diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6836b87c48..32923c9c5a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ We use *breaking* word for marking changes that are not backward compatible (rel
 - [#2238](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/pull/2238) Ruler: Fixed Issue #2204 bug in alert queue signalling filled up queue and alerts were dropped
 - [#2231](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/pull/2231) Bucket Web - Sort chunks by thanos.downsample.resolution for better grouping
 
+### Added
+
+- [#2265](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/pull/2265) Compactor: Add `--wait-interval` to specify compaction wait interval between consecutive compact runs when `--wait` enabled.
+
 ## [v0.11.0](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/releases/tag/v0.11.0) - 2020.03.02
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/cmd/thanos/compact.go b/cmd/thanos/compact.go
index c14bbac3a9..7d54845e76 100644
--- a/cmd/thanos/compact.go
+++ b/cmd/thanos/compact.go
@@ -103,9 +103,13 @@ func registerCompact(m map[string]setupFunc, app *kingpin.Application) {
 	retention5m := modelDuration(cmd.Flag("retention.resolution-5m", "How long to retain samples of resolution 1 (5 minutes) in bucket. Setting this to 0d will retain samples of this resolution forever").Default("0d"))
 	retention1h := modelDuration(cmd.Flag("retention.resolution-1h", "How long to retain samples of resolution 2 (1 hour) in bucket. Setting this to 0d will retain samples of this resolution forever").Default("0d"))
 
+	// TODO(kakkoyun): https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/issues/2266.
 	wait := cmd.Flag("wait", "Do not exit after all compactions have been processed and wait for new work.").
 		Short('w').Bool()
 
+	waitInterval := cmd.Flag("wait-interval", "Wait interval between consecutive compaction runs. Only works when --wait flag specified.").
+		Default("5m").Duration()
+
 	generateMissingIndexCacheFiles := cmd.Flag("index.generate-missing-cache-file", "If enabled, on startup compactor runs an on-off job that scans all the blocks to find all blocks with missing index cache file. It generates those if needed and upload.").
 		Hidden().Default("false").Bool()
 
@@ -146,6 +150,7 @@ func registerCompact(m map[string]setupFunc, app *kingpin.Application) {
 			*blockSyncConcurrency,
 			*compactionConcurrency,
 			selectorRelabelConf,
+			*waitInterval,
 		)
 	}
 }
@@ -170,6 +175,7 @@ func runCompact(
 	blockSyncConcurrency int,
 	concurrency int,
 	selectorRelabelConf *extflag.PathOrContent,
+	waitInterval time.Duration,
 ) error {
 	halted := promauto.With(reg).NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 		Name: "thanos_compactor_halted",
@@ -348,7 +354,7 @@ func runCompact(
 		}
 
 		// --wait=true is specified.
-		return runutil.Repeat(5*time.Minute, ctx.Done(), func() error {
+		return runutil.Repeat(waitInterval, ctx.Done(), func() error {
 			err := compactMainFn()
 			if err == nil {
 				iterations.Inc()
diff --git a/docs/components/compact.md b/docs/components/compact.md
index edd71eb7b1..4199daeed2 100644
--- a/docs/components/compact.md
+++ b/docs/components/compact.md
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ Flags:
                                samples of this resolution forever
   -w, --wait                   Do not exit after all compactions have been
                                processed and wait for new work.
+      --wait-interval=5m       Wait interval between consecutive compaction
+                               runs. Only works when --wait flag specified.
       --downsampling.disable   Disables downsampling. This is not recommended as
                                querying long time ranges without non-downsampled
                                data is not efficient and useful e.g it is not