diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/functions/annotation/KafkaOutput.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/functions/annotation/KafkaOutput.java
index 2010abd..81cfa34 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/functions/annotation/KafkaOutput.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/functions/annotation/KafkaOutput.java
@@ -190,4 +190,12 @@
      * @return The ssl key password.
      */
     String sslKeyPassword() default "";
+
+    /**
+     * lingerMS property provides the time between batches of messages
+     * being sent to cluster. Larger value allows more batching results in high throughput.
+     *
+     * @return Linger.ms for librdkafka
+     */
+    int lingerMs() default 5;
 }