diff --git a/src/ejabberd_c2s.erl b/src/ejabberd_c2s.erl
index 4efdafef2..df1b9e2f9 100644
--- a/src/ejabberd_c2s.erl
+++ b/src/ejabberd_c2s.erl
@@ -1038,6 +1038,8 @@ listen_opt_type(inet) -> fun(B) when is_boolean(B) -> B end;
 listen_opt_type(inet6) -> fun(B) when is_boolean(B) -> B end;
 listen_opt_type(backlog) ->
     fun(I) when is_integer(I), I>0 -> I end;
+listen_opt_type(accept_interval) ->
+    fun(I) when is_integer(I), I>=0 -> I end;
 listen_opt_type(O) ->
     StreamOpts = mod_stream_mgmt:mod_options(?MYNAME),
     case lists:keyfind(O, 1, StreamOpts) of
@@ -1045,7 +1047,7 @@ listen_opt_type(O) ->
 	    [access, shaper, certfile, ciphers, dhfile, cafile,
 	     protocol_options, tls, tls_compression, starttls,
 	     starttls_required, tls_verify, zlib, max_fsm_queue,
-	     backlog, inet, inet6];
+	     backlog, inet, inet6, accept_interval];
 	_ ->
 	    ?ERROR_MSG("Listening option '~s' is ignored: use '~s' "
 		       "option from mod_stream_mgmt module", [O, O]),
diff --git a/src/ejabberd_http.erl b/src/ejabberd_http.erl
index dee16927e..3f414244f 100644
--- a/src/ejabberd_http.erl
+++ b/src/ejabberd_http.erl
@@ -947,6 +947,8 @@ listen_opt_type(inet) -> fun(B) when is_boolean(B) -> B end;
 listen_opt_type(inet6) -> fun(B) when is_boolean(B) -> B end;
 listen_opt_type(backlog) ->
     fun(I) when is_integer(I), I>0 -> I end;
+listen_opt_type(accept_interval) ->
+    fun(I) when is_integer(I), I>=0 -> I end;
 listen_opt_type(_) ->
     %% TODO
     fun(A) -> A end.
diff --git a/src/ejabberd_listener.erl b/src/ejabberd_listener.erl
index 63842b626..68a41e33b 100644
--- a/src/ejabberd_listener.erl
+++ b/src/ejabberd_listener.erl
@@ -256,36 +256,7 @@ get_ip_tuple(IPOpt, _IPVOpt) ->
     IPOpt.
 
 accept(ListenSocket, Module, Opts) ->
-    IntervalOpt =
-        case proplists:get_value(accept_interval, Opts) of
-            [{linear, [I1_, T1_, T2_, I2_]}] ->
-                {linear, I1_, T1_, T2_, I2_};
-            I_ -> I_
-        end,
-    Interval =
-        case IntervalOpt of
-            undefined ->
-                0;
-            I when is_integer(I), I >= 0 ->
-                I;
-            {linear, I1, T1, T2, I2}
-            when is_integer(I1),
-                 is_integer(T1),
-                 is_integer(T2),
-                 is_integer(I2),
-                 I1 >= 0,
-                 I2 >= 0,
-                 T2 > 0 ->
-                {MSec, Sec, _USec} = os:timestamp(),
-                TS = MSec * 1000000 + Sec,
-                {linear, I1, TS + T1, T2, I2};
-            I ->
-                ?WARNING_MSG("There is a problem in the configuration: "
-                             "~p is a wrong accept_interval value.  "
-                             "Using 0 as fallback",
-                             [I]),
-                0
-        end,
+    Interval = proplists:get_value(accept_interval, Opts, 0),
     accept(ListenSocket, Module, Opts, Interval).
 
