diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Jobset.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Jobset.pm
index 0352d656..00fbf4ef 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Jobset.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/Jobset.pm
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ sub updateJobset {
         , enableemail => defined $c->request->params->{enableemail} ? 1 : 0
         , emailoverride => trim($c->request->params->{emailoverride}) || ""
         , hidden => defined $c->request->params->{visible} ? 0 : 1
-        , keepnr => trim($c->request->params->{keepnr}) || 3
+        , keepnr => int(trim($c->request->params->{keepnr})) || 3
+        , checkinterval => int(trim($c->request->params->{checkinterval}))
         , triggertime => $jobset->triggertime // time()
         });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Jobsets.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Jobsets.pm
index 649043e4..97ccdceb 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Jobsets.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Jobsets.pm
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ __PACKAGE__->table("Jobsets");
   default_value: 3
   is_nullable: 0
 
+=head2 checkinterval
+
+  data_type: 'integer'
+  default_value: 300
+  is_nullable: 0
+
 =cut
 
 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
@@ -131,6 +137,8 @@ __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
   { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 0 },
   "keepnr",
   { data_type => "integer", default_value => 3, is_nullable => 0 },
+  "checkinterval",
+  { data_type => "integer", default_value => 300, is_nullable => 0 },
 );
 
 =head1 PRIMARY KEY
@@ -252,7 +260,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->belongs_to(
 );
 
 
-# Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.07033 @ 2013-02-25 19:10:12
-# DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:SvBgR0iH9NjVH4jvBATYPA
+# Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.07033 @ 2013-05-02 14:50:55
+# DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:q4amPCWRoWMThnRa/n/y1w
 
 1;
diff --git a/src/root/edit-jobset.tt b/src/root/edit-jobset.tt
index b8393f18..734d70ab 100644
--- a/src/root/edit-jobset.tt
+++ b/src/root/edit-jobset.tt
@@ -83,6 +83,17 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
+    <div class="control-group">
+      <label class="control-label">Check interval</label>
+      <div class="controls">
+        <div class="input-append">
+          <input type="number" class="span3" name="checkinterval" [% HTML.attributes(value => jobset.checkinterval) %]></input>
+          <span class="add-on">sec</span>
+        </div>
+        <span class="help-inline">(0 to disable polling)</span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
     <div class="control-group">
       <div class="controls">
         <label class="checkbox">
diff --git a/src/root/jobset.tt b/src/root/jobset.tt
index fab00e69..4d81fd21 100644
--- a/src/root/jobset.tt
+++ b/src/root/jobset.tt
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@
         <th>Enabled:</th>
         <td>[% jobset.enabled ? "Yes" : "No" %]</td>
       </tr>
+      <tr>
+        <th>Check interval:</th>
+        <td>[% jobset.checkinterval || "<em>disabled</em>"  %]</td>
+      </tr>
       <tr>
         <th>Enable email notification:</th>
         <td>[% jobset.enableemail ? "Yes" : "No" %]</td>
diff --git a/src/script/hydra-evaluator b/src/script/hydra-evaluator
index 7eae59ff..d2d61048 100755
--- a/src/script/hydra-evaluator
+++ b/src/script/hydra-evaluator
@@ -268,11 +268,12 @@ sub checkSomeJobset {
         { join => 'project', order_by => [ 'triggertime' ], rows => 1 });
 
     # Otherwise, check the jobset that hasn't been checked for the
-    # longest time (but don't check more often than the minimal check
-    # interval).
+    # longest time (but don't check more often than the jobset's
+    # minimal check interval).
     ($jobset) = $db->resultset('Jobsets')->search(
         { 'project.enabled' => 1, 'me.enabled' => 1,
-        , -or => [ 'lastcheckedtime' => undef, 'lastcheckedtime' => { '<', time() - $minCheckInterval } ] },
+        , 'checkinterval' => { '!=', 0 }
+        , -or => [ 'lastcheckedtime' => undef, 'lastcheckedtime' => { '<', \ (time() . " - me.checkinterval") } ] },
         { join => 'project', order_by => [ 'lastcheckedtime nulls first' ], rows => 1 })
         unless defined $jobset;
 
diff --git a/src/sql/hydra.sql b/src/sql/hydra.sql
index c1c68104..9e543edf 100644
--- a/src/sql/hydra.sql
+++ b/src/sql/hydra.sql
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ create table Jobsets (
     hidden        integer not null default 0,
     emailOverride text not null,
     keepnr        integer not null default 3,
+    checkInterval integer not null default 300, -- minimum time in seconds between polls (0 = disable polling)
     primary key   (project, name),
     foreign key   (project) references Projects(name) on delete cascade on update cascade
 #ifdef SQLITE
diff --git a/src/sql/upgrade-12.sql b/src/sql/upgrade-12.sql
index ea7504da..227d091c 100644
--- a/src/sql/upgrade-12.sql
+++ b/src/sql/upgrade-12.sql
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-
 create index IndexBuildOutputsOnPath on BuildOutputs(path);
diff --git a/src/sql/upgrade-13.sql b/src/sql/upgrade-13.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a583883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sql/upgrade-13.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+alter table Jobsets add column checkInterval integer not null default 300;