diff --git a/tez-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/api/TezConfiguration.java b/tez-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/api/TezConfiguration.java
index c81549ceef..596c57adc3 100644
--- a/tez-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/api/TezConfiguration.java
+++ b/tez-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/api/TezConfiguration.java
@@ -2309,6 +2309,16 @@ static Set<String> getPropertySet() {
   public static final String TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INTERVAL = "tez.thread.dump.interval";
   public static final String TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INTERVAL_DEFAULT = "100ms";
 
+  /**
+   * Time after which the first thread dump should be captured. Supports TimeUnits. This is effective only
+   * when org.apache.tez.dag.app.ThreadDumpDAGHook is configured to tez.am.hooks or
+   * org.apache.tez.runtime.task.ThreadDumpTaskAttemptHook is configured to tez.task.attempt.hooks.
+   */
+  @ConfigurationScope(Scope.DAG)
+  @ConfigurationProperty
+  public static final String TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INITIAL_DELAY = "tez.thread.dump.initial.delay";
+  public static final String TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INITIAL_DELAY_DEFAULT = "0ms";
+
   /**
    * Limits the amount of data that can be written to LocalFileSystem by a Task.
    */
diff --git a/tez-runtime-internals/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/runtime/TezThreadDumpHelper.java b/tez-runtime-internals/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/runtime/TezThreadDumpHelper.java
index 8b4baacfb6..f06dbe50c5 100644
--- a/tez-runtime-internals/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/runtime/TezThreadDumpHelper.java
+++ b/tez-runtime-internals/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/runtime/TezThreadDumpHelper.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_NM_REMOTE_APP_LOG_DIR;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration.NM_REMOTE_APP_LOG_DIR;
+import static org.apache.tez.dag.api.TezConfiguration.TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INITIAL_DELAY;
+import static org.apache.tez.dag.api.TezConfiguration.TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INITIAL_DELAY_DEFAULT;
 import static org.apache.tez.dag.api.TezConfiguration.TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INTERVAL;
 import static org.apache.tez.dag.api.TezConfiguration.TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INTERVAL_DEFAULT;
 
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.lang.management.ThreadInfo;
 import java.lang.management.ThreadMXBean;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -49,7 +52,8 @@
 
 public class TezThreadDumpHelper {
 
-  private final long duration;
+  private final long threadDumpFrequency;
+  private final long threadDumpInitialDelay;
   private final Path basePath;
   private final FileSystem fs;
 
@@ -58,8 +62,10 @@ public class TezThreadDumpHelper {
 
   private ScheduledExecutorService periodicThreadDumpServiceExecutor;
 
-  private TezThreadDumpHelper(long duration, Configuration conf) throws IOException {
-    this.duration = duration;
+  private TezThreadDumpHelper(long threadDumpFrequency, long threadDumpInitialDelay, Configuration conf)
+      throws IOException {
+    this.threadDumpFrequency = threadDumpFrequency;
+    this.threadDumpInitialDelay = threadDumpInitialDelay;
     Appender appender = org.apache.log4j.Logger.getRootLogger().getAppender(TezConstants.TEZ_CONTAINER_LOGGER_NAME);
     if (appender instanceof TezContainerLogAppender) {
       this.basePath = new Path(((TezContainerLogAppender) appender).getContainerLogDir());
@@ -69,18 +75,21 @@ private TezThreadDumpHelper(long duration, Configuration conf) throws IOExceptio
       this.basePath = new Path(conf.get(NM_REMOTE_APP_LOG_DIR, DEFAULT_NM_REMOTE_APP_LOG_DIR));
       this.fs = this.basePath.getFileSystem(conf);
     }
-    LOG.info("Periodic Thread Dump Capture Service Configured to capture Thread Dumps at {} ms frequency and at " +
-        "path: {}", duration, basePath);
+    LOG.info("Periodic Thread Dump Capture Service Configured to capture Thread Dumps at {} ms frequency and at "
+        + "path: {} with an initial delay of {}", threadDumpFrequency, basePath, threadDumpInitialDelay);
   }
 
   public static TezThreadDumpHelper getInstance(Configuration conf) {
-    long periodicThreadDumpFrequency = conf.getTimeDuration(TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INTERVAL,
-        TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INTERVAL_DEFAULT, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
-    Preconditions.checkArgument(periodicThreadDumpFrequency > 0, "%s must be positive duration",
-        TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INTERVAL);
+    long threadDumpFrequency =
+        conf.getTimeDuration(TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INTERVAL, TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INTERVAL_DEFAULT, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(threadDumpFrequency > 0, "%s must be positive duration", TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INTERVAL);
+    long threadDumpInitialDelay =
+        conf.getTimeDuration(TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INITIAL_DELAY, TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INITIAL_DELAY_DEFAULT,
+            TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(threadDumpInitialDelay >= 0, "%s can not be negative", TEZ_THREAD_DUMP_INITIAL_DELAY);
 
     try {
-      return new TezThreadDumpHelper(periodicThreadDumpFrequency, conf);
+      return new TezThreadDumpHelper(threadDumpFrequency, threadDumpInitialDelay, conf);
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new TezUncheckedException("Can not initialize periodic thread dump service", e);
     }
@@ -91,7 +100,8 @@ public TezThreadDumpHelper start(String name) {
         new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setDaemon(true).setNameFormat("PeriodicThreadDumpService{" + name + "} #%d")
             .build());
     Runnable threadDumpCollector = new ThreadDumpCollector(basePath, name, fs);
-    periodicThreadDumpServiceExecutor.schedule(threadDumpCollector, duration, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+    periodicThreadDumpServiceExecutor.scheduleWithFixedDelay(threadDumpCollector, threadDumpInitialDelay,
+        threadDumpFrequency, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     return this;
   }
 
@@ -128,7 +138,7 @@ public void run() {
       if (!Thread.interrupted()) {
         try (FSDataOutputStream fsStream = fs.create(
             new Path(path, name + "_" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".jstack"));
-            PrintStream printStream = new PrintStream(fsStream, false, "UTF8")) {
+            PrintStream printStream = new PrintStream(fsStream, false, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
           printThreadInfo(printStream, name);
         } catch (IOException e) {
           throw new RuntimeException(e);
diff --git a/tez-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/tez/test/TestTezJobs.java b/tez-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/tez/test/TestTezJobs.java
index d8a5c1d3f9..5c0f2a2b9d 100644
--- a/tez-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/tez/test/TestTezJobs.java
+++ b/tez-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/tez/test/TestTezJobs.java
@@ -628,18 +628,24 @@ private static void validateThreadDumpCaptured(Path jstackPath) throws IOExcepti
     RemoteIterator<LocatedFileStatus> files = localFs.listFiles(jstackPath, true);
     boolean appMasterDumpFound = false;
     boolean tezChildDumpFound = false;
+    int numAppMasterDumps = 0;
+    int numTezChildDumps = 0;
     while (files.hasNext()) {
       LocatedFileStatus file = files.next();
       if (file.getPath().getName().endsWith(".jstack")) {
         if (file.getPath().getName().contains("attempt")) {
           tezChildDumpFound = true;
+          numTezChildDumps++;
         } else {
           appMasterDumpFound = true;
+          numAppMasterDumps++;
         }
       }
     }
     assertTrue(tezChildDumpFound);
     assertTrue(appMasterDumpFound);
+    assertTrue(numAppMasterDumps >= 2);
+    assertTrue(numTezChildDumps >= 2);
   }
 
   /**