diff --git a/cmd/refinery/main.go b/cmd/refinery/main.go
index b2f6da9a2f..0690d96509 100644
--- a/cmd/refinery/main.go
+++ b/cmd/refinery/main.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func main() {
 	upstreamClient, err := libhoney.NewClient(libhoney.ClientConfig{
 		Transmission: &transmission.Honeycomb{
 			MaxBatchSize:          c.GetMaxBatchSize(),
-			BatchTimeout:          libhoney.DefaultBatchTimeout,
+			BatchTimeout:          c.GetBatchTimeout(),
 			MaxConcurrentBatches:  libhoney.DefaultMaxConcurrentBatches,
 			PendingWorkCapacity:   uint(c.GetUpstreamBufferSize()),
 			UserAgentAddition:     userAgentAddition,
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func main() {
 	peerClient, err := libhoney.NewClient(libhoney.ClientConfig{
 		Transmission: &transmission.Honeycomb{
 			MaxBatchSize:          c.GetMaxBatchSize(),
-			BatchTimeout:          libhoney.DefaultBatchTimeout,
+			BatchTimeout:          c.GetBatchTimeout(),
 			MaxConcurrentBatches:  libhoney.DefaultMaxConcurrentBatches,
 			PendingWorkCapacity:   uint(c.GetPeerBufferSize()),
 			UserAgentAddition:     userAgentAddition,
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 29e5c0e1e8..3212c85d3b 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ type Config interface {
 	// complete before sending it, to allow stragglers to arrive
 	GetSendDelay() (time.Duration, error)
 
+	// GetBatchTimeout returns how often to send off batches in seconds
+	GetBatchTimeout() time.Duration
+
 	// GetTraceTimeout is how long to wait before sending a trace even if it's
 	// not complete. This should be longer than the longest expected trace
 	// duration.
diff --git a/config/file_config.go b/config/file_config.go
index 74f210cc05..5e30aae6fb 100644
--- a/config/file_config.go
+++ b/config/file_config.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type configContents struct {
 	Sampler                   string        `validate:"required,oneof= DeterministicSampler DynamicSampler EMADynamicSampler RulesBasedSampler TotalThroughputSampler"`
 	Metrics                   string        `validate:"required,oneof= prometheus honeycomb"`
 	SendDelay                 time.Duration `validate:"required"`
+	BatchTimeout              time.Duration
 	TraceTimeout              time.Duration `validate:"required"`
 	MaxBatchSize              uint          `validate:"required"`
 	SendTicker                time.Duration `validate:"required"`
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ func NewConfig(config, rules string, errorCallback func(error)) (Config, error)
 	c.SetDefault("Collector", "InMemCollector")
 	c.SetDefault("Metrics", "honeycomb")
 	c.SetDefault("SendDelay", 2*time.Second)
+	c.SetDefault("BatchTimeout", libhoney.DefaultBatchTimeout)
 	c.SetDefault("TraceTimeout", 60*time.Second)
 	c.SetDefault("MaxBatchSize", 500)
 	c.SetDefault("SendTicker", 100*time.Millisecond)
@@ -710,6 +712,13 @@ func (f *fileConfig) GetSendDelay() (time.Duration, error) {
 	return f.conf.SendDelay, nil
 }
 
+func (f *fileConfig) GetBatchTimeout() time.Duration {
+	f.mux.RLock()
+	defer f.mux.RUnlock()
+
+	return f.conf.BatchTimeout
+}
+
 func (f *fileConfig) GetTraceTimeout() (time.Duration, error) {
 	f.mux.RLock()
 	defer f.mux.RUnlock()
diff --git a/config/mock.go b/config/mock.go
index e17c5daa1e..83a4395a2d 100644
--- a/config/mock.go
+++ b/config/mock.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ type MockConfig struct {
 	GetPrometheusMetricsConfigVal PrometheusMetricsConfig
 	GetSendDelayErr               error
 	GetSendDelayVal               time.Duration
+	GetBatchTimeoutVal            time.Duration
 	GetTraceTimeoutErr            error
 	GetTraceTimeoutVal            time.Duration
 	GetMaxBatchSizeVal            uint
@@ -258,6 +259,13 @@ func (m *MockConfig) GetSendDelay() (time.Duration, error) {
 	return m.GetSendDelayVal, m.GetSendDelayErr
 }
 
+func (m *MockConfig) GetBatchTimeout() time.Duration {
+	m.Mux.RLock()
+	defer m.Mux.RUnlock()
+
+	return m.GetBatchTimeoutVal
+}
+
 func (m *MockConfig) GetTraceTimeout() (time.Duration, error) {
 	m.Mux.RLock()
 	defer m.Mux.RUnlock()
diff --git a/config_complete.toml b/config_complete.toml
index fe9e240756..3fdfdd6be5 100644
--- a/config_complete.toml
+++ b/config_complete.toml
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ HoneycombAPI = "https://api.honeycomb.io"
 # Eligible for live reload.
 SendDelay = "2s"
 
+# BatchTimeout dictates how frequently to send unfulfilled batches. By default
+# this will use the DefaultBatchTimeout in libhoney as its value, which is 100ms.
+# Eligible for live reload.
+BatchTimeout = "1s"
+
 # TraceTimeout is a long timer; it represents the outside boundary of how long
 # to wait before sending an incomplete trace. Normally traces are sent when the
 # root span arrives. Sometimes the root span never arrives (due to crashes or