diff --git a/bin/as.sh b/bin/as.sh
index 7571559bb..2eb5b58f3 100755
--- a/bin/as.sh
+++ b/bin/as.sh
@@ -134,12 +134,15 @@ COMMAND=
 # batch file to execute
 BATCH_FILE=
 
-# tunnel server url
-TUNNEL_SERVER=
-
 # channel server address
 CHANNEL_SERVER=
 
+# channel client heartbeat interval seconds
+HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL=
+
+# tunnel server url
+TUNNEL_SERVER=
+
 # agent id
 AGENT_ID=
 
@@ -406,7 +409,7 @@ usage()
 Usage:
     $0 [-h] [--target-ip <value>] [--telnet-port <value>]
        [--http-port <value>] [--session-timeout <value>] [--arthas-home <value>]
-       [--channel-server <value>]
+       [--channel-server <value>] [--heartbeat-interval <value>]
        [--tunnel-server <value>] [--agent-id <value>] [--stat-url <value>]
        [--app-name <value>]
        [--username <value>] [--password <value>]
@@ -427,8 +430,9 @@ Options and Arguments:
     --use-http                  Enforce use http to download, default use https
     --attach-only               Attach target process only, do not connect
     --debug-attach              Debug attach agent
-    --tunnel-server             Remote tunnel server url
     --channel-server            Remote channel server address
+    --heartbeat-interval        The arthas agent (channel client) heartbeat interval seconds, default 5
+    --tunnel-server             Remote tunnel server url
     --agent-id                  Special agent id
     --app-name                  Special app name
     --username                  Special username
@@ -450,6 +454,7 @@ EXAMPLES:
   ./as.sh --tunnel-server 'ws://192.168.10.11:7777/ws' --app-name demoapp
   ./as.sh --tunnel-server 'ws://192.168.10.11:7777/ws' --agent-id bvDOe8XbTM2pQWjF4cfw
   ./as.sh --channel-server '192.168.10.11:7700'
+  ./as.sh --channel-server '192.168.10.11:7700' --heartbeat-interval 10
   ./as.sh --channel-server '192.168.10.11:7700' --agent-id bvDOe8XbTM2pQWjF4cfw
   ./as.sh --stat-url 'http://192.168.10.11:8080/api/stat'
   ./as.sh -c 'sysprop; thread' <pid>
@@ -603,13 +608,18 @@ parse_arguments()
         shift # past argument
         shift # past value
         ;;
-        --tunnel-server)
-        TUNNEL_SERVER="$2"
+        --channel-server)
+        CHANNEL_SERVER="$2"
         shift # past argument
         shift # past value
         ;;
-        --channel-server)
-        CHANNEL_SERVER="$2"
+        --heartbeat-interval)
+        HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL="$2"
+        shift # past argument
+        shift # past value
+        ;;
+        --tunnel-server)
+        TUNNEL_SERVER="$2"
         shift # past argument
         shift # past value
         ;;
@@ -819,14 +829,18 @@ attach_jvm()
     fi
 
