diff --git a/superset/config.py b/superset/config.py
index c2da1db8b55c7..48c893abb2550 100644
--- a/superset/config.py
+++ b/superset/config.py
@@ -359,6 +359,9 @@ class CeleryConfig(object):
 # into a proxied one
 TRACKING_URL_TRANSFORMER = lambda x: x  # noqa: E731
 
+# Interval between consecutive polls when using Hive Engine
+HIVE_POLL_INTERVAL = 5
+
 try:
     if CONFIG_PATH_ENV_VAR in os.environ:
         # Explicitly import config module that is not in pythonpath; useful
diff --git a/superset/db_engine_specs.py b/superset/db_engine_specs.py
index e24627cc3354b..a39781feb225d 100644
--- a/superset/db_engine_specs.py
+++ b/superset/db_engine_specs.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 config = app.config
 
 tracking_url_trans = conf.get('TRACKING_URL_TRANSFORMER')
+hive_poll_interval = conf.get('HIVE_POLL_INTERVAL')
 
 Grain = namedtuple('Grain', 'name label function')
 
@@ -983,7 +984,7 @@ def handle_cursor(cls, cursor, query, session):
                     last_log_line = len(log_lines)
                 if needs_commit:
                     session.commit()
-            time.sleep(5)
+            time.sleep(hive_poll_interval)
             polled = cursor.poll()
 
     @classmethod