diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/PrefetchExecutor.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/PrefetchExecutor.java
index 02fbc12e85c7..386db44f8768 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/PrefetchExecutor.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/PrefetchExecutor.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.conf.ConfigurationManager;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.conf.PropagatingConfigurationObserver;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.trace.TraceUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.EnvironmentEdgeManager;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
@@ -38,9 +40,12 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
-public final class PrefetchExecutor {
+public final class PrefetchExecutor implements PropagatingConfigurationObserver {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PrefetchExecutor.class);
+  public static final String PREFETCH_EXECUTE_DELAY = "hbase.hfile.prefetch.execute.delay";
+  /** Wait time in miliseconds before executing prefetch */
+  private static int prefetchExecuteDelay;
 
   /** Futures for tracking block prefetch activity */
   private static final Map<Path, Future<?>> prefetchFutures = new ConcurrentSkipListMap<>();
@@ -59,6 +64,7 @@ public final class PrefetchExecutor {
     prefetchDelayMillis = conf.getInt("hbase.hfile.prefetch.delay", 1000);
     prefetchDelayVariation = conf.getFloat("hbase.hfile.prefetch.delay.variation", 0.2f);
     int prefetchThreads = conf.getInt("hbase.hfile.thread.prefetch", 4);
+    prefetchExecuteDelay = conf.getInt(PREFETCH_EXECUTE_DELAY, 0);
     prefetchExecutorPool = new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(prefetchThreads, new ThreadFactory() {
       @Override
       public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
@@ -73,7 +79,7 @@ public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
   // TODO: We want HFile, which is where the blockcache lives, to handle
   // prefetching of file blocks but the Store level is where path convention
   // knowledge should be contained
-  private static final Pattern prefetchPathExclude =
+  private static final Pattern prefetchPathExclude =`
     Pattern.compile("(" + Path.SEPARATOR_CHAR + HConstants.HBASE_TEMP_DIRECTORY.replace(".", "\\.")
       + Path.SEPARATOR_CHAR + ")|(" + Path.SEPARATOR_CHAR
       + HConstants.HREGION_COMPACTIONDIR_NAME.replace(".", "\\.") + Path.SEPARATOR_CHAR + ")");
@@ -81,7 +87,9 @@ public Thread newThread(Runnable r) {
   public static void request(Path path, Runnable runnable) {
     if (!prefetchPathExclude.matcher(path.toString()).find()) {
       long delay;
-      if (prefetchDelayMillis > 0) {
+      if (prefetchExecuteDelay > 0) {
+        delay = prefetchExecuteDelay;
+      } else if (prefetchDelayMillis > 0) {
         delay = (long) ((prefetchDelayMillis * (1.0f - (prefetchDelayVariation / 2)))
           + (prefetchDelayMillis * (prefetchDelayVariation / 2)
             * ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextFloat()));
@@ -127,6 +135,28 @@ public static boolean isCompleted(Path path) {
     return true;
   }
 
-  private PrefetchExecutor() {
+  @Override
+  public void onConfigurationChange(Configuration conf) {
+    LOG.debug("PrefetchExecutor.onConfigurationChange");
+    PrefetchExecutor.loadConfiguration(conf);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void registerChildren(ConfigurationManager manager) {
+    LOG.debug("PrefetchExecutor.registerChildren");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void deregisterChildren(ConfigurationManager manager) {
+    LOG.debug("PrefetchExecutor.deregisterChildren");
+  }
+
+  public static int getPrefetchExecuteDelay() {
+    return prefetchExecuteDelay;
+  }
+
+  public static void loadConfiguration(Configuration conf) {
+    LOG.debug("PrefetchExecutor.loadConfiguration");
+    prefetchExecuteDelay = conf.getInt(PREFETCH_EXECUTE_DELAY, 0);
   }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java
index cdf9faf2490b..7ab64dc9000d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.trace.hamcrest.SpanDataMatchers.hasName;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.trace.hamcrest.SpanDataMatchers.hasParentSpanId;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.CacheConfig.CACHE_DATA_BLOCKS_COMPRESSED_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.PrefetchExecutor.*;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.CompactSplit.HBASE_REGION_SERVER_ENABLE_COMPACTION;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.allOf;
@@ -264,6 +265,42 @@ public void testPrefetchDoesntSkipHFileLink() throws Exception {
     });
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testOnConfigurationChange() {
+    // change PREFETCH_DELAY_ENABLE_KEY from false to true
+    conf.setInt(PREFETCH_EXECUTE_DELAY, 2000);
+    PrefetchExecutor.loadConfiguration(conf);
+    assertTrue(getPrefetchExecuteDelay() == 2000);
+
+    // restore
+    conf.setInt(PREFETCH_EXECUTE_DELAY, 0);
+    PrefetchExecutor.loadConfiguration(conf);
+    assertTrue(getPrefetchExecuteDelay() == 0);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPrefetchWithDelay() throws Exception {
+    conf.setInt(PREFETCH_EXECUTE_DELAY, 2000);
+    PrefetchExecutor.loadConfiguration(conf);
+
+    HFileContext context = new HFileContextBuilder().withCompression(Compression.Algorithm.GZ)
+      .withBlockSize(DATA_BLOCK_SIZE).build();
+    Path storeFile = writeStoreFile("TestPrefetchWithDelay", context);
+    readStoreFile(storeFile);
+    conf.setInt(PREFETCH_EXECUTE_DELAY, 0);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPrefetchWithDefaultDelay() throws Exception {
+    conf.setInt(PREFETCH_EXECUTE_DELAY, 0);
+    PrefetchExecutor.loadConfiguration(conf);
+
+    HFileContext context = new HFileContextBuilder().withCompression(Compression.Algorithm.GZ)
+      .withBlockSize(DATA_BLOCK_SIZE).build();
+    Path storeFile = writeStoreFile("TestPrefetchWithDelay", context);
+    readStoreFile(storeFile);
+  }
+
   private void testPrefetchWhenRefs(boolean compactionEnabled, Consumer<Cacheable> test)
     throws Exception {
     cacheConf = new CacheConfig(conf, blockCache);