diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/queue/processing/TbRuleEngineProcessingStrategyFactory.java b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/queue/processing/TbRuleEngineProcessingStrategyFactory.java
index b6220f5f94..ecec278b10 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/queue/processing/TbRuleEngineProcessingStrategyFactory.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/queue/processing/TbRuleEngineProcessingStrategyFactory.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 @Component
 @Slf4j
@@ -58,6 +59,12 @@ public class TbRuleEngineProcessingStrategyFactory {
         private final double maxAllowedFailurePercentage;
         private final long pauseBetweenRetries;
 
+        private final boolean expPauseBetweenRetries;
+
+        private long maxExpPauseBetweenRetries;
+        private int maxExpDegreeValue;
+        private AtomicInteger expDegreeStep;
+
         private int initialTotalCount;
         private int retryCount;
 
@@ -69,6 +76,12 @@ public class TbRuleEngineProcessingStrategyFactory {
             this.maxRetries = configuration.getRetries();
             this.maxAllowedFailurePercentage = configuration.getFailurePercentage();
             this.pauseBetweenRetries = configuration.getPauseBetweenRetries();
+            this.expPauseBetweenRetries = configuration.isExpPauseBetweenRetries();
+            if (this.expPauseBetweenRetries) {
+                this.expDegreeStep = new AtomicInteger(1);
+                this.maxExpPauseBetweenRetries = configuration.getMaxExpPauseBetweenRetries();
+                this.maxExpDegreeValue = new Double(Math.log(maxExpPauseBetweenRetries) / Math.log(pauseBetweenRetries)).intValue();
+            }
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -103,10 +116,25 @@ public class TbRuleEngineProcessingStrategyFactory {
                         toReprocess.forEach((id, msg) -> log.trace("Going to reprocess [{}]: {}", id, TbMsg.fromBytes(result.getQueueName(), msg.getValue().getTbMsg().toByteArray(), TbMsgCallback.EMPTY)));
                     }
                     if (pauseBetweenRetries > 0) {
-                        try {
-                            Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(pauseBetweenRetries));
-                        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+                        if (expPauseBetweenRetries) {
+                            long pause;
+                            if (maxExpDegreeValue > expDegreeStep.get()) {
+                                pause = new Double(Math.pow(pauseBetweenRetries, expDegreeStep.getAndIncrement())).longValue();
+                            } else {
+                                pause = maxExpPauseBetweenRetries;
+                            }
+                            try {
+                                Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(
+                                        pause));
+                            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            try {
+                                Thread.sleep(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(pauseBetweenRetries));
+                            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                     return new TbRuleEngineProcessingDecision(false, toReprocess);
diff --git a/application/src/main/resources/thingsboard.yml b/application/src/main/resources/thingsboard.yml
index b6894bb0e7..6818d3069a 100644
--- a/application/src/main/resources/thingsboard.yml
+++ b/application/src/main/resources/thingsboard.yml
@@ -725,6 +725,8 @@ queue:
           retries: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_MAIN_PROCESSING_STRATEGY_RETRIES:3}" # Number of retries, 0 is unlimited
           failure-percentage: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_MAIN_PROCESSING_STRATEGY_FAILURE_PERCENTAGE:0}" # Skip retry if failures or timeouts are less then X percentage of messages;
           pause-between-retries: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_MAIN_PROCESSING_STRATEGY_RETRY_PAUSE:3}"# Time in seconds to wait in consumer thread before retries;
+          exp-pause-between-retries: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_MAIN_PROCESSING_STRATEGY_EXP_RETRY_PAUSE:false}"# Parameter to enable/disable exponential increase of pause between retries;
+          max-exp-pause-between-retries: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_MAIN_PROCESSING_STRATEGY_MAX_EXP_RETRY_PAUSE:86400}"# Max allowed time in seconds for pause between retries.
       - name: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_HP_QUEUE_NAME:HighPriority}"
         topic: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_HP_TOPIC:tb_rule_engine.hp}"
         poll-interval: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_HP_POLL_INTERVAL_MS:25}"
@@ -740,6 +742,8 @@ queue:
           retries: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_HP_PROCESSING_STRATEGY_RETRIES:0}" # Number of retries, 0 is unlimited
           failure-percentage: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_HP_PROCESSING_STRATEGY_FAILURE_PERCENTAGE:0}" # Skip retry if failures or timeouts are less then X percentage of messages;
           pause-between-retries: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_HP_PROCESSING_STRATEGY_RETRY_PAUSE:5}"# Time in seconds to wait in consumer thread before retries;
+          exp-pause-between-retries: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_MAIN_PROCESSING_STRATEGY_EXP_RETRY_PAUSE:false}"# Parameter to enable/disable exponential increase of pause between retries;
+          max-exp-pause-between-retries: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_MAIN_PROCESSING_STRATEGY_MAX_EXP_RETRY_PAUSE:86400}"# Max allowed time in seconds for pause between retries.
       - name: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_SQ_QUEUE_NAME:SequentialByOriginator}"
         topic: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_SQ_TOPIC:tb_rule_engine.sq}"
         poll-interval: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_SQ_POLL_INTERVAL_MS:25}"
@@ -755,6 +759,8 @@ queue:
           retries: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_SQ_PROCESSING_STRATEGY_RETRIES:3}" # Number of retries, 0 is unlimited
           failure-percentage: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_SQ_PROCESSING_STRATEGY_FAILURE_PERCENTAGE:0}" # Skip retry if failures or timeouts are less then X percentage of messages;
           pause-between-retries: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_SQ_PROCESSING_STRATEGY_RETRY_PAUSE:5}"# Time in seconds to wait in consumer thread before retries;
+          exp-pause-between-retries: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_MAIN_PROCESSING_STRATEGY_EXP_RETRY_PAUSE:false}"# Parameter to enable/disable exponential increase of pause between retries;
+          max-exp-pause-between-retries: "${TB_QUEUE_RE_MAIN_PROCESSING_STRATEGY_MAX_EXP_RETRY_PAUSE:86400}"# Max allowed time in seconds for pause between retries.
   transport:
     # For high priority notifications that require minimum latency and processing time
     notifications_topic: "${TB_QUEUE_TRANSPORT_NOTIFICATIONS_TOPIC:tb_transport.notifications}"
diff --git a/common/queue/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/queue/settings/TbRuleEngineQueueAckStrategyConfiguration.java b/common/queue/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/queue/settings/TbRuleEngineQueueAckStrategyConfiguration.java
index 0d21c59c9c..2e61fe8b93 100644
--- a/common/queue/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/queue/settings/TbRuleEngineQueueAckStrategyConfiguration.java
+++ b/common/queue/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/queue/settings/TbRuleEngineQueueAckStrategyConfiguration.java
@@ -24,5 +24,7 @@ public class TbRuleEngineQueueAckStrategyConfiguration {
     private int retries;
     private double failurePercentage;
     private long pauseBetweenRetries;
+    private boolean expPauseBetweenRetries;
+    private long maxExpPauseBetweenRetries;
 
 }