diff --git a/cmd/azure-keyvault-controller/main.go b/cmd/azure-keyvault-controller/main.go
index 17b04460..62bb9b2e 100644
--- a/cmd/azure-keyvault-controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/azure-keyvault-controller/main.go
@@ -57,12 +57,14 @@ import (
 const controllerAgentName = "azurekeyvaultcontroller"
 
 var (
-	version            string
-	kubeconfig         string
-	masterURL          string
-	cloudconfig        string
-	logFormat          string
-	watchAllNamespaces bool
+	version                   string
+	kubeconfig                string
+	masterURL                 string
+	cloudconfig               string
+	logFormat                 string
+	watchAllNamespaces        bool
+	kubeResyncPeriod          int
+	azureKeyVaultResyncPeriod int
 )
 
 func initConfig() {
@@ -82,6 +84,8 @@ func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&masterURL, "master", "", "The address of the Kubernetes API server. Overrides any value in kubeconfig. Only required if out-of-cluster.")
 	flag.StringVar(&cloudconfig, "cloudconfig", "/etc/kubernetes/azure.json", "Path to cloud config. Only required if this is not at default location /etc/kubernetes/azure.json")
 	flag.BoolVar(&watchAllNamespaces, "watch-all-namespaces", true, "Watch for custom resources in all namespaces, if set to false it will only watch the runtime namespace.")
+	flag.IntVar(&kubeResyncPeriod, "kube-resync-period", 30, "Resync period for kubernetes changes, in seconds. Defaults to 30.")
+	flag.IntVar(&azureKeyVaultResyncPeriod, "azure-resync-period", 30, "Resync period for Azure Key Vault changes, in seconds. Defaults to 30.")
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -158,8 +162,8 @@ func main() {
 			options.LabelSelector = labelSelectorAppender(options.LabelSelector, objectLabelSet)
 		}))
 	}
-	kubeInformerFactory := kubeinformers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(kubeClient, time.Second*30, kubeInformerOptions...)
-	azureKeyVaultSecretInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(azureKeyVaultSecretClient, time.Second*30, akvInformerOptions...)
+	kubeInformerFactory := kubeinformers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(kubeClient, time.Second*time.Duration(kubeResyncPeriod), kubeInformerOptions...)
+	azureKeyVaultSecretInformerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(azureKeyVaultSecretClient, time.Second*time.Duration(azureKeyVaultResyncPeriod), akvInformerOptions...)
 
 	klog.InfoS("Creating event broadcaster")
 	eventBroadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()