diff --git a/app/config/variables.php b/app/config/variables.php
index 533a85a840..af55fdb6d0 100644
--- a/app/config/variables.php
+++ b/app/config/variables.php
@@ -948,6 +948,15 @@ return [
                 'question' => '',
                 'filter' => ''
             ],
+            [
+                'name' => '_APP_MAINTENANCE_DELAY',
+                'description' => 'Delay value containing the number of seconds that the Appwrite maintenance process should wait before executing system cleanups and optimizations. The default value is 20 seconds.',
+                'introduction' => '1.5.0',
+                'default' => '20',
+                'required' => false,
+                'question' => '',
+                'filter' => ''
+            ],
             [
                 'name' => '_APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_CACHE',
                 'description' => 'The maximum duration (in seconds) upto which to retain cached files. The default value is 2592000 seconds (30 days).',
diff --git a/app/views/install/compose.phtml b/app/views/install/compose.phtml
index 3e227c1fc2..d1fd15a1b7 100644
--- a/app/views/install/compose.phtml
+++ b/app/views/install/compose.phtml
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ services:
       - _APP_LOGGING_PROVIDER
       - _APP_LOGGING_CONFIG
       - _APP_MAINTENANCE_INTERVAL
+      - _APP_MAINTENANCE_DELAY
       - _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_EXECUTION
       - _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_CACHE
       - _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_ABUSE