diff --git a/nifi-commons/nifi-processor-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processor/util/StandardValidators.java b/nifi-commons/nifi-processor-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processor/util/StandardValidators.java
index fdd341dba8..de1e57f591 100644
--- a/nifi-commons/nifi-processor-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processor/util/StandardValidators.java
+++ b/nifi-commons/nifi-processor-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processor/util/StandardValidators.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -201,6 +202,19 @@ public class StandardValidators {
         }
     };
 
+    public static final Validator ISO8061_INSTANT_VALIDATOR = new Validator() {
+        @Override
+        public ValidationResult validate(final String subject, final String input, final ValidationContext context) {
+
+            try {
+                Instant.parse(input);
+                return new ValidationResult.Builder().subject(subject).input(input).explanation("Valid ISO8061 Instant Date").valid(true).build();
+            } catch (final Exception e) {
+                return new ValidationResult.Builder().subject(subject).input(input).explanation("Not a valid ISO8061 Instant Date, please enter in UTC time").valid(false).build();
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
     public static final Validator NON_NEGATIVE_INTEGER_VALIDATOR = new Validator() {
         @Override
         public ValidationResult validate(final String subject, final String value, final ValidationContext context) {
@@ -774,5 +788,4 @@ public class StandardValidators {
             return new ValidationResult.Builder().subject(subject).input(value).explanation(reason).valid(reason == null).build();
         }
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/nifi-commons/nifi-processor-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processor/util/TestStandardValidators.java b/nifi-commons/nifi-processor-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processor/util/TestStandardValidators.java
index 0f627ef67c..0c2ccdb96f 100644
--- a/nifi-commons/nifi-processor-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processor/util/TestStandardValidators.java
+++ b/nifi-commons/nifi-processor-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processor/util/TestStandardValidators.java
@@ -218,4 +218,18 @@ public class TestStandardValidators {
         assertFalse(vr.isValid());
 
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testiso8061InstantValidator() {
+        Validator val = StandardValidators.ISO8061_INSTANT_VALIDATOR;
+        ValidationContext vc = mock(ValidationContext.class);
+        ValidationResult vr = val.validate("foo", "", vc);
+        assertFalse(vr.isValid());
+
+        vr = val.validate("foo", "2016-01-01T01:01:01.000-0100", vc);
+        assertFalse(vr.isValid());
+
+        vr = val.validate("foo", "2016-01-01T01:01:01.000Z", vc);
+        assertTrue(vr.isValid());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/eventhub/GetAzureEventHub.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/eventhub/GetAzureEventHub.java
index 97f1c92c3d..0455fe92ee 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/eventhub/GetAzureEventHub.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/eventhub/GetAzureEventHub.java
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ public class GetAzureEventHub extends AbstractProcessor {
             .required(true)
             .build();
 
+    static final PropertyDescriptor ENQUEUE_TIME = new PropertyDescriptor.Builder()
+            .name("Event Hub Message Enqueue Time")
+            .description("A timestamp (ISO-8061 Instant) formatted as YYYY-MM-DDThhmmss.sssZ (2016-01-01T01:01:01.000Z) from which messages "
+                    + "should have been enqueued in the EventHub to start reading from")
+            .addValidator(StandardValidators.ISO8061_INSTANT_VALIDATOR)
+            .expressionLanguageSupported(false)
+            .required(false)
+            .build();
 
     static final Relationship REL_SUCCESS = new Relationship.Builder()
             .name("success")
@@ -121,6 +129,7 @@ public class GetAzureEventHub extends AbstractProcessor {
 
     private final ConcurrentMap<String, PartitionReceiver> partitionToReceiverMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     private volatile BlockingQueue<String> partitionNames = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();
+    private volatile Instant configuredEnqueueTime;
     private EventHubClient eventHubClient;
 
     private final static List<PropertyDescriptor> propertyDescriptors;
@@ -138,6 +147,7 @@ public class GetAzureEventHub extends AbstractProcessor {
         _propertyDescriptors.add(POLICY_PRIMARY_KEY);
         _propertyDescriptors.add(NUM_PARTITIONS);
         _propertyDescriptors.add(CONSUMER_GROUP);
+        _propertyDescriptors.add(ENQUEUE_TIME);
         propertyDescriptors = Collections.unmodifiableList(_propertyDescriptors);
 
         Set<Relationship> _relationships = new HashSet<>();
@@ -189,7 +199,7 @@ public class GetAzureEventHub extends AbstractProcessor {
             final PartitionReceiver receiver = eventHubClient.createReceiver(
                     consumerGroupName,
                     partitionId,
-                    Instant.now()).get();
+                    configuredEnqueueTime == null ? Instant.now() : configuredEnqueueTime).get();
 
             partitionToReceiverMap.put(partitionId, receiver);
             return receiver;
@@ -249,6 +259,11 @@ public class GetAzureEventHub extends AbstractProcessor {
         final String namespace = context.getProperty(NAMESPACE).getValue();
         final String eventHubName = context.getProperty(EVENT_HUB_NAME).getValue();
 
+        if(context.getProperty(ENQUEUE_TIME).isSet()) {
+            configuredEnqueueTime = Instant.parse(context.getProperty(ENQUEUE_TIME).toString());
+        } else {
+            configuredEnqueueTime = null;
+        }
 
         final String connectionString = new ConnectionStringBuilder(namespace, eventHubName, policyName, policyKey).toString();
         setupReceiver(connectionString);
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/test/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/eventhub/GetAzureEventHubTest.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/test/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/eventhub/GetAzureEventHubTest.java
index 81bbf92d6a..a63458fd5b 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/test/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/eventhub/GetAzureEventHubTest.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-azure-bundle/nifi-azure-processors/src/test/org/apache/nifi/processors/azure/eventhub/GetAzureEventHubTest.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ public class GetAzureEventHubTest {
     private static final String sasKeyName = "bogus-policy";
     private static final String sasKey = "9rHmHqxoOVWOb8wS09dvqXYxnNiLqxNMCbmt6qMaQyU!";
 
-
     private TestRunner testRunner;
     private MockGetAzureEventHub processor;
 
@@ -63,7 +62,10 @@ public class GetAzureEventHubTest {
         testRunner.assertNotValid();
         testRunner.setProperty(GetAzureEventHub.NUM_PARTITIONS,"4");
         testRunner.assertValid();
+        testRunner.setProperty(GetAzureEventHub.ENQUEUE_TIME,"2015-12-22T21:55:10.000Z");
+        testRunner.assertValid();
     }
+    
     @Test
     public void verifyRelationships(){