diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/embedding.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/embedding.hbs
index 5db5cb6bfa8..965e663c776 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/embedding.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/embedding.hbs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
     {{embedding-setting field="feed_polling_enabled" value=embedding.feed_polling_enabled type="checkbox"}}
     {{embedding-setting field="feed_polling_url" value=embedding.feed_polling_url}}
+    {{embedding-setting field="feed_polling_frequency_mins" value=embedding.feed_polling_frequency_mins}}
     {{embedding-setting field="embed_username_key_from_feed" value=embedding.embed_username_key_from_feed}}
   </div>
 
diff --git a/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_feed.rb b/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_feed.rb
index fe5ef403fcd..c30f68cd2d1 100644
--- a/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_feed.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/scheduled/poll_feed.rb
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ require 'open-uri'
 
 module Jobs
   class PollFeed < Jobs::Scheduled
-    every 1.hour
+    every 5.minutes
 
     sidekiq_options retry: false
 
     def execute(args)
       poll_feed if SiteSetting.feed_polling_enabled? &&
-                   SiteSetting.feed_polling_url.present?
+                   SiteSetting.feed_polling_url.present? &&
+                   not_polled_recently?
     end
 
     def feed_key
@@ -28,6 +29,15 @@ module Jobs
 
     private
 
+    def not_polled_recently?
+      $redis.set(
+        'feed-polled-recently',
+        "1",
+        ex: SiteSetting.feed_polling_frequency_mins.minutes - 10.seconds,
+        nx: true
+      )
+    end
+
     def import_topics(feed_topics)
       feed_topics.each do |topic|
         import_topic(topic)
diff --git a/app/models/embedding.rb b/app/models/embedding.rb
index 7e28a7694f9..f11de96f4f3 100644
--- a/app/models/embedding.rb
+++ b/app/models/embedding.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class Embedding < OpenStruct
        embed_classname_whitelist
        feed_polling_enabled
        feed_polling_url
+       feed_polling_frequency_mins
        embed_username_key_from_feed)
   end
 
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 609a3e1e458..afb445a3939 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -3473,6 +3473,7 @@ en:
         embed_classname_whitelist: "Allowed CSS class names"
         feed_polling_enabled: "Import posts via RSS/ATOM"
         feed_polling_url: "URL of RSS/ATOM feed to crawl"
+        feed_polling_frequency_mins: "Frequency of feed polling (in minutes)"
         save: "Save Embedding Settings"
 
       permalink:
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 3804b3bf535..2cf3c6740b0 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -1440,6 +1440,7 @@ en:
 
     feed_polling_enabled: "EMBEDDING ONLY: Whether to embed a RSS/ATOM feed as posts."
     feed_polling_url: "EMBEDDING ONLY: URL of RSS/ATOM feed to embed."
+    feed_polling_frequency_mins: "EMBEDDING ONLY: Frequency of polling"
     embed_by_username: "Discourse username of the user who creates the embedded topics."
     embed_username_key_from_feed: "Key to pull discourse username from feed."
     embed_title_scrubber: "Regular expression for scrubbing embeddable titles."
diff --git a/config/site_settings.yml b/config/site_settings.yml
index edc4f37a2bd..84a409ef6b1 100644
--- a/config/site_settings.yml
+++ b/config/site_settings.yml
@@ -1044,6 +1044,11 @@ embedding:
   feed_polling_url:
     default: ''
     hidden: true
+  feed_polling_frequency_mins:
+    min: 5
+    max: 180
+    default: 60
+    hidden: true
   embed_by_username:
     default: ''
     type: username
diff --git a/spec/jobs/poll_feed_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/poll_feed_spec.rb
index b222991cb0e..0fcfa7d02cb 100644
--- a/spec/jobs/poll_feed_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jobs/poll_feed_spec.rb
@@ -8,18 +8,22 @@ describe Jobs::PollFeed do
     let(:url) { "http://eviltrout.com" }
     let(:embed_by_username) { "eviltrout" }
 
+    before do
+      $redis.del("feed-polled-recently")
+    end
+
     it "requires feed_polling_enabled?" do
-        SiteSetting.feed_polling_enabled = true
-        SiteSetting.feed_polling_url = nil
-        poller.expects(:poll_feed).never
-        poller.execute({})
+      SiteSetting.feed_polling_enabled = true
+      SiteSetting.feed_polling_url = nil
+      poller.expects(:poll_feed).never
+      poller.execute({})
     end
 
     it "requires feed_polling_url" do
-        SiteSetting.feed_polling_enabled = false
-        SiteSetting.feed_polling_url = nil
-        poller.expects(:poll_feed).never
-        poller.execute({})
+      SiteSetting.feed_polling_enabled = false
+      SiteSetting.feed_polling_url = nil
+      poller.expects(:poll_feed).never
+      poller.execute({})
     end
 
     it "delegates to poll_feed" do
@@ -28,6 +32,15 @@ describe Jobs::PollFeed do
       poller.expects(:poll_feed).once
       poller.execute({})
     end
+
+    it "won't poll if it has polled recently" do
+      SiteSetting.feed_polling_enabled = true
+      SiteSetting.feed_polling_url = url
+      poller.expects(:poll_feed).once
+      poller.execute({})
+      poller.execute({})
+    end
+
   end
 
 end