diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 219a7ed5..03d481a6 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ func main() {
 			"--wbps-per-gb=\"vg1-prefix:100,vg2-prefix:200\"",
 	)
 
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().IntVar(
+		&config.NodeControllerPollingInterval, "node-polling-interval", 60, "The interval, in seconds, between node polling.",
+	)
+
 	err := cmd.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
 		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s", err.Error())
diff --git a/pkg/driver/agent.go b/pkg/driver/agent.go
index 9767da98..be4680a1 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/agent.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/agent.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func NewNode(d *CSIDriver) csi.NodeServer {
 
 	// start the lvm node resource watcher
 	go func() {
-		err := lvmnode.Start(&ControllerMutex, stopCh)
+		err := lvmnode.Start(&ControllerMutex, stopCh, d.config.NodeControllerPollingInterval)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Fatalf("Failed to start LVM node controller: %s", err.Error())
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/driver/config/config.go b/pkg/driver/config/config.go
index 04a7a837..b8eb2995 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/config/config.go
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// KubeAPIBurst is the burst to allow while talking with Kubernetes API server.
 	KubeAPIBurst int
+
+	// NodeControllerPollingInterval is the interval, in seconds, between node polling.
+	NodeControllerPollingInterval int
 }
 
 // Default returns a new instance of config
diff --git a/pkg/mgmt/lvmnode/builder.go b/pkg/mgmt/lvmnode/builder.go
index 2c8adb7e..9632a6c9 100644
--- a/pkg/mgmt/lvmnode/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/mgmt/lvmnode/builder.go
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ type NodeController struct {
 
 // This function returns controller object with all required keys set to watch over lvmnode object
 func newNodeController(kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, client dynamic.Interface,
-	dynInformer dynamicinformer.DynamicSharedInformerFactory, ownerRef metav1.OwnerReference) (*NodeController, error) {
+	dynInformer dynamicinformer.DynamicSharedInformerFactory, ownerRef metav1.OwnerReference,
+	pollInterval int) (*NodeController, error) {
 	//Creating informer for lvm node resource
 	nodeInformer := dynInformer.ForResource(noderesource).Informer()
 	eventBroadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ func newNodeController(kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, client dynamic.Interface
 				Name: "Node",
 			}),
 		recorder:     recorder,
-		pollInterval: 60 * time.Second,
+		pollInterval: time.Duration(pollInterval) * time.Second,
 		ownerRef:     ownerRef,
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/mgmt/lvmnode/start.go b/pkg/mgmt/lvmnode/start.go
index 6a24cbd7..3b242d0f 100644
--- a/pkg/mgmt/lvmnode/start.go
+++ b/pkg/mgmt/lvmnode/start.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Start starts the lvmnode controller.
-func Start(controllerMtx *sync.RWMutex, stopCh <-chan struct{}) error {
+func Start(controllerMtx *sync.RWMutex, stopCh <-chan struct{}, pollInterval int) error {
 
 	// Get in cluster config
 	cfg, err := k8sapi.Config().Get()
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func Start(controllerMtx *sync.RWMutex, stopCh <-chan struct{}) error {
 	// This lock is used to serialize the AddToScheme call of all controllers.
 	controllerMtx.Lock()
 
-	controller, err := newNodeController(kubeClient, openebsClientNew, nodeInformerFactory, ownerRef)
+	controller, err := newNodeController(kubeClient, openebsClientNew, nodeInformerFactory, ownerRef, pollInterval)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create new lvm node controller")
 	}