diff --git a/clearml/config/default/sdk.conf b/clearml/config/default/sdk.conf
index d711b7f5..bb92674c 100644
--- a/clearml/config/default/sdk.conf
+++ b/clearml/config/default/sdk.conf
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@
             # compatibility feature, report memory usage for the entire machine
             # default (false), report only on the running process and its sub-processes
             report_global_mem_used: false
+
+            # if provided, start resource reporting after this amount of seconds
+            #report_start_sec: 30
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/clearml/task.py b/clearml/task.py
index aead25ef..5dea56fb 100644
--- a/clearml/task.py
+++ b/clearml/task.py
@@ -702,8 +702,10 @@ class Task(_Task):
                 resource_monitor_cls = auto_resource_monitoring \
                     if isinstance(auto_resource_monitoring, six.class_types) else ResourceMonitor
                 task._resource_monitor = resource_monitor_cls(
-                    task, report_mem_used_per_process=not config.get(
-                        'development.worker.report_global_mem_used', False))
+                    task,
+                    report_mem_used_per_process=not config.get('development.worker.report_global_mem_used', False),
+                    first_report_sec=config.get('development.worker.report_start_sec', None),
+                )
                 task._resource_monitor.start()
 
             # make sure all random generators are initialized with new seed