diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -180,6 +180,24 @@ returns. It can optionally implement a `#reset!` method, which will be invoked
 when the HUP signal is received, allowing the loader to flush its cache, or
 perform any other re-initialization.
 
+You can reduce the frequency that your configuration loader is called by
+wrapping it with `Resque::Pool::ConfigThrottle` and specifying a time (in seconds)
+to cache the previous value (see [the spec](spec/config_throttle_spec.rb) for
+more details):
+
+```ruby
+task "resque:pool:setup" do
+  redis_loader = lambda do |env|
+    worker_count = Redis.current.get("pool_workers_#{env}").to_i
+    {"queueA,queueB" => worker_count }
+  end
+
+  # calls through to redis_loader at most once per 10 seconds
+  Resque::Pool.config_loader = Resque::Pool::ConfigThrottle(10, redis_loader)
+end
+```
+
+
 Zero-downtime code deploys
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/lib/resque/pool/config_throttle.rb b/lib/resque/pool/config_throttle.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77c958a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/resque/pool/config_throttle.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+module Resque
+  class Pool
+    # Throttle the frequency of loading pool configuration
+    class ConfigThrottle
+      def initialize(period, config_loader, time_source: Time)
+        @period = period
+        @config_loader = config_loader
+        @resettable = config_loader.respond_to?(:reset!)
+        @last_check = 0
+        @time_source = time_source
+      end
+
+      def call(env)
+        # We do not need to cache per `env`, since the value of `env` will not
+        # change during the life of the process.
+        if (now > @last_check + @period)
+          @cache = @config_loader.call(env)
+          @last_check = now
+        end
+        @cache
+      end
+
+      def reset!
+        @last_check = 0
+        if @resettable
+          @config_loader.reset!
+        end
+      end
+
+      def now
+        @time_source.now.to_f
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/config_throttle_spec.rb b/spec/config_throttle_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..374c63d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/config_throttle_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+require 'resque/pool/config_throttle'
+
+describe Resque::Pool::ConfigThrottle do
+  let(:fake_time) { FakeTime.new 1445898807 }
+
+  it "returns the config returned by the wrapped config loader for given env" do
+    wrapped_config = {
+      "dev" => {"qA,qB" => 1},
+      "prd" => {"qA,qB" => 4}
+    }
+    wrapped_loader = lambda {|env| wrapped_config[env] }
+    throttle = Resque::Pool::ConfigThrottle.new(10, wrapped_loader)
+
+    throttle.call("prd").should eq({"qA,qB" => 4})
+  end
+
+  it "does not call wrapped loader again until the specified period of time has elapsed" do
+    wrapped_loader = TestConfigLoader.new
+    wrapped_loader.configuration = {"qA,qB" => 1}
+
+    throttle = Resque::Pool::ConfigThrottle.new(10, wrapped_loader, time_source: fake_time)
+    first_call = throttle.call("prd")
+
+    new_config = {"qA,qB" => 22}
+    wrapped_loader.configuration = new_config
+    fake_time.advance_time 6
+    # config changed, but not enough time elapsed
+
+    second_call = throttle.call("prd")
+
+    second_call.should eq(first_call)
+    wrapped_loader.times_called.should == 1
+
+    fake_time.advance_time 6
+    # now, enough time has elapsed to retrieve latest config
+
+    third_call = throttle.call("prd")
+
+    third_call.should_not eq(first_call)
+    third_call.should eq(new_config)
+    wrapped_loader.times_called.should == 2
+
+    # further calls continue to use cached value
+    throttle.call("prd")
+    throttle.call("prd")
+    throttle.call("prd")
+    wrapped_loader.times_called.should == 2
+  end
+
+  it "forces a call to the wrapperd loader after reset! called, even if required time hasn't elapsed" do
+    wrapped_loader = TestConfigLoader.new
+    wrapped_loader.configuration = {"qA,qB" => 1}
+
+    throttle = Resque::Pool::ConfigThrottle.new(10, wrapped_loader, time_source: fake_time)
+    first_call = throttle.call("prd")
+
+    new_config = {"qA,qB" => 22}
+    wrapped_loader.configuration = new_config
+    fake_time.advance_time 6
+    # the 10 second period has *not* elapsed
+
+    throttle.reset!
+
+    second_call = throttle.call("prd")
+
+    second_call.should eq(new_config)
+    wrapped_loader.times_called.should == 2
+  end
+
+  it "delegates reset! to the wrapped_loader, when supported" do
+    wrapped_loader = TestConfigLoader.new
+    throttle = Resque::Pool::ConfigThrottle.new(10, wrapped_loader)
+
+    wrapped_loader.times_reset.should == 0
+    throttle.reset!
+    wrapped_loader.times_reset.should == 1
+  end
+
+  it "does not delegate reset! to the wrapped_loader when it is not supported" do
+    wrapped_loader = lambda {|env| Hash.new }
+    throttle = Resque::Pool::ConfigThrottle.new(10, wrapped_loader)
+
+    expect {
+      throttle.reset!
+    }.to_not raise_error
+  end
+
+
+  class TestConfigLoader
+    attr_accessor :configuration
+    attr_reader :times_called
+    attr_reader :times_reset
+
+    def initialize
+      @times_called = 0
+      @times_reset = 0
+    end
+
+    def call(env)
+      @times_called += 1
+      configuration
+    end
+
+    def reset!
+      @times_reset += 1
+    end
+  end
+
+  class FakeTime
+    attr_reader :now
+
+    def initialize(start_time)
+      @now = start_time
+    end
+
+    def advance_time(seconds)
+      @now += seconds
+    end
+  end
+end