 accept(ListenSocket, Module, Opts, Interval) ->
diff --git a/src/ejabberd_s2s_in.erl b/src/ejabberd_s2s_in.erl
index a02834c78..bf4afb5b5 100644
--- a/src/ejabberd_s2s_in.erl
+++ b/src/ejabberd_s2s_in.erl
@@ -388,6 +388,9 @@ listen_opt_type(inet) -> fun(B) when is_boolean(B) -> B end;
 listen_opt_type(inet6) -> fun(B) when is_boolean(B) -> B end;
 listen_opt_type(backlog) ->
     fun(I) when is_integer(I), I>0 -> I end;
+listen_opt_type(accept_interval) ->
+    fun(I) when is_integer(I), I>=0 -> I end;
 listen_opt_type(_) ->
     [shaper, certfile, ciphers, dhfile, cafile, protocol_options,
-     tls_compression, tls, max_fsm_queue, backlog, inet, inet6].
+     tls_compression, tls, max_fsm_queue, backlog, inet, inet6,
+     accept_interval].
diff --git a/src/ejabberd_service.erl b/src/ejabberd_service.erl
index 6445406d2..4c3ae16a3 100644
--- a/src/ejabberd_service.erl
+++ b/src/ejabberd_service.erl
@@ -341,7 +341,9 @@ listen_opt_type(inet) -> fun(B) when is_boolean(B) -> B end;
 listen_opt_type(inet6) -> fun(B) when is_boolean(B) -> B end;
 listen_opt_type(backlog) ->
     fun(I) when is_integer(I), I>0 -> I end;
+listen_opt_type(accept_interval) ->
+    fun(I) when is_integer(I), I>=0 -> I end;
 listen_opt_type(_) ->
     [access, shaper_rule, certfile, ciphers, dhfile, cafile, tls,
      protocol_options, tls_compression, password, hosts, check_from,
-     max_fsm_queue, global_routes, backlog, inet, inet6].
+     max_fsm_queue, global_routes, backlog, inet, inet6, accept_interval].
diff --git a/src/ejabberd_sip.erl b/src/ejabberd_sip.erl
index ec2bceb6b..4606d768c 100644
--- a/src/ejabberd_sip.erl
+++ b/src/ejabberd_sip.erl
@@ -93,8 +93,10 @@ listen_opt_type(certfile) ->
     end;
 listen_opt_type(tls) ->
     fun(B) when is_boolean(B) -> B end;
+listen_opt_type(accept_interval) ->
+    fun(I) when is_integer(I), I>=0 -> I end;
 listen_opt_type(_) ->
-    [tls, certfile].
+    [tls, certfile, accept_interval].
 
 %%%===================================================================
 %%% Internal functions
diff --git a/src/ejabberd_stun.erl b/src/ejabberd_stun.erl
index adae05f00..1ba16d548 100644
--- a/src/ejabberd_stun.erl
+++ b/src/ejabberd_stun.erl
@@ -174,8 +174,10 @@ listen_opt_type(server_name) ->
     fun iolist_to_binary/1;
 listen_opt_type(backlog) ->
     fun(I) when is_integer(I), I>0 -> I end;
+listen_opt_type(accept_interval) ->
+    fun(I) when is_integer(I), I>=0 -> I end;
 listen_opt_type(_) ->
     [shaper, auth_type, auth_realm, tls, certfile, turn_min_port,
      turn_max_port, turn_max_allocations, turn_max_permissions,
-     server_name, backlog].
+     server_name, backlog, accept_interval].
 -endif.
diff --git a/src/ejabberd_xmlrpc.erl b/src/ejabberd_xmlrpc.erl
index fb5cbd850..6860f8cda 100644
--- a/src/ejabberd_xmlrpc.erl
+++ b/src/ejabberd_xmlrpc.erl
@@ -585,5 +585,8 @@ listen_opt_type(inet) -> fun(B) when is_boolean(B) -> B end;
 listen_opt_type(inet6) -> fun(B) when is_boolean(B) -> B end;
 listen_opt_type(backlog) ->
     fun(I) when is_integer(I), I>0 -> I end;
+listen_opt_type(accept_interval) ->
+    fun(I) when is_integer(I), I>=0 -> I end;
 listen_opt_type(_) ->
-    [access_commands, maxsessions, timeout, backlog, inet, inet6].
+    [access_commands, maxsessions, timeout, backlog, inet, inet6,
+     accept_interval].
diff --git a/src/mod_proxy65_stream.erl b/src/mod_proxy65_stream.erl
index ad1844e0c..66577efac 100644
--- a/src/mod_proxy65_stream.erl
+++ b/src/mod_proxy65_stream.erl
@@ -294,10 +294,13 @@ listen_opt_type(recbuf) ->
     fun (I) when is_integer(I), I > 0 -> I end;
 listen_opt_type(shaper) -> fun acl:shaper_rules_validator/1;
 listen_opt_type(sndbuf) ->
-    fun (I) when is_integer(I), I > 0 -> I end.
+    fun (I) when is_integer(I), I > 0 -> I end;
+listen_opt_type(accept_interval) ->
+    fun(I) when is_integer(I), I>=0 -> I end.
 
 listen_options() ->
     [{auth_type, anonymous},
      {recbuf, 8192},
      {sndbuf, 8192},
+     {accept_interval, 0},
      {shaper, none}].