diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageVmManager.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageVmManager.java
index b57b4430320..b534fc39e66 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageVmManager.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageVmManager.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package com.cloud.storage.secondary;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.config.ConfigKey;
+
 import com.cloud.agent.api.Command;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.StartupCommand;
 import com.cloud.host.HostVO;
@@ -28,6 +30,12 @@ import com.cloud.vm.SecondaryStorageVmVO;
 
 public interface SecondaryStorageVmManager extends Manager {
 
+    static final ConfigKey<Long> SecondaryStorageCapacityScanInterval = new ConfigKey<>("Advanced", Long.class,
+            "secstorage.capacityscan.interval",
+            "30000",
+            "The time interval(in millisecond) to scan whether or not system needs more SSVM to ensure minimal standby capacity",
+            false);
+
     public static final int DEFAULT_SS_VM_RAMSIZE = 512;            // 512M
     public static final int DEFAULT_SS_VM_CPUMHZ = 500;             // 500 MHz
     public static final int DEFAULT_SS_VM_MTUSIZE = 1500;
diff --git a/services/secondary-storage/controller/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/secondarystorage/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java b/services/secondary-storage/controller/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/secondarystorage/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java
index d63e261d501..aa03211d9c0 100644
--- a/services/secondary-storage/controller/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/secondarystorage/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java
+++ b/services/secondary-storage/controller/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/secondarystorage/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java
@@ -174,8 +174,6 @@ import com.cloud.vm.dao.VMInstanceDao;
 public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements SecondaryStorageVmManager, VirtualMachineGuru, SystemVmLoadScanHandler<Long>,
         ResourceStateAdapter, Configurable {
     private static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.class);
-
-    private static final int DEFAULT_CAPACITY_SCAN_INTERVAL_IN_MILLISECONDS = 30000;
     private static final int ACQUIRE_GLOBAL_LOCK_TIMEOUT_FOR_SYNC_IN_SECONDS = 180;
     private static final int STARTUP_DELAY_IN_MILLISECONDS = 60000;
 
@@ -252,8 +250,6 @@ public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Secondar
     private IndirectAgentLB indirectAgentLB;
     @Inject
     private CAManager caManager;
-
-    private long _capacityScanInterval = DEFAULT_CAPACITY_SCAN_INTERVAL_IN_MILLISECONDS;
     private int _secStorageVmMtuSize;
 
     private String _instance;
@@ -873,10 +869,6 @@ public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Secondar
         }
 
         _allowedInternalSites = _configDao.getValue("secstorage.allowed.internal.sites");
-
-        String value = configs.get("secstorage.capacityscan.interval");
-        _capacityScanInterval = NumbersUtil.parseLong(value, DEFAULT_CAPACITY_SCAN_INTERVAL_IN_MILLISECONDS);
-
         _instance = configs.get("instance.name");
         if (_instance == null) {
             _instance = "DEFAULT";
@@ -884,7 +876,7 @@ public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Secondar
 
         Map<String, String> agentMgrConfigs = _configDao.getConfiguration("AgentManager", params);
 
-        value = agentMgrConfigs.get("port");
+        String value = agentMgrConfigs.get("port");
         _mgmtPort = NumbersUtil.parseInt(value, 8250);
 
         _listener = new SecondaryStorageListener(this);
@@ -926,7 +918,7 @@ public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Secondar
 
         if (_useServiceVM) {
             _loadScanner = new SystemVmLoadScanner<>(this);
-            _loadScanner.initScan(STARTUP_DELAY_IN_MILLISECONDS, _capacityScanInterval);
+            _loadScanner.initScan(STARTUP_DELAY_IN_MILLISECONDS, SecondaryStorageCapacityScanInterval.value());
         }
 
         _httpProxy = configs.get(Config.SecStorageProxy.key());
@@ -1459,7 +1451,7 @@ public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Secondar
 
     @Override
     public ConfigKey<?>[] getConfigKeys() {
-        return new ConfigKey<?>[] {NTPServerConfig, MaxNumberOfSsvmsForMigration};
+        return new ConfigKey<?>[] {NTPServerConfig, MaxNumberOfSsvmsForMigration, SecondaryStorageCapacityScanInterval};
     }
 
 }