diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/pacemaker/attributes/default.rb b/chef/cookbooks/pacemaker/attributes/default.rb
index d616177e..599eeaff 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/pacemaker/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/pacemaker/attributes/default.rb
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 default[:pacemaker][:stonith][:sbd][:nodes] = {}
 
 default[:pacemaker][:stonith][:shared][:agent] = ""
+default[:pacemaker][:stonith][:shared][:op][:monitor][:interval] = "2h"
 # This can be either a string (containing a list of parameters) or a hash.
 # For instance:
 #   default[:pacemaker][:stonith][:shared][:params] = 'hostname="foo" password="bar"'
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
 default[:pacemaker][:stonith][:shared][:params] = {}
 
 default[:pacemaker][:stonith][:per_node][:agent] = ""
+default[:pacemaker][:stonith][:per_node][:op][:monitor][:interval] = "2h"
 # This can be "all" or "self":
 #   - if set to "all", then every node will configure the stonith resources for
 #     all nodes in the cluster
diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/pacemaker/recipes/stonith.rb b/chef/cookbooks/pacemaker/recipes/stonith.rb
index 495fabfd..6d4a3de1 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/pacemaker/recipes/stonith.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/pacemaker/recipes/stonith.rb
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
 
   pacemaker_primitive "stonith-shared" do
     agent "stonith:#{agent}"
+    op node[:pacemaker][:stonith][:shared][:op]
     params primitive_params
     action [:create, :start]
   end
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@
 
     pacemaker_primitive stonith_resource do
       agent "stonith:#{agent}"
+      op node[:pacemaker][:stonith][:per_node][:op]
       params primitive_params
       action [:create, :start]
     end