diff --git a/pkg/dbal/DbalContext.php b/pkg/dbal/DbalContext.php
index c775efc02..ce164ee27 100644
--- a/pkg/dbal/DbalContext.php
+++ b/pkg/dbal/DbalContext.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public function __construct($connection, array $config = [])
         $this->config = array_replace([
             'table_name' => 'enqueue',
             'polling_interval' => null,
+            'subscription_interval' => null,
         ], $config);
 
         if ($connection instanceof Connection) {
@@ -135,6 +136,10 @@ public function createSubscriptionConsumer(): SubscriptionConsumer
             $consumer->setRedeliveryDelay($this->config['redelivery_delay']);
         }
 
+        if (isset($this->config['subscription_interval'])) {
+            $consumer->setSubscriptionInterval($this->config['subscription_interval']);
+        }
+
         return $consumer;
     }
 
diff --git a/pkg/dbal/DbalSubscriptionConsumer.php b/pkg/dbal/DbalSubscriptionConsumer.php
index 60d30cc7e..999679fc6 100644
--- a/pkg/dbal/DbalSubscriptionConsumer.php
+++ b/pkg/dbal/DbalSubscriptionConsumer.php
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ class DbalSubscriptionConsumer implements SubscriptionConsumer
      */
     private $redeliveryDelay;
 
+    /**
+     * Time to wait between subscription requests in milliseconds.
+     *
+     * @var int
+     */
+    private $subscriptionInterval = 200;
+
     /**
      * @param DbalContext $context
      */
@@ -63,6 +70,13 @@ public function setRedeliveryDelay(int $redeliveryDelay): self
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function setSubscriptionInterval(int $subscriptionInterval): self
+    {
+        $this->subscriptionInterval = $subscriptionInterval;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     public function consume(int $timeout = 0): void
     {
         if (empty($this->subscribers)) {
@@ -92,7 +106,7 @@ public function consume(int $timeout = 0): void
                  * @var DbalConsumer
                  * @var callable     $callback
                  */
-                list($consumer, $callback) = $this->subscribers[$message->getQueue()];
+                [$consumer, $callback] = $this->subscribers[$message->getQueue()];
 
                 if (false === call_user_func($callback, $message, $consumer)) {
                     return;
@@ -102,7 +116,7 @@ public function consume(int $timeout = 0): void
             } else {
                 $currentQueueNames = [];
 
-                usleep(200000); // 200ms
+                usleep($this->subscriptionInterval * 1000); // 200ms
             }
 
             if ($timeout && microtime(true) >= $now + $timeout) {