diff --git a/src/scan.c b/src/scan.c
index 3c28eb7d..a4469f0e 100644
--- a/src/scan.c
+++ b/src/scan.c
@@ -50,9 +50,12 @@
 #include "src/mpdu.h"
 #include "src/scan.h"
 
-#define SCAN_MAX_INTERVAL 320
 #define SCAN_INIT_INTERVAL 10
 
+/* User configurable options */
+static double RANK_5G_FACTOR;
+static uint32_t SCAN_MAX_INTERVAL;
+
 static struct l_queue *scan_contexts;
 
 static struct l_genl_family *nl80211;
@@ -1313,9 +1316,6 @@ static struct scan_bss *scan_parse_result(struct l_genl_msg *msg,
 	return bss;
 }
 
-/* User configurable options */
-static double RANK_5G_FACTOR;
-
 static void scan_bss_compute_rank(struct scan_bss *bss)
 {
 	static const double RANK_RSNE_FACTOR = 1.2;
@@ -2215,6 +2215,13 @@ static int scan_init(void)
 					&RANK_5G_FACTOR))
 		RANK_5G_FACTOR = 1.0;
 
+	if (!l_settings_get_uint(config, "Scan", "MaximumPeriodicScanInterval",
+					&SCAN_MAX_INTERVAL))
+		SCAN_MAX_INTERVAL = 300;
+
+	if (SCAN_MAX_INTERVAL > UINT16_MAX)
+		SCAN_MAX_INTERVAL = UINT16_MAX;
+
 	return 0;
 }