diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 31474bf0b6..0247356a25 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ _APP_EXECUTOR_SECRET=your-secret-key
 _APP_EXECUTOR_HOST=http://proxy/v1
 _APP_FUNCTIONS_RUNTIMES=php-8.0,node-18.0,python-3.9,ruby-3.1
 _APP_MAINTENANCE_INTERVAL=86400
+_APP_MAINTENANCE_DELAY=
 _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_CACHE=2592000
 _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_EXECUTION=1209600
 _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_ABUSE=86400
diff --git a/app/config/variables.php b/app/config/variables.php
index 533a85a840..ffc3cb998d 100644
--- a/app/config/variables.php
+++ b/app/config/variables.php
@@ -948,6 +948,15 @@ return [
                 'question' => '',
                 'filter' => ''
             ],
+            [
+                'name' => '_APP_MAINTENANCE_DELAY',
+                'description' => 'Delay value containing the number of seconds that the Appwrite maintenance process should wait before executing system cleanups and optimizations. The default value is 0 seconds.',
+                'introduction' => '1.5.0',
+                'default' => '0',
+                'required' => false,
+                'question' => '',
+                'filter' => ''
+            ],
             [
                 'name' => '_APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_CACHE',
                 'description' => 'The maximum duration (in seconds) upto which to retain cached files. The default value is 2592000 seconds (30 days).',
diff --git a/app/views/install/compose.phtml b/app/views/install/compose.phtml
index 3e227c1fc2..d1fd15a1b7 100644
--- a/app/views/install/compose.phtml
+++ b/app/views/install/compose.phtml
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ services:
       - _APP_LOGGING_PROVIDER
       - _APP_LOGGING_CONFIG
       - _APP_MAINTENANCE_INTERVAL
+      - _APP_MAINTENANCE_DELAY
       - _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_EXECUTION
       - _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_CACHE
       - _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_ABUSE
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 395923681d..e8433608d8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ services:
       - _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_AUDIT
       - _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_USAGE_HOURLY
       - _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_SCHEDULES
+      - _APP_MAINTENANCE_DELAY
 
   appwrite-worker-usage:
     entrypoint: worker-usage
diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/Maintenance.php b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/Maintenance.php
index 02198d26ca..8a263ac276 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/Maintenance.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/Maintenance.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class Maintenance extends Action
 
         // # of days in seconds (1 day = 86400s)
         $interval = (int) App::getEnv('_APP_MAINTENANCE_INTERVAL', '86400');
+        $delay = (int) App::getEnv('_APP_MAINTENANCE_DELAY', '0');
         $usageStatsRetentionHourly = (int) App::getEnv('_APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_USAGE_HOURLY', '8640000'); //100 days
         $cacheRetention = (int) App::getEnv('_APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_CACHE', '2592000'); // 30 days
         $schedulesDeletionRetention = (int) App::getEnv('_APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_SCHEDULES', '86400'); // 1 Day
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ class Maintenance extends Action
             $this->renewCertificates($dbForConsole, $queueForCertificates);
             $this->notifyDeleteCache($cacheRetention, $queueForDeletes);
             $this->notifyDeleteSchedules($schedulesDeletionRetention, $queueForDeletes);
-        }, $interval);
+        }, $interval, $delay);
     }
 
     protected function foreachProject(Database $dbForConsole, callable $callback): void