diff --git a/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php b/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
index 995f85d311..9cbcf09ee2 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
@@ -6,16 +6,29 @@ use MailPoet\Router\Endpoints\CronDaemon as CronDaemonEndpoint;
 use MailPoet\Router\Router;
 use MailPoet\Settings\SettingsController;
 use MailPoet\Util\Security;
+use MailPoet\WP\Functions;
 use MailPoet\WP\Functions as WPFunctions;
 
 class CronHelper {
   const DAEMON_EXECUTION_LIMIT = 20; // seconds
-  const DAEMON_EXECUTION_TIMEOUT = 35; // seconds
   const DAEMON_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 5; // seconds
   const DAEMON_SETTING = 'cron_daemon';
   const DAEMON_STATUS_ACTIVE = 'active';
   const DAEMON_STATUS_INACTIVE = 'inactive';
 
+  static function getDaemonExecutionLimit() {
+    $wp = Functions::get();
+    $limit = $wp->applyFilters('mailpoet_cron_get_execution_limit', self::DAEMON_EXECUTION_LIMIT);
+    return $limit;
+  }
+
+  static function getDaemonExecutionTimeout() {
+    $limit = self::getDaemonExecutionLimit();
+    $timeout = $limit * 1.75;
+    $wp = Functions::get();
+    return $wp->applyFilters('mailpoet_cron_get_execution_timeout', $timeout);
+  }
+
   static function createDaemon($token) {
     $daemon = [
       'token' => $token,
@@ -189,7 +202,7 @@ class CronHelper {
 
   static function enforceExecutionLimit($timer) {
     $elapsed_time = microtime(true) - $timer;
-    if ($elapsed_time >= self::DAEMON_EXECUTION_LIMIT) {
+    if ($elapsed_time >= self::getDaemonExecutionLimit()) {
       throw new \Exception(__('Maximum execution time has been reached.', 'mailpoet'));
     }
   }
diff --git a/lib/Cron/DaemonHttpRunner.php b/lib/Cron/DaemonHttpRunner.php
index a0c205fdb2..d2d2f4b460 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/DaemonHttpRunner.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/DaemonHttpRunner.php
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ class DaemonHttpRunner {
       // if workers took less time to execute than the daemon execution limit,
       // pause daemon execution to ensure that daemon runs only once every X seconds
       $elapsed_time = microtime(true) - $this->timer;
-      if ($elapsed_time < CronHelper::DAEMON_EXECUTION_LIMIT) {
-        $this->pauseExecution(CronHelper::DAEMON_EXECUTION_LIMIT - $elapsed_time);
+      if ($elapsed_time < CronHelper::getDaemonExecutionLimit()) {
+        $this->pauseExecution(CronHelper::getDaemonExecutionLimit() - $elapsed_time);
       }
     }
     // after each execution, re-read daemon data in case it changed
diff --git a/lib/Cron/Supervisor.php b/lib/Cron/Supervisor.php
index 198a358b34..067680e126 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Supervisor.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Supervisor.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Supervisor {
   function checkDaemon() {
     $daemon = $this->daemon;
     $execution_timeout_exceeded =
-      (time() - (int)$daemon['updated_at']) >= CronHelper::DAEMON_EXECUTION_TIMEOUT;
+      (time() - (int)$daemon['updated_at']) >= CronHelper::getDaemonExecutionTimeout();
     $daemon_is_inactive =
       isset($daemon['status']) && $daemon['status'] === CronHelper::DAEMON_STATUS_INACTIVE;
     if ($execution_timeout_exceeded || $daemon_is_inactive) {
diff --git a/tests/integration/Cron/CronHelperTest.php b/tests/integration/Cron/CronHelperTest.php
index a303f568e8..c968a20def 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Cron/CronHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Cron/CronHelperTest.php
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ class CronHelperTest extends \MailPoetTest {
 
   function testItDefinesConstants() {
     expect(CronHelper::DAEMON_EXECUTION_LIMIT)->equals(20);
-    expect(CronHelper::DAEMON_EXECUTION_TIMEOUT)->equals(35);
     expect(CronHelper::DAEMON_REQUEST_TIMEOUT)->equals(5);
     expect(CronHelper::DAEMON_SETTING)->equals('cron_daemon');
   }
diff --git a/tests/integration/Cron/SupervisorTest.php b/tests/integration/Cron/SupervisorTest.php
index 5172de3d52..9472abba98 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Cron/SupervisorTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Cron/SupervisorTest.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class SupervisorTest extends \MailPoetTest {
   function testRestartsDaemonWhenExecutionDurationIsAboveLimit() {
     if (getenv('WP_TEST_ENABLE_NETWORK_TESTS') !== 'true') $this->markTestSkipped();
     $supervisor = new Supervisor();
-    $supervisor->daemon['updated_at'] = time() - CronHelper::DAEMON_EXECUTION_TIMEOUT;
+    $supervisor->daemon['updated_at'] = time() - CronHelper::getDaemonExecutionTimeout();
     $daemon = $supervisor->checkDaemon();
     expect(is_int($daemon['updated_at']))->true();
     expect($daemon['updated_at'])->notEquals($supervisor->daemon['updated_at']);