diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
index 7196def422..dc2bcbe2ff 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
@@ -650,6 +650,14 @@ public class DFSConfigKeys extends CommonConfigurationKeys {
   public static final long
           DFS_DATANODE_PEER_METRICS_MIN_OUTLIER_DETECTION_SAMPLES_DEFAULT =
       1000;
+  public static final String DFS_DATANODE_MIN_OUTLIER_DETECTION_NODES_KEY =
+      "dfs.datanode.min.outlier.detection.nodes";
+  public static final long DFS_DATANODE_MIN_OUTLIER_DETECTION_NODES_DEFAULT =
+      10L;
+  public static final String DFS_DATANODE_SLOWPEER_LOW_THRESHOLD_MS_KEY =
+      "dfs.datanode.slowpeer.low.threshold.ms";
+  public static final long DFS_DATANODE_SLOWPEER_LOW_THRESHOLD_MS_DEFAULT =
+      5L;
   public static final String DFS_DATANODE_MIN_OUTLIER_DETECTION_DISKS_KEY =
       "dfs.datanode.min.outlier.detection.disks";
   public static final long DFS_DATANODE_MIN_OUTLIER_DETECTION_DISKS_DEFAULT =
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/metrics/DataNodePeerMetrics.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/metrics/DataNodePeerMetrics.java
index 3c70a23ac5..750e53db13 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/metrics/DataNodePeerMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/metrics/DataNodePeerMetrics.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.MetricsJsonBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.lib.MutableRollingAverages;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -48,11 +49,6 @@ public class DataNodePeerMetrics {
 
   private final String name;
 
-  /**
-   * Threshold in milliseconds below which a DataNode is definitely not slow.
-   */
-  private static final long LOW_THRESHOLD_MS = 5;
-  private static final long MIN_OUTLIER_DETECTION_NODES = 10;
 
   private final OutlierDetector slowNodeDetector;
 
@@ -62,14 +58,28 @@ public class DataNodePeerMetrics {
    * outlier detection is skipped.
    */
   private final long minOutlierDetectionSamples;
+  /**
+   * Threshold in milliseconds below which a DataNode is definitely not slow.
+   */
+  private final long lowThresholdMs;
+  /**
+   * Minimum number of nodes to run outlier detection.
+   */
+  private final long minOutlierDetectionNodes;
 
   public DataNodePeerMetrics(final String name, Configuration conf) {
     this.name = name;
     minOutlierDetectionSamples = conf.getLong(
         DFS_DATANODE_PEER_METRICS_MIN_OUTLIER_DETECTION_SAMPLES_KEY,
         DFS_DATANODE_PEER_METRICS_MIN_OUTLIER_DETECTION_SAMPLES_DEFAULT);
-    this.slowNodeDetector = new OutlierDetector(MIN_OUTLIER_DETECTION_NODES,
-        LOW_THRESHOLD_MS);
+    lowThresholdMs =
+        conf.getLong(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_DATANODE_SLOWPEER_LOW_THRESHOLD_MS_KEY,
+            DFSConfigKeys.DFS_DATANODE_SLOWPEER_LOW_THRESHOLD_MS_DEFAULT);
+    minOutlierDetectionNodes =
+        conf.getLong(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_DATANODE_MIN_OUTLIER_DETECTION_NODES_KEY,
+            DFSConfigKeys.DFS_DATANODE_MIN_OUTLIER_DETECTION_NODES_DEFAULT);
+    this.slowNodeDetector =
+        new OutlierDetector(minOutlierDetectionNodes, lowThresholdMs);
     sendPacketDownstreamRollingAverages = new MutableRollingAverages("Time");
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
index af547fdd5b..eee5f931b0 100755
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
@@ -2330,6 +2330,22 @@
     </description>
   </property>
 
+<property>
+  <name>dfs.datanode.min.outlier.detection.nodes</name>
+  <value>10</value>
+  <description>
+    Minimum number of nodes to run outlier detection.
+  </description>
+</property>
+
+<property>
+  <name>dfs.datanode.slowpeer.low.threshold.ms</name>
+  <value>5</value>
+  <description>
+    Threshold in milliseconds below which a DataNode is definitely not slow.
+  </description>
+</property>
+
 <property>
   <name>dfs.datanode.outliers.report.interval</name>
   <value>30m</value>