diff --git a/src/Core/Worker.php b/src/Core/Worker.php
index 808be79a49..ffca31ddfd 100644
--- a/src/Core/Worker.php
+++ b/src/Core/Worker.php
@@ -1234,7 +1234,8 @@ class Worker
 		$id = $queue['id'];
 		$priority = $queue['priority'];
 
-		$max_level = 15;
+		$max_level = Config::get('system', 'worker_defer_limit');
+
 		$new_retrial = self::getNextRetrial($queue, $max_level);
 
 		if ($new_retrial > $max_level) {
diff --git a/static/defaults.config.php b/static/defaults.config.php
index b4471af25c..dcda564c2a 100644
--- a/static/defaults.config.php
+++ b/static/defaults.config.php
@@ -427,6 +427,10 @@ return [
 		// Setting 0 would allow maximum worker queues at all times, which is not recommended.
 		'worker_load_exponent' => 3,
 
+		// worker_defer_limit (Integer)
+		// Per default the systems tries delivering for 15 times before dropping it.
+		'worker_defer_limit' => 15,
+
 		// xrd_timeout (Integer)
 		// Timeout in seconds for fetching the XRD links.
 		'xrd_timeout' => 20,