diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
index 6f196340bb7..fe6b3caa89f 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
@@ -240,11 +240,12 @@ func StartControllers(s *options.CMServer, kubeClient *client.Client, kubeconfig
 		api.Kind("ConfigMap"),
 	}
 	resourceQuotaControllerOptions := &resourcequotacontroller.ResourceQuotaControllerOptions{
-		KubeClient:            resourceQuotaControllerClient,
-		ResyncPeriod:          controller.StaticResyncPeriodFunc(s.ResourceQuotaSyncPeriod.Duration),
-		Registry:              resourceQuotaRegistry,
-		GroupKindsToReplenish: groupKindsToReplenish,
-		ControllerFactory:     resourcequotacontroller.NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(resourceQuotaControllerClient),
+		KubeClient:                resourceQuotaControllerClient,
+		ResyncPeriod:              controller.StaticResyncPeriodFunc(s.ResourceQuotaSyncPeriod.Duration),
+		Registry:                  resourceQuotaRegistry,
+		ControllerFactory:         resourcequotacontroller.NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(resourceQuotaControllerClient),
+		ReplenishmentResyncPeriod: ResyncPeriod(s),
+		GroupKindsToReplenish:     groupKindsToReplenish,
 	}
 	go resourcequotacontroller.NewResourceQuotaController(resourceQuotaControllerOptions).Run(s.ConcurrentResourceQuotaSyncs, wait.NeverStop)
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller.go b/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller.go
index d111b7e37d8..0a21ebf57f4 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller.go
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ type ResourceQuotaControllerOptions struct {
 	Registry quota.Registry
 	// Knows how to build controllers that notify replenishment events
 	ControllerFactory ReplenishmentControllerFactory
+	// Controls full resync of objects monitored for replenihsment.
+	ReplenishmentResyncPeriod controller.ResyncPeriodFunc
 	// List of GroupKind objects that should be monitored for replenishment at
 	// a faster frequency than the quota controller recalculation interval
 	GroupKindsToReplenish []unversioned.GroupKind
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ func NewResourceQuotaController(options *ResourceQuotaControllerOptions) *Resour
 	for _, groupKindToReplenish := range options.GroupKindsToReplenish {
 		controllerOptions := &ReplenishmentControllerOptions{
 			GroupKind:         groupKindToReplenish,
-			ResyncPeriod:      options.ResyncPeriod,
+			ResyncPeriod:      options.ReplenishmentResyncPeriod,
 			ReplenishmentFunc: rq.replenishQuota,
 		}
 		replenishmentController, err := options.ControllerFactory.NewController(controllerOptions)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller_test.go
index bce68116fd3..b65fb192225 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/resourcequota/resource_quota_controller_test.go
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ func TestSyncResourceQuota(t *testing.T) {
 			api.Kind("ReplicationController"),
 			api.Kind("PersistentVolumeClaim"),
 		},
-		ControllerFactory: NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(kubeClient),
+		ControllerFactory:         NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(kubeClient),
+		ReplenishmentResyncPeriod: controller.NoResyncPeriodFunc,
 	}
 	quotaController := NewResourceQuotaController(resourceQuotaControllerOptions)
 	err := quotaController.syncResourceQuota(resourceQuota)
@@ -198,7 +199,8 @@ func TestSyncResourceQuotaSpecChange(t *testing.T) {
 			api.Kind("ReplicationController"),
 			api.Kind("PersistentVolumeClaim"),
 		},
-		ControllerFactory: NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(kubeClient),
+		ControllerFactory:         NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(kubeClient),
+		ReplenishmentResyncPeriod: controller.NoResyncPeriodFunc,
 	}
 	quotaController := NewResourceQuotaController(resourceQuotaControllerOptions)
 	err := quotaController.syncResourceQuota(resourceQuota)
@@ -274,7 +276,8 @@ func TestSyncResourceQuotaNoChange(t *testing.T) {
 			api.Kind("ReplicationController"),
 			api.Kind("PersistentVolumeClaim"),
 		},
-		ControllerFactory: NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(kubeClient),
+		ControllerFactory:         NewReplenishmentControllerFactory(kubeClient),
+		ReplenishmentResyncPeriod: controller.NoResyncPeriodFunc,
 	}
 	quotaController := NewResourceQuotaController(resourceQuotaControllerOptions)
 	err := quotaController.syncResourceQuota(resourceQuota)