diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ScmConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ScmConfigKeys.java
index e5958b7b9046..d2a1330469af 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ScmConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ScmConfigKeys.java
@@ -246,6 +246,11 @@ public final class ScmConfigKeys {
   public static final int OZONE_SCM_HEARTBEAT_RPC_RETRY_COUNT_DEFAULT =
       15;
 
+  public static final String OZONE_SCM_HEARTBEAT_RPC_RETRY_INTERVAL =
+      "ozone.scm.heartbeat.rpc-retry-interval";
+  public static final String OZONE_SCM_HEARTBEAT_RPC_RETRY_INTERVAL_DEFAULT =
+      "1s";
+
   /**
    * Defines how frequently we will log the missing of heartbeat to a specific
    * SCM. In the default case we will write a warning message for each 10
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
index 9311937ce629..1dece14fc471 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
@@ -969,7 +969,17 @@
     <tag>OZONE, MANAGEMENT</tag>
     <description>
       Retry count for the RPC from Datanode to SCM. The rpc-retry-interval
-      is 1s. Make sure rpc-retry-count * (rpc-timeout + rpc-retry-interval)
+      is 1s by default. Make sure rpc-retry-count * (rpc-timeout +
+      rpc-retry-interval) is less than hdds.heartbeat.interval.
+    </description>
+  </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>ozone.scm.heartbeat.rpc-retry-interval</name>
+    <value>1s</value>
+    <tag>OZONE, MANAGEMENT</tag>
+    <description>
+      Retry interval for the RPC from Datanode to SCM.
+      Make sure rpc-retry-count * (rpc-timeout + rpc-retry-interval)
       is less than hdds.heartbeat.interval.
     </description>
   </property>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/statemachine/SCMConnectionManager.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/statemachine/SCMConnectionManager.java
index c7dd9c65ecf5..ffca599f8024 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/statemachine/SCMConnectionManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/statemachine/SCMConnectionManager.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableList;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.HddsServerUtil.getScmRpcTimeOutInMilliseconds;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.HddsServerUtil.getScmRpcRetryCount;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.HddsServerUtil.getScmRpcRetryInterval;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -151,8 +152,8 @@ public void addSCMServer(InetSocketAddress address) throws IOException {
 
       RetryPolicy retryPolicy =
           RetryPolicies.retryUpToMaximumCountWithFixedSleep(
-              getScmRpcRetryCount(conf),
-              1000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+              getScmRpcRetryCount(conf), getScmRpcRetryInterval(conf),
+              TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
 
       StorageContainerDatanodeProtocolPB rpcProxy = RPC.getProtocolProxy(
           StorageContainerDatanodeProtocolPB.class, version,
@@ -196,8 +197,8 @@ public void addReconServer(InetSocketAddress address) throws IOException {
 
       RetryPolicy retryPolicy =
           RetryPolicies.retryUpToMaximumCountWithFixedSleep(
-              getScmRpcRetryCount(conf),
-              1000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+              getScmRpcRetryCount(conf), getScmRpcRetryInterval(conf),
+              TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
       ReconDatanodeProtocolPB rpcProxy = RPC.getProtocolProxy(
           ReconDatanodeProtocolPB.class, version,
           address, UserGroupInformation.getCurrentUser(), hadoopConfig,
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/HddsServerUtil.java b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/HddsServerUtil.java
index d2273c373f91..2c2b5fcc3245 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/HddsServerUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/HddsServerUtil.java
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_HEARTBEAT_RPC_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_HEARTBEAT_RPC_RETRY_COUNT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_HEARTBEAT_RPC_RETRY_COUNT_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_HEARTBEAT_RPC_RETRY_INTERVAL;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_HEARTBEAT_RPC_RETRY_INTERVAL_DEFAULT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_STALENODE_INTERVAL;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_STALENODE_INTERVAL_DEFAULT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.server.ServerUtils.sanitizeUserArgs;
@@ -339,6 +341,18 @@ public static int getScmRpcRetryCount(ConfigurationSource conf) {
         OZONE_SCM_HEARTBEAT_RPC_RETRY_COUNT_DEFAULT);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Fixed datanode rpc retry interval, which is used by datanode to connect
+   * the SCM.
+   *
+   * @param conf - Ozone Config
+   * @return - Rpc retry interval.
+   */
+  public static long getScmRpcRetryInterval(ConfigurationSource conf) {
+    return conf.getTimeDuration(OZONE_SCM_HEARTBEAT_RPC_RETRY_INTERVAL,
+        OZONE_SCM_HEARTBEAT_RPC_RETRY_INTERVAL_DEFAULT, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Log Warn interval.
    *