diff --git a/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/common/conf/ConfigDefaults.java b/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/common/conf/ConfigDefaults.java
index 246950a5500e..42ae18d98e77 100644
--- a/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/common/conf/ConfigDefaults.java
+++ b/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/common/conf/ConfigDefaults.java
@@ -369,6 +369,11 @@ public class ConfigDefaults {
      */
     public static final String UNIFY_CUSTOM_CHANNEL_MANAGEMENT = "java.unify_custom_channel_management";
 
+    /**
+     * Specify the number of minutes to wait before performing a system reboot
+     * */
+    public static final String MINUTES_TO_WAIT_BEFORE_REBOOT = "minutes_to_wait_before_reboot";
+
     /**
      * Disable SSL redirection
      */
@@ -1147,4 +1152,12 @@ public boolean isSsl() {
     public long getRhuiDefaultOrgId() {
         return Config.get().getInt(RHUI_DEFAULT_ORG_ID, 1);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of minutes to wait before performing a system reboot
+     * @return the minutes to wait before a system reboot
+     * */
+    public int getMinutesToWaitBeforeReboot() {
+        return Config.get().getInt(MINUTES_TO_WAIT_BEFORE_REBOOT, 3);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/java/code/src/com/suse/manager/webui/services/SaltServerActionService.java b/java/code/src/com/suse/manager/webui/services/SaltServerActionService.java
index f3881187a5cc..2a01d9a02003 100644
--- a/java/code/src/com/suse/manager/webui/services/SaltServerActionService.java
+++ b/java/code/src/com/suse/manager/webui/services/SaltServerActionService.java
@@ -1273,10 +1273,11 @@ private Map<LocalCall<?>, List<MinionSummary>> hardwareRefreshListAction(
     }
 
     private Map<LocalCall<?>, List<MinionSummary>> rebootAction(List<MinionSummary> minionSummaries) {
+        int minutesToWaitBeforeReboot = ConfigDefaults.get().getMinutesToWaitBeforeReboot();
         return minionSummaries.stream().collect(
             Collectors.groupingBy(
                 m -> m.isTransactionalUpdate() ? TransactionalUpdate.reboot() :
-                        com.suse.salt.netapi.calls.modules.System.reboot(Optional.of(3))
+                        com.suse.salt.netapi.calls.modules.System.reboot(Optional.of(minutesToWaitBeforeReboot))
             )
         );
     }