diff --git a/puppet/services/metrics/collectd.yaml b/puppet/services/metrics/collectd.yaml
index 3b1d97d866..ad6bf40e58 100644
--- a/puppet/services/metrics/collectd.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/metrics/collectd.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ parameters:
     type: string
     description: Keystone region for endpoint
     default: 'regionOne'
+  CollectdDefaultPollingInterval:
+    default: 120
+    type: number
+    description: >
+      Controls how often registered read functions are called and with that
+      the resolution of the collected data. This value can be overriden per
+      plugin(per role) by setting "::collectd::plugin::<plugin_name>::interval"
+      key in ExtraConfig(<role_name>ExtraConfig).
   CollectdDefaultPlugins:
     default:
       - disk
@@ -217,6 +225,7 @@ outputs:
             collectd::minimum_version: "5.7"
             collectd::plugin::unixsock::socketgroup: root
             collectd::plugin::unixsock::socketfile: /var/run/collectd-socket
+            collectd::interval: {get_param: CollectdDefaultPollingInterval}
             tripleo.collectd.plugins.collectd:
               yaql:
                 data:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/collectd-polling-4aac123faaebd1bc.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/collectd-polling-4aac123faaebd1bc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..415a9d62fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/collectd-polling-4aac123faaebd1bc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Adds possibility to override default polling interval for collectd and set
+    default value to 120 seconds, because current default (10s)
+    was too aggressive.