diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/AbstractEmailProcessor.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/AbstractEmailProcessor.java
index 292d42b1b1..62f4a88bb4 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/AbstractEmailProcessor.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/AbstractEmailProcessor.java
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import org.apache.nifi.processor.Relationship;
 import org.apache.nifi.processor.exception.ProcessException;
 import org.apache.nifi.processor.io.OutputStreamCallback;
 import org.apache.nifi.processor.util.StandardValidators;
-import org.apache.nifi.util.FormatUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.StaticListableBeanFactory;
@@ -58,8 +57,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StreamUtils;
  * Base processor for implementing processors to consume messages from Email
  * servers using Spring Integration libraries.
  *
- * @param <T>
- *            the type of {@link AbstractMailReceiver}.
+ * @param <T> the type of {@link AbstractMailReceiver}.
  */
 abstract class AbstractEmailProcessor<T extends AbstractMailReceiver> extends AbstractProcessor {
 
@@ -133,15 +131,14 @@ abstract class AbstractEmailProcessor<T extends AbstractMailReceiver> extends Ab
             .defaultValue("30 sec")
             .build();
 
-
     static final Relationship REL_SUCCESS = new Relationship.Builder()
             .name("success")
             .description("All messages that are the are successfully received from Email server and converted to FlowFiles are routed to this relationship")
             .build();
 
-    static List<PropertyDescriptor> SHARED_DESCRIPTORS = new ArrayList<>();
+    final static List<PropertyDescriptor> SHARED_DESCRIPTORS = new ArrayList<>();
 
-    static Set<Relationship> SHARED_RELATIONSHIPS = new HashSet<>();
+    final static Set<Relationship> SHARED_RELATIONSHIPS = new HashSet<>();
 
     /*
      * Will ensure that list of PropertyDescriptors is build only once, since
@@ -219,8 +216,7 @@ abstract class AbstractEmailProcessor<T extends AbstractMailReceiver> extends Ab
      * Delegates to sub-classes to build the target receiver as
      * {@link AbstractMailReceiver}
      *
-     * @param context
-     *            instance of {@link ProcessContext}
+     * @param context instance of {@link ProcessContext}
      * @return new instance of {@link AbstractMailReceiver}
      */
     protected abstract T buildMessageReceiver(ProcessContext context);
@@ -299,8 +295,8 @@ abstract class AbstractEmailProcessor<T extends AbstractMailReceiver> extends Ab
 
     /**
      * Extracts dynamic properties which typically represent the Java Mail
-     * properties from the {@link ProcessContext} returning them as instance
-     * of {@link Properties}
+     * properties from the {@link ProcessContext} returning them as instance of
+     * {@link Properties}
      */
     private Properties buildJavaMailProperties(ProcessContext context) {
         Properties javaMailProperties = new Properties();
@@ -313,9 +309,8 @@ abstract class AbstractEmailProcessor<T extends AbstractMailReceiver> extends Ab
             }
         }
         String propertyName = this.getProtocol(context).equals("pop3") ? "mail.pop3.timeout" : "mail.imap.timeout";
-
-        javaMailProperties.setProperty(propertyName, String.valueOf(FormatUtils
-                .getTimeDuration(context.getProperty(CONNECTION_TIMEOUT).getValue().trim(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)));
+        final String timeoutInMillis = String.valueOf(context.getProperty(CONNECTION_TIMEOUT).evaluateAttributeExpressions().asTimePeriod(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
+        javaMailProperties.setProperty(propertyName, timeoutInMillis);
         return javaMailProperties;
     }
 
@@ -377,7 +372,7 @@ abstract class AbstractEmailProcessor<T extends AbstractMailReceiver> extends Ab
         }
 
         processSession.getProvenanceReporter().receive(flowFile, this.displayUrl, "Received message from " + fromAddressesString, executionDuration);
-        this.getLogger().info("Successfully received {} from {} in {} millis", new Object[] { flowFile, fromAddressesString, executionDuration });
+        this.getLogger().info("Successfully received {} from {} in {} millis", new Object[]{flowFile, fromAddressesString, executionDuration});
         processSession.transfer(flowFile, REL_SUCCESS);
 
         try {
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/ConsumeEmailTest.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/ConsumeEmailTest.java
index 84a78f5601..dabd88176b 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/ConsumeEmailTest.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-email-bundle/nifi-email-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/email/ConsumeEmailTest.java
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ public class ConsumeEmailTest {
         runner.setProperty(ConsumeIMAP.FOLDER, "MYBOX");
         runner.setProperty(ConsumeIMAP.USE_SSL, "false");
         runner.setProperty(ConsumeIMAP.SHOULD_DELETE_MESSAGES, "false");
+        runner.setProperty(ConsumeIMAP.CONNECTION_TIMEOUT, "130 ms");
 
         runner.run(2);
         flowFiles = runner.getFlowFilesForRelationship(ConsumeIMAP.REL_SUCCESS);
@@ -108,11 +109,33 @@ public class ConsumeEmailTest {
         ff.assertContentEquals("You've Got Mail - 1".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void validateConsumeIMAPWithTimeout() throws Exception {
+        TestRunner runner = TestRunners.newTestRunner(new TestImapProcessor(1));
+        runner.setProperty(ConsumeIMAP.HOST, "foo.bar.com");
+        runner.setProperty(ConsumeIMAP.PORT, "1234");
+        runner.setProperty(ConsumeIMAP.USER, "jon");
+        runner.setProperty(ConsumeIMAP.PASSWORD, "qhgwjgehr");
+        runner.setProperty(ConsumeIMAP.FOLDER, "MYBOX");
+        runner.setProperty(ConsumeIMAP.USE_SSL, "false");
+        runner.setProperty(ConsumeIMAP.SHOULD_DELETE_MESSAGES, "false");
+        runner.setProperty(ConsumeIMAP.CONNECTION_TIMEOUT, "${random():mod(10):plus(1)} secs");
+
+        runner.run(1);
+        List<MockFlowFile> flowFiles = runner.getFlowFilesForRelationship(ConsumeIMAP.REL_SUCCESS);
+        assertEquals(1, flowFiles.size());
+        MockFlowFile ff = flowFiles.get(0);
+        ff.assertContentEquals("You've Got Mail - 0".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    }
+
     public static class TestImapProcessor extends ConsumeIMAP {
+
         private final int messagesToGenerate;
+
         TestImapProcessor(int messagesToGenerate) {
             this.messagesToGenerate = messagesToGenerate;
         }
+
         @Override
         protected ImapMailReceiver buildMessageReceiver(ProcessContext processContext) {
             ImapMailReceiver receiver = mock(ImapMailReceiver.class);