diff --git a/dokan/dokan.c b/dokan/dokan.c
index 8e243460..2a065250 100644
--- a/dokan/dokan.c
+++ b/dokan/dokan.c
@@ -998,6 +998,7 @@ BOOL DokanStart(_In_ PDOKAN_INSTANCE DokanInstance) {
            sizeof(DokanInstance->UNCName));
 
   eventStart.IrpTimeout = DokanInstance->DokanOptions->Timeout;
+  eventStart.FcbGarbageCollectionIntervalMs = 2000;
 
   SendToDevice(DOKAN_GLOBAL_DEVICE_NAME, FSCTL_EVENT_START, &eventStart,
                sizeof(EVENT_START), &driverInfo, sizeof(EVENT_DRIVER_INFO),
diff --git a/sys/event.c b/sys/event.c
index c01d3f6a..2f213124 100644
--- a/sys/event.c
+++ b/sys/event.c
@@ -930,7 +930,6 @@ DokanEventStart(__in PREQUEST_CONTEXT RequestContext) {
   }
 
   dcb = dokanControl.Dcb;
-  dcb->FcbGarbageCollectionIntervalMs = 2000;
   dcb->MountOptions = eventStart->Flags;
   dcb->DispatchDriverLogs =
       (eventStart->Flags & DOKAN_EVENT_DISPATCH_DRIVER_LOGS) != 0;
@@ -1023,6 +1022,20 @@ DokanEventStart(__in PREQUEST_CONTEXT RequestContext) {
     dcb->IrpTimeout = eventStart->IrpTimeout;
   }
 
+  dcb->FcbGarbageCollectionIntervalMs =
+      eventStart->FcbGarbageCollectionIntervalMs;
+  // Sanitize the garbage collection parameter.
+  if (dcb->FcbGarbageCollectionIntervalMs > 0) {
+    if (dcb->FcbGarbageCollectionIntervalMs <
+        MIN_FCB_GARBAGE_COLLECTION_INTERVAL) {
+      DokanLogInfo(&logger,
+                   L"Not using FCB garbage collection because the"
+                   L" specified interval of %lu is too low to be useful.",
+                   dcb->FcbGarbageCollectionIntervalMs);
+      dcb->FcbGarbageCollectionIntervalMs = 0;
+    }
+  }
+
   DokanLogInfo(&logger, L"Event start using mount ID: %d; device name: %s.",
                dcb->MountId, driverInfo->DeviceName);
 
diff --git a/sys/public.h b/sys/public.h
index 1fc3457b..dfe778a4 100644
--- a/sys/public.h
+++ b/sys/public.h
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ typedef struct _EVENT_START {
   WCHAR MountPoint[260];
   WCHAR UNCName[64];
   ULONG IrpTimeout;
+  ULONG FcbGarbageCollectionIntervalMs;
   ULONG VolumeSecurityDescriptorLength;
   CHAR VolumeSecurityDescriptor[VOLUME_SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR_MAX_SIZE];
 } EVENT_START, *PEVENT_START;