diff --git a/maven-deploy-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/deploy/AbstractDeployMojo.java b/maven-deploy-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/deploy/AbstractDeployMojo.java
index bc9c4c072a..2a93e28fd7 100644
--- a/maven-deploy-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/deploy/AbstractDeployMojo.java
+++ b/maven-deploy-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/deploy/AbstractDeployMojo.java
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractDeployMojo
     @Parameter( property = "retryFailedDeploymentCount", defaultValue = "1" )
     private int retryFailedDeploymentCount;
 
+    /**
+     * Parameter used to control how much time (in seconds) a failed deployment will be retried after a failed
+     * connection.
+     *
+     * @since 2.9
+     */
+    @Parameter( property = "retryFailedDeploymentDelay", defaultValue = "20" )
+    private int retryFailedDeploymentDelay;
+
     @Parameter( defaultValue = "${session}", readonly = true, required = true )
     private MavenSession session;
     
@@ -103,6 +112,11 @@ int getRetryFailedDeploymentCount()
         return retryFailedDeploymentCount;
     }
 
+    int getRetryFailedDeploymentDelay()
+    {
+        return retryFailedDeploymentDelay;
+    }
+
     protected ArtifactRepository createDeploymentArtifactRepository( String id, String url,
                                                                      ArtifactRepositoryLayout layout,
                                                                      boolean uniqueVersion2 )
diff --git a/maven-deploy-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/deploy/DeployMojo.java b/maven-deploy-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/deploy/DeployMojo.java
index 02c08806d8..418244a99d 100644
--- a/maven-deploy-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/deploy/DeployMojo.java
+++ b/maven-deploy-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/deploy/DeployMojo.java
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ public void execute()
                 .setProject( project )
                 .setUpdateReleaseInfo( isUpdateReleaseInfo() )
                 .setRetryFailedDeploymentCount( getRetryFailedDeploymentCount() )
+                .setRetryFailedDeploymentDelay( getRetryFailedDeploymentDelay() )
                 .setAltReleaseDeploymentRepository( altReleaseDeploymentRepository )
                 .setAltSnapshotDeploymentRepository( altSnapshotDeploymentRepository )
                 .setAltDeploymentRepository( altDeploymentRepository );