diff --git a/new-yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/Client.scala b/new-yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/Client.scala
index 94678815e806ad66680880e59ac4f7c01d1fd67c..9fdee29498c71e740074eb35e87462df7daef2f8 100644
--- a/new-yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/Client.scala
+++ b/new-yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/Client.scala
@@ -437,8 +437,10 @@ class Client(conf: Configuration, args: ClientArguments) extends YarnClientImpl
   }
 
   def monitorApplication(appId: ApplicationId): Boolean = {  
+    val interval = System.getProperty("spark.yarn.report.interval", "1000").toLong
+
     while (true) {
-      Thread.sleep(1000)
+      Thread.sleep(interval)
       val report = super.getApplicationReport(appId)
 
       logInfo("Application report from ASM: \n" +