diff --git a/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template b/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
index 7ff714d2ba77d67e48457cdb3c14a07ebfe708b2_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvbmZpZy10ZW1wbGF0ZS9naXRsYWIucmIudGVtcGxhdGU=..0c64f5dc3122c08ffea3e60e139897ddbcbfc0c7_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvbmZpZy10ZW1wbGF0ZS9naXRsYWIucmIudGVtcGxhdGU= 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
+++ b/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
@@ -2403,6 +2403,7 @@
 #     }
 #   }
 # }
+# praefect['background_verification_verification_interval'] = "72h"
 # praefect['sentry_dsn'] = "https://<key>:<secret>@sentry.io/<project>"
 # praefect['sentry_environment'] = "production"
 # praefect['auto_migrate'] = true
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/praefect/attributes/default.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/praefect/attributes/default.rb
index 7ff714d2ba77d67e48457cdb3c14a07ebfe708b2_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvb2tib29rcy9wcmFlZmVjdC9hdHRyaWJ1dGVzL2RlZmF1bHQucmI=..0c64f5dc3122c08ffea3e60e139897ddbcbfc0c7_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvb2tib29rcy9wcmFlZmVjdC9hdHRyaWJ1dGVzL2RlZmF1bHQucmI= 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/praefect/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/praefect/attributes/default.rb
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@
 default['praefect']['key_path'] = nil
 default['praefect']['consul_service_name'] = 'praefect'
 default['praefect']['consul_service_meta'] = nil
+default['praefect']['background_verification_verification_interval'] = nil
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/praefect/templates/default/praefect-config.toml.erb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/praefect/templates/default/praefect-config.toml.erb
index 7ff714d2ba77d67e48457cdb3c14a07ebfe708b2_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvb2tib29rcy9wcmFlZmVjdC90ZW1wbGF0ZXMvZGVmYXVsdC9wcmFlZmVjdC1jb25maWcudG9tbC5lcmI=..0c64f5dc3122c08ffea3e60e139897ddbcbfc0c7_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvb2tib29rcy9wcmFlZmVjdC90ZW1wbGF0ZXMvZGVmYXVsdC9wcmFlZmVjdC1jb25maWcudG9tbC5lcmI= 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/praefect/templates/default/praefect-config.toml.erb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/praefect/templates/default/praefect-config.toml.erb
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@
 format = '<%= @logging_format %>'
 <% end %>
 
+[background_verification]
+<% if @background_verification_verification_interval %>
+verification_interval = '<%= @background_verification_verification_interval %>'
+<% end %>
+
 <% @virtual_storages.each do |name, config| %>
 [[virtual_storage]]
 name = '<%= name %>'
diff --git a/spec/chef/cookbooks/praefect/recipes/praefect_spec.rb b/spec/chef/cookbooks/praefect/recipes/praefect_spec.rb
index 7ff714d2ba77d67e48457cdb3c14a07ebfe708b2_c3BlYy9jaGVmL2Nvb2tib29rcy9wcmFlZmVjdC9yZWNpcGVzL3ByYWVmZWN0X3NwZWMucmI=..0c64f5dc3122c08ffea3e60e139897ddbcbfc0c7_c3BlYy9jaGVmL2Nvb2tib29rcy9wcmFlZmVjdC9yZWNpcGVzL3ByYWVmZWN0X3NwZWMucmI= 100644
--- a/spec/chef/cookbooks/praefect/recipes/praefect_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/chef/cookbooks/praefect/recipes/praefect_spec.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
           'session_pooled' => {},
         },
         'reconciliation' => {},
+        'background_verification' => {},
         'failover' => { 'enabled' => true }
       }
 
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@
                          database_direct_port: database_direct_port,
                          reconciliation_scheduling_interval: reconciliation_scheduling_interval,
                          reconciliation_histogram_buckets: reconciliation_histogram_buckets,
+                         background_verification_verification_interval: '168h',
                        })
       end
 
@@ -195,6 +197,9 @@
                 'histogram_buckets' => [1.0, 2.0],
                 'scheduling_interval' => '1m'
               },
+              'background_verification' => {
+                'verification_interval' => '168h'
+              },
               'sentry' => {
                 'sentry_dsn' => 'https://my_key:my_secret@sentry.io/test_project',
                 'sentry_environment' => 'production'