diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fcfba59d..ca2d840a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.confluent.kafka.connect</groupId>
     <artifactId>kafka-connect-datagen</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafka/connect/datagen/DatagenConnectorConfig.java b/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafka/connect/datagen/DatagenConnectorConfig.java
index 59974bbf..3231611f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafka/connect/datagen/DatagenConnectorConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafka/connect/datagen/DatagenConnectorConfig.java
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ public class DatagenConnectorConfig extends AbstractConfig {
   private static final String KAFKA_TOPIC_DOC = "Topic to write to";
   public static final String MAXINTERVAL_CONF = "max.interval";
   private static final String MAXINTERVAL_DOC = "Max interval between messages (ms)";
+  private static final String STATICINTERVAL_CONF = "static.interval";
+  private static final String STATICINTERVAL_DOC = "Static interval between messages (ms), "
+      + "when set ignores max.interval setting";
   public static final String ITERATIONS_CONF = "iterations";
   private static final String ITERATIONS_DOC = "Number of messages to send from each task, "
       + "or less than 1 for unlimited";
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ public static ConfigDef conf() {
     return new ConfigDef()
         .define(KAFKA_TOPIC_CONF, Type.STRING, Importance.HIGH, KAFKA_TOPIC_DOC)
         .define(MAXINTERVAL_CONF, Type.LONG, 500L, Importance.HIGH, MAXINTERVAL_DOC)
+        .define(STATICINTERVAL_CONF, Type.LONG, 0L, Importance.HIGH, STATICINTERVAL_DOC)
         .define(ITERATIONS_CONF, Type.INT, -1, Importance.HIGH, ITERATIONS_DOC)
         .define(SCHEMA_STRING_CONF,
           Type.STRING,
@@ -100,6 +104,10 @@ public Long getMaxInterval() {
     return this.getLong(MAXINTERVAL_CONF);
   }
 
+  public Long getStaticInterval() {
+    return this.getLong(STATICINTERVAL_CONF);
+  }
+
   public Integer getIterations() {
     return this.getInt(ITERATIONS_CONF);
   }
@@ -194,4 +202,3 @@ public void ensureValid(String name, Object value) {
     }
   }
 }
-
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafka/connect/datagen/DatagenTask.java b/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafka/connect/datagen/DatagenTask.java
index 883a3b59..9a8254b1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafka/connect/datagen/DatagenTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafka/connect/datagen/DatagenTask.java
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@ public class DatagenTask extends SourceTask {
   public static final String CURRENT_ITERATION = "current.iteration";
   public static final String RANDOM_SEED = "random.seed";
 
-
   private DatagenConnectorConfig config;
   private String topic;
   private long maxInterval;
+  private long staticInterval;
+  private long interval;
   private int maxRecords;
   private long count = 0L;
   private String schemaKeyField;
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ public void start(Map<String, String> props) {
     config = new DatagenConnectorConfig(props);
     topic = config.getKafkaTopic();
     maxInterval = config.getMaxInterval();
+    staticInterval = config.getStaticInterval();
     maxRecords = config.getIterations();
     schemaKeyField = config.getSchemaKeyfield();
     taskGeneration = 0;
@@ -108,13 +110,16 @@ public void start(Map<String, String> props) {
   @Override
   public List<SourceRecord> poll() throws InterruptedException {
 
-    if (maxInterval > 0) {
-      try {
-        Thread.sleep((long) (maxInterval * Math.random()));
-      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-        Thread.interrupted();
-        return null;
-      }
+    if (staticInterval > 0) {
+      interval = staticInterval;
+    } else if (maxInterval > 0) {
+      interval = (long) (maxInterval * Math.random());
+    }
+    try {
+      Thread.sleep(interval);
+    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      Thread.interrupted();
+      return null;
     }
 
     final Object generatedObject = generator.generate();