diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
index e9d0eec8d2d..7bb30a64942 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
@@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ public class DFSConfigKeys extends CommonConfigurationKeys {
       = "dfs.namenode.storageinfo.defragment.ratio";
   public static final double
       DFS_NAMENODE_STORAGEINFO_DEFRAGMENT_RATIO_DEFAULT = 0.75;
+  public static final String DFS_NAMENODE_BLOCKREPORT_QUEUE_SIZE_KEY
+      = "dfs.namenode.blockreport.queue.size";
+  public static final int    DFS_NAMENODE_BLOCKREPORT_QUEUE_SIZE_DEFAULT
+      = 1024;
   public static final String  DFS_WEBHDFS_AUTHENTICATION_FILTER_KEY = "dfs.web.authentication.filter";
   /* Phrased as below to avoid javac inlining as a constant, to match the behavior when
      this was AuthFilter.class.getName(). Note that if you change the import for AuthFilter, you
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
index 9cfa18098e1..bc2141d986a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
@@ -317,8 +317,7 @@ public class BlockManager implements BlockStatsMXBean {
       new Daemon(new StorageInfoDefragmenter());
   
   /** Block report thread for handling async reports. */
-  private final BlockReportProcessingThread blockReportThread =
-      new BlockReportProcessingThread();
+  private final BlockReportProcessingThread blockReportThread;
 
   /**
    * Store blocks {@literal ->} datanodedescriptor(s) map of corrupt replicas.
@@ -574,6 +573,11 @@ public class BlockManager implements BlockStatsMXBean {
 
     bmSafeMode = new BlockManagerSafeMode(this, namesystem, haEnabled, conf);
 
+    int queueSize = conf.getInt(
+        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_BLOCKREPORT_QUEUE_SIZE_KEY,
+        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_BLOCKREPORT_QUEUE_SIZE_DEFAULT);
+    blockReportThread = new BlockReportProcessingThread(queueSize);
+
     LOG.info("defaultReplication         = {}", defaultReplication);
     LOG.info("maxReplication             = {}", maxReplication);
     LOG.info("minReplication             = {}", minReplication);
@@ -4966,11 +4970,11 @@ public class BlockManager implements BlockStatsMXBean {
     private static final long MAX_LOCK_HOLD_MS = 4;
     private long lastFull = 0;
 
-    private final BlockingQueue<Runnable> queue =
-        new ArrayBlockingQueue<Runnable>(1024);
+    private final BlockingQueue<Runnable> queue;
 
-    BlockReportProcessingThread() {
+    BlockReportProcessingThread(int size) {
       super("Block report processor");
+      queue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(size);
       setDaemon(true);
     }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
index 8c575af90c0..76c0660ebde 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
@@ -5337,4 +5337,12 @@
       inter-DN QOP.
     </description>
   </property>
+
+  <property>
+    <name>dfs.namenode.blockreport.queue.size</name>
+    <value>1024</value>
+    <description>
+      The queue size of BlockReportProcessingThread in BlockManager.
+    </description>
+  </property>
 </configuration>