diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9dad88766..fbaba27a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ ReactDOM.render(
 - `url: string` : url that the client will connect to, starts with `ws://` or `wss://`
 - `options?: Object` : optional, object to modify default client behavior
   * `timeout?: number` : how long the client should wait in ms for a keep-alive message from the server (default 30000 ms), this parameter is ignored if the server does not send keep-alive messages. This will also be used to calculate the max connection time per connect/reconnect
+  * `minTimeout?: number`: the minimum amount of time the client should wait for a connection to be made (default 1000 ms)
   * `lazy?: boolean` : use to set lazy mode - connects only when first subscription created, and delay the socket initialization
   * `connectionParams?: Object | Function | Promise<Object>` : object that will be available as first argument of `onConnect` (in server side), if passed a function - it will call it and send the return value, if function returns as promise - it will wait until it resolves and send the resolved value.
   * `reconnect?: boolean` : automatic reconnect in case of connection error
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ ReactDOM.render(
 - => Returns an `off` method to cancel the event subscription.
 
 #### `onReconnecting(callback, thisContext) => Function` - shorthand for `.on('reconnecting', ...)`
-- `callback: Function`: function to be called when websocket starts it's reconnection 
+- `callback: Function`: function to be called when websocket starts it's reconnection
 - `thisContext: any`: `this` context to use when calling the callback function.
 - => Returns an `off` method to cancel the event subscription.
 
diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index 459d67d26..f8dc41c89 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { getOperationAST } from 'graphql/utilities/getOperationAST';
 import $$observable from 'symbol-observable';
 
 import { GRAPHQL_WS } from './protocol';
-import { WS_TIMEOUT } from './defaults';
+import { MIN_WS_TIMEOUT, WS_TIMEOUT } from './defaults';
 import MessageTypes from './message-types';
 
 export interface Observer<T> {
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export type ConnectionParamsOptions = ConnectionParams | Function | Promise<Conn
 
 export interface ClientOptions {
   connectionParams?: ConnectionParamsOptions;
+  minTimeout?: number;
   timeout?: number;
   reconnect?: boolean;
   reconnectionAttempts?: number;
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ export class SubscriptionClient {
   private url: string;
   private nextOperationId: number;
   private connectionParams: Function;
+  private minWsTimeout: number;
   private wsTimeout: number;
   private unsentMessagesQueue: Array<any>; // queued messages while websocket is opening.
   private reconnect: boolean;
@@ -104,6 +106,7 @@ export class SubscriptionClient {
     const {
       connectionCallback = undefined,
       connectionParams = {},
+      minTimeout = MIN_WS_TIMEOUT,
       timeout = WS_TIMEOUT,
       reconnect = false,
       reconnectionAttempts = Infinity,
@@ -121,6 +124,7 @@ export class SubscriptionClient {
     this.url = url;
     this.operations = {};
     this.nextOperationId = 0;
+    this.minWsTimeout = minTimeout;
     this.wsTimeout = timeout;
     this.unsentMessagesQueue = [];
     this.reconnect = reconnect;
@@ -349,7 +353,7 @@ export class SubscriptionClient {
   }
 
   private createMaxConnectTimeGenerator() {
-    const minValue = 1000;
+    const minValue = this.minWsTimeout;
     const maxValue = this.wsTimeout;
 
     return new Backoff({
diff --git a/src/defaults.ts b/src/defaults.ts
index b1ec67817..d744b7e32 100644
--- a/src/defaults.ts
+++ b/src/defaults.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+const MIN_WS_TIMEOUT = 1000;
 const WS_TIMEOUT = 30000;
 
 export {
+  MIN_WS_TIMEOUT,
   WS_TIMEOUT,
 };