxDelay: 4 };
+      var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="3">',
+        options
+      );
+      assert.isFalse(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
+    });
+
+    it('ignores maxDelay when set to false', function() {
+      var options = { maxDelay: false };
+      var checkArgs = checkSetup(
+        '<meta id="target" name="refresh" content="9999">',
+        options
       );
+      assert.isFalse(metaRefreshCheck.apply(checkContext, checkArgs));
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-fail.js b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-fail.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c4fe0cb8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-fail.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+describe('meta-refresh fail', function() {
+  'use strict';
+
+  it('should be a violation', function(done) {
+    axe.run({ runOnly: 'meta-refresh' }, function(err, results) {
+      try {
+        assert.isNull(err);
+        assert.lengthOf(results.violations, 1, 'violations');
+        assert.lengthOf(results.passes, 0, 'passes');
+        assert.lengthOf(results.incomplete, 0, 'passes');
+        assert.lengthOf(results.inapplicable, 0, 'inapplicable');
+        done();
+      } catch (e) {
+        done(e);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-fail1.html b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-fail1.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2d554c318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-fail1.html
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf8" />
+    <title>Meta-refresh fail 1</title>
+    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10 https://deque.com/">
+    <link
+      rel="stylesheet"
+      type="text/css"
+      href="/node_modules/mocha/mocha.css"
+    />
+    <script src="/node_modules/mocha/mocha.js"></script>
+    <script src="/node_modules/chai/chai.js"></script>
+    <script src="/axe.js"></script>
+    <script>
+      mocha.setup({
+        timeout: 10000,
+        ui: 'bdd'
+      });
+      var assert = chai.assert;
+    </script>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="mocha"></div>
+    <script src="meta-refresh-fail.js"></script>
+    <script src="/test/integration/adapter.js"></script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-inapplicable.js b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-inapplicable.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fa5db444d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-inapplicable.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+describe('meta-refresh inapplicable', function() {
+  'use strict';
+
+  it('should be inapplicable', function(done) {
+    axe.run({ runOnly: 'meta-refresh' }, function(err, results) {
+      try {
+        assert.isNull(err);
+        assert.lengthOf(results.violations, 0, 'violations');
+        assert.lengthOf(results.passes, 0, 'passes');
+        assert.lengthOf(results.incomplete, 0, 'passes');
+        assert.lengthOf(results.inapplicable, 1, 'inapplicable');
+        done();
+      } catch (e) {
+        done(e);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-inapplicable1.html b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-inapplicable1.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80ca37c0bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-inapplicable1.html
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf8" />
+    <title>Meta-refresh inapplicable 1</title>
+    <!-- no content attribute -->
+    <meta http-equiv="refresh">
+    <link
+      rel="stylesheet"
+      type="text/css"
+      href="/node_modules/mocha/mocha.css"
+    />
+    <script src="/node_modules/mocha/mocha.js"></script>
+    <script src="/node_modules/chai/chai.js"></script>
+    <script src="/axe.js"></script>
+    <script>
+      mocha.setup({
+        timeout: 10000,
+        ui: 'bdd'
+      });
+      var assert = chai.assert;
+    </script>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="mocha"></div>
+    <script src="meta-refresh-inapplicable.js"></script>
+    <script src="/test/integration/adapter.js"></script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-inapplicable2.html b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-inapplicable2.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f0d7a975f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-inapplicable2.html
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf8" />
+    <title>Meta-refresh inapplicable 2</title>
+    <!-- no http-equiv="refresh" attribute -->
+    <meta http-equiv="something-else" content="5">
+    <link
+      rel="stylesheet"
+      type="text/css"
+      href="/node_modules/mocha/mocha.css"
+    />
+    <script src="/node_modules/mocha/mocha.js"></script>
+    <script src="/node_modules/chai/chai.js"></script>
+    <script src="/axe.js"></script>
+    <script>
+      mocha.setup({
+        timeout: 10000,
+        ui: 'bdd'
+      });
+      var assert = chai.assert;
+    </script>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="mocha"></div>
+    <script src="meta-refresh-inapplicable.js"></script>
+    <script src="/test/integration/adapter.js"></script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-pass.js b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-pass.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbcd53197c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-pass.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+describe('meta-refresh pass', function() {
+  'use strict';
+
+  it('should pass', function(done) {
+    axe.run({ runOnly: 'meta-refresh' }, function(err, results) {
+      try {
+        assert.isNull(err);
+        assert.lengthOf(results.violations, 0, 'violations');
+        assert.lengthOf(results.passes, 1, 'passes');
+        assert.lengthOf(results.incomplete, 0, 'passes');
+        done();
+      } catch (e) {
+        done(e);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-pass1.html b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-pass1.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..906df8e99e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-pass1.html
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf8" />
+    <title>Meta-refresh pass 1</title>
+    <!-- "-10" is not valid, this will be ignored -->
+    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="-10 https://deque.com/">
+    <link
+      rel="stylesheet"
+      type="text/css"
+      href="/node_modules/mocha/mocha.css"
+    />
+    <script src="/node_modules/mocha/mocha.js"></script>
+    <script src="/node_modules/chai/chai.js"></script>
+    <script src="/axe.js"></script>
+    <script>
+      mocha.setup({
+        timeout: 10000,
+        ui: 'bdd'
+      });
+      var assert = chai.assert;
+    </script>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="mocha"></div>
+    <script src="meta-refresh-pass.js"></script>
+    <script src="/test/integration/adapter.js"></script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-pass2.html b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-pass2.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f36b437d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/full/meta-refresh/meta-refresh-pass2.html
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf8" />
+    <title>Meta-refresh pass 1</title>
+    <!-- "90000" is greater than the minimum 20 hours (72000 seconds) -->
+    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="90000; https://deque.com/">
+    <link
+      rel="stylesheet"
+      type="text/css"
+      href="/node_modules/mocha/mocha.css"
+    />
+    <script src="/node_modules/mocha/mocha.js"></script>
+    <script src="/node_modules/chai/chai.js"></script>
+    <script src="/axe.js"></script>
+    <script>
+      mocha.setup({
+        timeout: 10000,
+        ui: 'bdd'
+      });
+      var assert = chai.assert;
+    </script>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="mocha"></div>
+    <script src="meta-refresh-pass.js"></script>
+    <script src="/test/integration/adapter.js"></script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/test/integration/virtual-rules/meta-refresh.js b/test/integration/virtual-rules/meta-refresh.js
index 9d316f3d4a..baac3085e9 100644
--- a/test/integration/virtual-rules/meta-refresh.js
+++ b/test/integration/virtual-rules/meta-refresh.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 describe('meta-refresh virtual-rule', function() {
-  it('should pass missing content', function() {
+  it('should be inapplicable for missing content', function() {
     var results = axe.runVirtualRule('meta-refresh', {
       nodeName: 'meta',
       attributes: {
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ describe('meta-refresh virtual-rule', function() {
       }
     });
 
-    assert.lengthOf(results.passes, 1);
+    assert.lengthOf(results.passes, 0);
     assert.lengthOf(results.violations, 0);
     assert.lengthOf(results.incomplete, 0);
+    assert.lengthOf(results.inapplicable, 1);
   });
 
   it('should pass for content=0', function() {