diff --git a/modules/services/imapnotify-accounts.nix b/modules/services/imapnotify-accounts.nix
index e437f94e3..77373591b 100644
--- a/modules/services/imapnotify-accounts.nix
+++ b/modules/services/imapnotify-accounts.nix
@@ -30,10 +30,17 @@ with lib;
       description = "IMAP folders to watch.";
     };
 
+    wait = mkOption {
+      type = types.int;
+      default = 1;
+      example = 10;
+      description =
+        "Wait time in seconds between IDLE event and execution of scripts";
+    };
+
     extraConfig = mkOption {
       type = let jsonFormat = pkgs.formats.json { }; in jsonFormat.type;
       default = { };
-      example = { wait = 10; };
       description = "Additional configuration to add for this account.";
     };
   };
diff --git a/modules/services/imapnotify.nix b/modules/services/imapnotify.nix
index a52b86e97..e201a1c5a 100644
--- a/modules/services/imapnotify.nix
+++ b/modules/services/imapnotify.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ let
         Service = {
           # Use the nix store path for config to ensure service restarts when it changes
           ExecStart =
-            "${getExe cfg.package} -conf '${genAccountConfig account}'";
+            "${getExe cfg.package} -conf '${genAccountConfig account}' -wait ${
+              toString account.imapnotify.wait
+            }";
           Restart = "always";
           RestartSec = 30;
           Type = "simple";
diff --git a/tests/modules/services/imapnotify/imapnotify.service b/tests/modules/services/imapnotify/imapnotify.service
index cc1ba77b8..344551483 100644
--- a/tests/modules/services/imapnotify/imapnotify.service
+++ b/tests/modules/services/imapnotify/imapnotify.service
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ WantedBy=default.target
 [Service]
 Environment=PATH=
 Environment=NOTMUCH_CONFIG=/home/hm-user/.config/notmuch/default/config
-ExecStart=@goimapnotify@/bin/goimapnotify -conf '/nix/store/00000000000000000000000000000000-imapnotify-hm-example.com-config.json'
+ExecStart=@goimapnotify@/bin/goimapnotify -conf '/nix/store/00000000000000000000000000000000-imapnotify-hm-example.com-config.json' -wait 1
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=30
 Type=simple