diff --git a/lib/env.js b/lib/env.js
index 894ad52..9dbb9a2 100644
--- a/lib/env.js
+++ b/lib/env.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const envalid = require('envalid')
-const {str, url, json, bool} = envalid
+const {str, url, json, bool, num} = envalid
 
 const urlArray = envalid.makeValidator(x => {
   const urls = json()._parse(x)
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ module.exports = envalid.cleanEnv(process.env, {
   NODE_ENV: str({choices: ['development', 'staging', 'production'], devDefault: 'development'}),
   ROLLBAR_TOKEN_CHANGES: str({devDefault: ''}),
   STATSD_HOST: str({default: '172.17.0.1'}),
+  REGISTRY_CHANGE_DELAY: num({default: 1000 * 60, devDefault: 1000}),
   IS_ENTERPRISE: bool({default: false})
 })
diff --git a/lib/follow.js b/lib/follow.js
index 30a6972..e230fc8 100644
--- a/lib/follow.js
+++ b/lib/follow.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ const cleanDoc = require('normalize-registry-metadata')
 
 const env = require('./env')
 const rollbar = require('./rollbar')
+const { asyncTimeout } = require('./util')
+
 const statsdClient = new StatsD({
   host: env.STATSD_HOST,
   prefix: 'changes.',
@@ -75,7 +77,10 @@ async function handleChange ({channel, client, registry}, change) {
   }
 
   try {
-    await channel.sendToQueue(env.QUEUE_NAME, Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(payload)), {priority: 1})
+    await asyncTimeout(env.REGISTRY_CHANGE_DELAY, async () => {
+      const payloadBuffer = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(payload))
+      await channel.sendToQueue(env.QUEUE_NAME, payloadBuffer, {priority: 1})
+    })
   } catch (err) {
     rollbar.error(err)
   }
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd5f96f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33289726/combination-of-async-function-await-settimeout#33292942
+function sleep (ms) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => setTimeout(resolve, ms))
+}
+
+async function asyncTimeout (ms, fn, ...args) {
+  await sleep(ms)
+  return fn(...args)
+}
+
+module.exports.sleep = sleep
+module.exports.asyncTimeout = asyncTimeout
diff --git a/test/follow.js b/test/follow.js
index 6b1e207..f6583b0 100644
--- a/test/follow.js
+++ b/test/follow.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const {test, afterEach, tearDown} = require('tap')
 const proxyquire = require('proxyquire')
 
 const env = require('../lib/env')
+const { sleep } = require('../lib/util')
 
 class ChangesStream extends EventEmitter {
   constructor (opts) {
@@ -161,7 +162,18 @@ const {
         }
       }
     })
-    const job = await channel.get(env.QUEUE_NAME)
+
+    let job
+    do {
+      try {
+        job = await channel.get(env.QUEUE_NAME)
+        await sleep(env.REGISTRY_CHANGE_DELAY / 2)
+      } catch (e) {
+        t.error(e)
+        break
+      }
+    } while (job === false)
+
     t.same(JSON.parse(job.content.toString()), {
       name: 'registry-change',
       dependency: 'package',