diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d45185e..27b9857 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Terraform module which creates a sqs queue
 | <a name="input_aws_account_id"></a> [aws\_account\_id](#input\_aws\_account\_id) | AWS account id | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_aws_region"></a> [aws\_region](#input\_aws\_region) | AWS region | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_context"></a> [context](#input\_context) | Single object for setting entire context at once.<br>See description of individual variables for details.<br>Leave string and numeric variables as `null` to use default value.<br>Individual variable settings (non-null) override settings in context object,<br>except for attributes, tags, and additional\_tag\_map, which are merged. | `any` | <pre>{<br>  "additional_tag_map": {},<br>  "attributes": [],<br>  "delimiter": null,<br>  "descriptor_formats": {},<br>  "enabled": true,<br>  "environment": null,<br>  "id_length_limit": null,<br>  "label_key_case": null,<br>  "label_order": [],<br>  "label_value_case": null,<br>  "labels_as_tags": [<br>    "unset"<br>  ],<br>  "name": null,<br>  "namespace": null,<br>  "regex_replace_chars": null,<br>  "stage": null,<br>  "tags": {},<br>  "tenant": null<br>}</pre> | no |
+| <a name="input_delay_seconds"></a> [delay\_seconds](#input\_delay\_seconds) | The time in seconds that the delivery of all messages in the queue will be delayed. An integer from 0 to 900 (15 minutes) | `number` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_delimiter"></a> [delimiter](#input\_delimiter) | Delimiter to be used between ID elements.<br>Defaults to `-` (hyphen). Set to `""` to use no delimiter at all. | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_descriptor_formats"></a> [descriptor\_formats](#input\_descriptor\_formats) | Describe additional descriptors to be output in the `descriptors` output map.<br>Map of maps. Keys are names of descriptors. Values are maps of the form<br>`{<br>   format = string<br>   labels = list(string)<br>}`<br>(Type is `any` so the map values can later be enhanced to provide additional options.)<br>`format` is a Terraform format string to be passed to the `format()` function.<br>`labels` is a list of labels, in order, to pass to `format()` function.<br>Label values will be normalized before being passed to `format()` so they will be<br>identical to how they appear in `id`.<br>Default is `{}` (`descriptors` output will be empty). | `any` | `{}` | no |
 | <a name="input_dlq_enabled"></a> [dlq\_enabled](#input\_dlq\_enabled) | Defines if Dead Letter Queue (DLQ) is enabled. | `bool` | `true` | no |
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 2ed79c5..b71f53f 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ module "sqs" {
 
   create_dlq                = var.dlq_enabled
   create_queue_policy       = length(var.subscription) >= 1
+  delay_seconds             = var.delay_seconds
   fifo_queue                = var.fifo_queue
   message_retention_seconds = var.message_retention_seconds
   name                      = module.this.id
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index cacd670..da3fb5c 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ variable "alarm_topic_arn" {
   default     = null
 }
 
+variable "delay_seconds" {
+  description = "The time in seconds that the delivery of all messages in the queue will be delayed. An integer from 0 to 900 (15 minutes)"
+  type        = number
+  default     = null
+}
+
 variable "dlq_enabled" {
   type        = bool
   description = "Defines if Dead Letter Queue (DLQ) is enabled."