diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/FlushingPlumber.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/FlushingPlumber.java
index 68aa23577ff..9f6e4c41acc 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/FlushingPlumber.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/FlushingPlumber.java
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package io.druid.segment.realtime.plumber;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
 import com.metamx.common.concurrent.ScheduledExecutors;
 import com.metamx.emitter.EmittingLogger;
 import com.metamx.emitter.service.ServiceEmitter;
+import io.druid.common.guava.ThreadRenamingCallable;
 import io.druid.query.QueryRunnerFactoryConglomerate;
 import io.druid.segment.IndexGranularity;
 import io.druid.segment.realtime.FireDepartmentMetrics;
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ import org.joda.time.Duration;
 import org.joda.time.Period;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
@@ -28,13 +31,8 @@ public class FlushingPlumber extends RealtimePlumber
 
   private final Duration flushDuration;
 
-  private final ScheduledExecutorService flushScheduledExec = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(
-      1,
-      new ThreadFactoryBuilder()
-          .setDaemon(true)
-          .setNameFormat("flushing_scheduled_%d")
-          .build()
-  );
+  private volatile ScheduledExecutorService flushScheduledExec = null;
+  private volatile boolean stopped = false;
 
   public FlushingPlumber(
       Duration flushDuration,
@@ -78,7 +76,19 @@ public class FlushingPlumber extends RealtimePlumber
 
     computeBaseDir(getSchema()).mkdirs();
     initializeExecutors();
+
+    if (flushScheduledExec == null) {
+      flushScheduledExec = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(
+          1,
+          new ThreadFactoryBuilder()
+              .setDaemon(true)
+              .setNameFormat("flushing_scheduled_%d")
+              .build()
+      );
+    }
+
     bootstrapSinksFromDisk();
+    startFlushThread();
   }
 
   protected void flushAfterDuration(final long truncatedTime, final Sink sink)
@@ -105,6 +115,67 @@ public class FlushingPlumber extends RealtimePlumber
     );
   }
 
+  private void startFlushThread()
+  {
+    final long truncatedNow = getSegmentGranularity().truncate(new DateTime()).getMillis();
+    final long windowMillis = getWindowPeriod().toStandardDuration().getMillis();
+
+    log.info(
+        "Expect to run at [%s]",
+        new DateTime().plus(
+            new Duration(System.currentTimeMillis(), getSegmentGranularity().increment(truncatedNow) + windowMillis)
+        )
+    );
+
+    ScheduledExecutors
+        .scheduleAtFixedRate(
+            flushScheduledExec,
+            new Duration(System.currentTimeMillis(), getSegmentGranularity().increment(truncatedNow) + windowMillis),
+            new Duration(truncatedNow, getSegmentGranularity().increment(truncatedNow)),
+            new ThreadRenamingCallable<ScheduledExecutors.Signal>(
+                String.format(
+                    "%s-flusher-%d",
+                    getSchema().getDataSource(),
+                    getSchema().getShardSpec().getPartitionNum()
+                )
+            )
+            {
+              @Override
+              public ScheduledExecutors.Signal doCall()
+              {
+                if (stopped) {
+                  log.info("Stopping flusher thread");
+                  return ScheduledExecutors.Signal.STOP;
+                }
+
+                long minTimestamp = getSegmentGranularity().truncate(
+                    getRejectionPolicy().getCurrMaxTime().minus(windowMillis)
+                ).getMillis();
+
+                List<Map.Entry<Long, Sink>> sinksToPush = Lists.newArrayList();
+                for (Map.Entry<Long, Sink> entry : getSinks().entrySet()) {
+                  final Long intervalStart = entry.getKey();
+                  if (intervalStart < minTimestamp) {
+                    log.info("Adding entry[%s] for merge and push.", entry);
+                    sinksToPush.add(entry);
+                  }
+                }
+
+                for (final Map.Entry<Long, Sink> entry : sinksToPush) {
+                  flushAfterDuration(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+                }
+
+                if (stopped) {
+                  log.info("Stopping merge-n-push overseer thread");
+                  return ScheduledExecutors.Signal.STOP;
+                } else {
+                  return ScheduledExecutors.Signal.REPEAT;
+                }
+              }
+            }
+        );
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void finishJob()
   {
@@ -114,5 +185,11 @@ public class FlushingPlumber extends RealtimePlumber
       flushAfterDuration(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
     }
     shutdownExecutors();
+
+    if (flushScheduledExec != null) {
+      flushScheduledExec.shutdown();
+    }
+
+    stopped = true;
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumber.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumber.java
index 104316c0c01..e7a09df689a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumber.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumber.java
@@ -134,9 +134,24 @@ public class RealtimePlumber implements Plumber
     return schema;
   }
 
-  public ScheduledExecutorService getScheduledExecutor()
+  public Period getWindowPeriod()
   {
-    return scheduledExecutor;
+    return windowPeriod;
+  }
+
+  public IndexGranularity getSegmentGranularity()
+  {
+    return segmentGranularity;
+  }
+
+  public VersioningPolicy getVersioningPolicy()
+  {
+    return versioningPolicy;
+  }
+
+  public RejectionPolicy getRejectionPolicy()
+  {
+    return rejectionPolicy;
   }
 
   public Map<Long, Sink> getSinks()