diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/normalizer/RegionNormalizerWorker.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/normalizer/RegionNormalizerWorker.java
index 0a701cd3ad63..df7d91767aa9 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/normalizer/RegionNormalizerWorker.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/normalizer/RegionNormalizerWorker.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.conf.ConfigurationObserver;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.conf.PropagatingConfigurationObserver;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterServices;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.compactions.OffPeakHours;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ class RegionNormalizerWorker implements PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Runnab
   private long splitPlanCount;
   private long mergePlanCount;
   private final AtomicLong cumulativePlansSizeLimitMb;
+  private final OffPeakHours offPeakHours;
 
   RegionNormalizerWorker(final Configuration configuration, final MasterServices masterServices,
     final RegionNormalizer regionNormalizer, final RegionNormalizerWorkQueue<TableName> workQueue) {
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ class RegionNormalizerWorker implements PropagatingConfigurationObserver, Runnab
     this.defaultNormalizerTableLevel = extractDefaultNormalizerValue(configuration);
     this.cumulativePlansSizeLimitMb = new AtomicLong(
       configuration.getLong(CUMULATIVE_SIZE_LIMIT_MB_KEY, DEFAULT_CUMULATIVE_SIZE_LIMIT_MB));
+    this.offPeakHours = OffPeakHours.getInstance(configuration);
   }
 
   private boolean extractDefaultNormalizerValue(final Configuration configuration) {
@@ -186,6 +190,10 @@ public void run() {
         LOG.debug("interrupt detected. terminating.");
         break;
       }
+      if (!offPeakHours.equals(OffPeakHours.DISABLED) && !offPeakHours.isOffPeakHour()) {
+        sleepToNextHour();
+        continue;
+      }
       final TableName tableName;
       try {
         tableName = workQueue.take();
@@ -199,6 +207,22 @@ public void run() {
     }
   }
 
+  private void sleepToNextHour() {
+    LOG.info("offpeak hours is configured and we'll wait for offpeak hours to continue normalising.");
+    Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
+    Calendar nextHour = (Calendar) now.clone();
+    nextHour.add(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 1);
+    nextHour.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
+    nextHour.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
+    nextHour.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
+    try {
+      Thread.sleep(nextHour.getTimeInMillis() - now.getTimeInMillis());
+    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      LOG.warn("Interrupted while waiting to next hour.");
+      e.printStackTrace();
+    }
+  }
+
   private List<NormalizationPlan> calculatePlans(final TableName tableName) {
     if (masterServices.skipRegionManagementAction("region normalizer")) {
       return Collections.emptyList();
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/normalizer/TestRegionNormalizerWorker.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/normalizer/TestRegionNormalizerWorker.java
index c5f0a201cb0c..4e90f6e3baf5 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/normalizer/TestRegionNormalizerWorker.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/normalizer/TestRegionNormalizerWorker.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.comparesEqualTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThanOrEqualTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptorBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterServices;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.compactions.OffPeakHours;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MasterTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.SmallTests;
 import org.hamcrest.Description;
@@ -234,6 +236,40 @@ public void testPlansSizeLimit() throws Exception {
       comparesEqualTo(1L));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testNormalizerWorkInOffpeak() throws Exception {
+    final TableName tn = tableName.getTableName();
+    final TableDescriptor tnDescriptor =
+      TableDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(tn).setNormalizationEnabled(true).build();
+    when(masterServices.getTableDescriptors().get(tn)).thenReturn(tnDescriptor);
+    when(masterServices.mergeRegions(any(), anyBoolean(), anyLong(), anyLong())).thenReturn(1L);
+    when(regionNormalizer.computePlansForTable(tnDescriptor)).thenReturn(singletonList(
+      new MergeNormalizationPlan.Builder().addTarget(RegionInfoBuilder.newBuilder(tn).build(), 10)
+        .addTarget(RegionInfoBuilder.newBuilder(tn).build(), 20).build()));
+
+    Configuration configuration = testingUtility.getConfiguration();
+    configuration.set("hbase.offpeak.start.hour", "16");
+    configuration.set("hbase.offpeak.end.hour", "17");
+
+    RegionNormalizerWorker worker =
+      new RegionNormalizerWorker(configuration, masterServices, regionNormalizer, queue);
+    long beforeMergePlanCount = worker.getMergePlanCount();
+    workerPool.submit(worker);
+    queue.put(tn);
+
+    Thread.sleep(5000);
+
+    OffPeakHours offPeakHours = OffPeakHours.getInstance(configuration);
+    if (offPeakHours.isOffPeakHour()) {
+      assertThatEventually("executing work should see plan count increase",
+        worker::getMergePlanCount, greaterThan(beforeMergePlanCount));
+    } else {
+      assertThatEventually("executing work should see plan count unchanged",
+        worker::getMergePlanCount, equalTo(beforeMergePlanCount));
+    }
+    workerPool.shutdownNow();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Repeatedly evaluates {@code matcher} against the result of calling {@code actualSupplier} until
    * the matcher succeeds or the timeout period of 30 seconds is exhausted.