diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 4b6399be6e2..b0b4cab0f4e 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -2978,6 +2978,7 @@ standardConfig configs[] = {
     createIntConfig("rdb-key-save-delay", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, server.rdb_key_save_delay, 0, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, NULL),
     createIntConfig("key-load-delay", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, server.key_load_delay, 0, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, NULL),
     createIntConfig("active-expire-effort", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 1, 10, server.active_expire_effort, 1, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, NULL), /* From 1 to 10. */
+    createIntConfig("slow-expire-effort", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, -10, 10, server.slow_expire_effort, -5, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, NULL),
     createIntConfig("hz", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, INT_MAX, server.config_hz, CONFIG_DEFAULT_HZ, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, updateHZ),
     createIntConfig("min-replicas-to-write", "min-slaves-to-write", MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, INT_MAX, server.repl_min_slaves_to_write, 0, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, updateGoodSlaves),
     createIntConfig("min-replicas-max-lag", "min-slaves-max-lag", MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, 0, INT_MAX, server.repl_min_slaves_max_lag, 10, INTEGER_CONFIG, NULL, updateGoodSlaves),
diff --git a/src/expire.c b/src/expire.c
index 28d679079fc..2e8a43f9858 100644
--- a/src/expire.c
+++ b/src/expire.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void activeExpireCycle(int type) {
     config_cycle_fast_duration = ACTIVE_EXPIRE_CYCLE_FAST_DURATION +
                                  ACTIVE_EXPIRE_CYCLE_FAST_DURATION/4*effort,
     config_cycle_slow_time_perc = ACTIVE_EXPIRE_CYCLE_SLOW_TIME_PERC +
-                                  2*effort,
+                                  2*server.slow_expire_effort,
     config_cycle_acceptable_stale = ACTIVE_EXPIRE_CYCLE_ACCEPTABLE_STALE-
                                     effort;
 
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index 8fd17d1e266..e6ec4313683 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -1415,6 +1415,7 @@ struct redisServer {
     int tcpkeepalive;               /* Set SO_KEEPALIVE if non-zero. */
     int active_expire_enabled;      /* Can be disabled for testing purposes. */
     int active_expire_effort;       /* From 1 (default) to 10, active effort. */
+    int slow_expire_effort;         /* From -10 to 10, default -5, slow expire effort */
     int active_defrag_enabled;
     int sanitize_dump_payload;      /* Enables deep sanitization for ziplist and listpack in RDB and RESTORE. */
     int skip_checksum_validation;   /* Disables checksum validateion for RDB and RESTORE payload. */