diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java
index c871253aed6e4..7f0ec1076f127 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java
@@ -1475,6 +1475,10 @@ public String getGraphiteMetricPrefix() {
     return getString(HoodieMetricsGraphiteConfig.GRAPHITE_METRIC_PREFIX_VALUE);
   }
 
+  public int getGraphiteReportPeriodSeconds() {
+    return getInt(HoodieMetricsGraphiteConfig.GRAPHITE_REPORT_PERIOD_IN_SECONDS);
+  }
+
   public String getJmxHost() {
     return getString(HoodieMetricsJmxConfig.JMX_HOST_NAME);
   }
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/metrics/HoodieMetricsGraphiteConfig.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/metrics/HoodieMetricsGraphiteConfig.java
index 12987a7e1574e..25c4c6af4a4c2 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/metrics/HoodieMetricsGraphiteConfig.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/metrics/HoodieMetricsGraphiteConfig.java
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ public class HoodieMetricsGraphiteConfig extends HoodieConfig {
       .sinceVersion("0.5.1")
       .withDocumentation("Standard prefix applied to all metrics. This helps to add datacenter, environment information for e.g");
 
+  public static final ConfigProperty<Integer> GRAPHITE_REPORT_PERIOD_IN_SECONDS = ConfigProperty
+      .key(GRAPHITE_PREFIX + ".report.period.seconds")
+      .defaultValue(30)
+      .sinceVersion("0.10.0")
+      .withDocumentation("Graphite reporting period in seconds. Default to 30.");
+
   /**
    * @deprecated Use {@link #GRAPHITE_SERVER_HOST_NAME} and its methods instead
    */
@@ -126,6 +132,11 @@ public HoodieMetricsGraphiteConfig.Builder usePrefix(String prefix) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    public HoodieMetricsGraphiteConfig.Builder periodSeconds(String periodSeconds) {
+      hoodieMetricsGraphiteConfig.setValue(GRAPHITE_REPORT_PERIOD_IN_SECONDS, periodSeconds);
+      return this;
+    }
+
     public HoodieMetricsGraphiteConfig build() {
       hoodieMetricsGraphiteConfig.setDefaults(HoodieMetricsGraphiteConfig.class.getName());
       return hoodieMetricsGraphiteConfig;
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metrics/MetricsGraphiteReporter.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metrics/MetricsGraphiteReporter.java
index 9855ac0b0272d..c6dff8fd869ec 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metrics/MetricsGraphiteReporter.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/metrics/MetricsGraphiteReporter.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public class MetricsGraphiteReporter extends MetricsReporter {
   private final HoodieWriteConfig config;
   private String serverHost;
   private int serverPort;
+  private final int periodSeconds;
 
   public MetricsGraphiteReporter(HoodieWriteConfig config, MetricRegistry registry) {
     this.registry = registry;
@@ -56,12 +57,13 @@ public MetricsGraphiteReporter(HoodieWriteConfig config, MetricRegistry registry
     }
 
     this.graphiteReporter = createGraphiteReport();
+    this.periodSeconds = config.getGraphiteReportPeriodSeconds();
   }
 
   @Override
   public void start() {
     if (graphiteReporter != null) {
-      graphiteReporter.start(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+      graphiteReporter.start(periodSeconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
     } else {
       LOG.error("Cannot start as the graphiteReporter is null.");
     }
diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/metrics/TestHoodieGraphiteMetrics.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/metrics/TestHoodieGraphiteMetrics.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6ff7ee88ac8fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/metrics/TestHoodieGraphiteMetrics.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hudi.metrics;
+
+import org.apache.hudi.common.testutils.NetworkTestUtils;
+import org.apache.hudi.config.HoodieWriteConfig;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+
+import static org.apache.hudi.metrics.Metrics.registerGauge;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+/**
+ * Test for the Graphite metrics report.
+ */
+@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+public class TestHoodieGraphiteMetrics {
+
+  @Mock
+  HoodieWriteConfig config;
+
+  @AfterEach
+  void shutdownMetrics() {
+    Metrics.shutdown();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testRegisterGauge() {
+    when(config.isMetricsOn()).thenReturn(true);
+    when(config.getTableName()).thenReturn("table1");
+    when(config.getMetricsReporterType()).thenReturn(MetricsReporterType.GRAPHITE);
+    when(config.getGraphiteServerHost()).thenReturn("localhost");
+    when(config.getGraphiteServerPort()).thenReturn(NetworkTestUtils.nextFreePort());
+    when(config.getGraphiteReportPeriodSeconds()).thenReturn(30);
+    new HoodieMetrics(config);
+    registerGauge("graphite_metric", 123L);
+    assertEquals("123", Metrics.getInstance().getRegistry().getGauges()
+                            .get("graphite_metric").getValue().toString());
+  }
+}