diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 772c5ef8..f5d892a7 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const (
 	defaultMaxRPCConcurrentReqs  = 20
 	defaultDbType                = "ffldb"
 	defaultFreeTxRelayLimit      = 15.0
+	defaultTrickleTimeout        = time.Second * 10
 	defaultBlockMinSize          = 0
 	defaultBlockMaxSize          = 750000
 	defaultBlockMinWeight        = 0
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ type config struct {
 	MinRelayTxFee        float64       `long:"minrelaytxfee" description:"The minimum transaction fee in BTC/kB to be considered a non-zero fee."`
 	FreeTxRelayLimit     float64       `long:"limitfreerelay" description:"Limit relay of transactions with no transaction fee to the given amount in thousands of bytes per minute"`
 	NoRelayPriority      bool          `long:"norelaypriority" description:"Do not require free or low-fee transactions to have high priority for relaying"`
+	TrickleTimeout       time.Duration `long:"trickletimeout" description:"Minimum time between attempts to send new inventory to a connected peer"`
 	MaxOrphanTxs         int           `long:"maxorphantx" description:"Max number of orphan transactions to keep in memory"`
 	Generate             bool          `long:"generate" description:"Generate (mine) bitcoins using the CPU"`
 	MiningAddrs          []string      `long:"miningaddr" description:"Add the specified payment address to the list of addresses to use for generated blocks -- At least one address is required if the generate option is set"`
@@ -415,6 +417,7 @@ func loadConfig() (*config, []string, error) {
 		RPCCert:              defaultRPCCertFile,
 		MinRelayTxFee:        mempool.DefaultMinRelayTxFee.ToBTC(),
 		FreeTxRelayLimit:     defaultFreeTxRelayLimit,
+		TrickleTimeout:       defaultTrickleTimeout,
 		BlockMinSize:         defaultBlockMinSize,
 		BlockMaxSize:         defaultBlockMaxSize,
 		BlockMinWeight:       defaultBlockMinWeight,
diff --git a/peer/example_test.go b/peer/example_test.go
index e4429f85..5c4b570d 100644
--- a/peer/example_test.go
+++ b/peer/example_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ func mockRemotePeer() error {
 		UserAgentName:    "peer",  // User agent name to advertise.
 		UserAgentVersion: "1.0.0", // User agent version to advertise.
 		ChainParams:      &chaincfg.SimNetParams,
+		TrickleTimeout:   time.Second * 10,
 	}
 
 	// Accept connections on the simnet port.
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ func Example_newOutboundPeer() {
 		UserAgentVersion: "1.0.0", // User agent version to advertise.
 		ChainParams:      &chaincfg.SimNetParams,
 		Services:         0,
+		TrickleTimeout:   time.Second * 10,
 		Listeners: peer.MessageListeners{
 			OnVersion: func(p *peer.Peer, msg *wire.MsgVersion) {
 				fmt.Println("outbound: received version")
diff --git a/peer/peer.go b/peer/peer.go
index 2fdf3e42..f0dd5706 100644
--- a/peer/peer.go
+++ b/peer/peer.go
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ const (
 	// stalling.  The deadlines are adjusted for callback running times and
 	// only checked on each stall tick interval.
 	stallResponseTimeout = 30 * time.Second
-
-	// trickleTimeout is the duration of the ticker which trickles down the
-	// inventory to a peer.
-	trickleTimeout = 10 * time.Second
 )
 
 var (
@@ -268,6 +264,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Listeners houses callback functions to be invoked on receiving peer
 	// messages.
 	Listeners MessageListeners
+
+	// TrickleTimeout is the duration of the ticker which trickles down the
+	// inventory to a peer.
+	TrickleTimeout time.Duration
 }
 
 // minUint32 is a helper function to return the minimum of two uint32s.
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ out:
 func (p *Peer) queueHandler() {
 	pendingMsgs := list.New()
 	invSendQueue := list.New()
-	trickleTicker := time.NewTicker(trickleTimeout)
+	trickleTicker := time.NewTicker(p.cfg.TrickleTimeout)
 	defer trickleTicker.Stop()
 
 	// We keep the waiting flag so that we know if we have a message queued
diff --git a/peer/peer_test.go b/peer/peer_test.go
index 34ab1144..e87d2f95 100644
--- a/peer/peer_test.go
+++ b/peer/peer_test.go
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ func TestPeerConnection(t *testing.T) {
 		ChainParams:       &chaincfg.MainNetParams,
 		ProtocolVersion:   wire.RejectVersion, // Configure with older version
 		Services:          0,
+		TrickleTimeout:    time.Second * 10,
 	}
 	peer2Cfg := &peer.Config{
 		Listeners:         peer1Cfg.Listeners,
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ func TestPeerConnection(t *testing.T) {
 		UserAgentComments: []string{"comment"},
 		ChainParams:       &chaincfg.MainNetParams,
 		Services:          wire.SFNodeNetwork | wire.SFNodeWitness,
+		TrickleTimeout:    time.Second * 10,
 	}
 
 	wantStats1 := peerStats{
@@ -447,6 +449,7 @@ func TestPeerListeners(t *testing.T) {
 		UserAgentComments: []string{"comment"},
 		ChainParams:       &chaincfg.MainNetParams,
 		Services:          wire.SFNodeBloom,
+		TrickleTimeout:    time.Second * 10,
 	}
 	inConn, outConn := pipe(
 		&conn{raddr: "10.0.0.1:8333"},
@@ -617,6 +620,7 @@ func TestOutboundPeer(t *testing.T) {
 		UserAgentComments: []string{"comment"},
 		ChainParams:       &chaincfg.MainNetParams,
 		Services:          0,
+		TrickleTimeout:    time.Second * 10,
 	}
 
 	r, w := io.Pipe()
@@ -757,6 +761,7 @@ func TestUnsupportedVersionPeer(t *testing.T) {
 		UserAgentComments: []string{"comment"},
 		ChainParams:       &chaincfg.MainNetParams,
 		Services:          0,
+		TrickleTimeout:    time.Second * 10,
 	}
 
 	localNA := wire.NewNetAddressIPPort(
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 906eb57e..a581a081 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -1943,6 +1943,7 @@ func newPeerConfig(sp *serverPeer) *peer.Config {
 		Services:          sp.server.services,
 		DisableRelayTx:    cfg.BlocksOnly,
 		ProtocolVersion:   peer.MaxProtocolVersion,
+		TrickleTimeout:    cfg.TrickleTimeout,
 	}
 }