     local tempArgs=()
-    if [ "${TUNNEL_SERVER}" ]; then
-        tempArgs+=("-tunnel-server")
-        tempArgs+=("${TUNNEL_SERVER}")
-    fi
     if [ "${CHANNEL_SERVER}" ]; then
         tempArgs+=("-channel-server")
         tempArgs+=("${CHANNEL_SERVER}")
     fi
+    if [ "${HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL}" ]; then
+        tempArgs+=("-heartbeat-interval")
+        tempArgs+=("${CHANNEL_SERVER}")
+    fi
+    if [ "${TUNNEL_SERVER}" ]; then
+        tempArgs+=("-tunnel-server")
+        tempArgs+=("${TUNNEL_SERVER}")
+    fi
     if [ "${AGENT_ID}" ]; then
         tempArgs+=("-agent-id")
         tempArgs+=("${AGENT_ID}")
diff --git a/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java b/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java
index f271f176b..da2a00ad9 100644
--- a/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java
+++ b/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import com.taobao.middleware.cli.CommandLine;
 import com.taobao.middleware.cli.UsageMessageFormatter;
 import com.taobao.middleware.cli.annotations.Argument;
 import com.taobao.middleware.cli.annotations.CLIConfigurator;
+import com.taobao.middleware.cli.annotations.DefaultValue;
 import com.taobao.middleware.cli.annotations.Description;
 import com.taobao.middleware.cli.annotations.Name;
 import com.taobao.middleware.cli.annotations.Option;
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ import static com.taobao.arthas.boot.ProcessUtils.STATUS_EXEC_TIMEOUT;
                 + "  java -jar arthas-boot.jar --tunnel-server 'ws://192.168.10.11:7777/ws' --app-name demoapp\n"
                 + "  java -jar arthas-boot.jar --tunnel-server 'ws://192.168.10.11:7777/ws' --agent-id bvDOe8XbTM2pQWjF4cfw\n"
                 + "  java -jar arthas-boot.jar --channel-server '192.168.10.11:7700'\n"
+                + "  java -jar arthas-boot.jar --channel-server '192.168.10.11:7700' --heartbeat-interval 10\n"
                 + "  java -jar arthas-boot.jar --channel-server '192.168.10.11:7700' --agent-id bvDOe8XbTM2pQWjF4cfw\n"
                 + "  java -jar arthas-boot.jar --stat-url 'http://192.168.10.11:8080/api/stat'\n"
                 + "  java -jar arthas-boot.jar -c 'sysprop; thread' <pid>\n"
@@ -118,8 +120,10 @@ public class Bootstrap {
     private String command;
     private String batchFile;
 
-    private String tunnelServer;
     private String channelServer;
+    private int heartbeatInterval;
+
+    private String tunnelServer;
     private String agentId;
 
     private String appName;
@@ -255,18 +259,25 @@ public class Bootstrap {
         this.verbose = verbose;
     }
 
-    @Option(longName = "tunnel-server")
-    @Description("The tunnel server url")
-    public void setTunnelServer(String tunnelServer) {
-        this.tunnelServer = tunnelServer;
-    }
-
     @Option(longName = "channel-server")
     @Description("The channel server address")
     public void setChannelServer(String channelServer) {
         this.channelServer = channelServer;
     }
 
+    @Option(longName = "heartbeat-interval")
+    @DefaultValue("5")
+    @Description("The arthas agent (channel client) heartbeat interval seconds")
+    public void setHeartbeatInterval(int heartbeatInterval) {
+        this.heartbeatInterval = heartbeatInterval;
+    }
+
+    @Option(longName = "tunnel-server")
+    @Description("The tunnel server url")
+    public void setTunnelServer(String tunnelServer) {
+        this.tunnelServer = tunnelServer;
+    }
+
     @Option(longName = "agent-id")
     @Description("The agent id register to tunnel server")
     public void setAgentId(String agentId) {
@@ -837,14 +848,18 @@ public class Bootstrap {
         return width;
     }
 
-    public String getTunnelServer() {
-        return tunnelServer;
-    }
-
     public String getChannelServer() {
         return channelServer;
     }
 
+    public int getHeartbeatInterval() {
+        return heartbeatInterval;
+    }
+
+    public String getTunnelServer() {
+        return tunnelServer;
+    }
+
     public String getAgentId() {
         return agentId;
     }
diff --git a/channel/channel-client/src/main/java/com/alibaba/arthas/channel/client/ChannelClient.java b/channel/channel-client/src/main/java/com/alibaba/arthas/channel/client/ChannelClient.java
index 84f327f78..6982a98b9 100644
--- a/channel/channel-client/src/main/java/com/alibaba/arthas/channel/client/ChannelClient.java
+++ b/channel/channel-client/src/main/java/com/alibaba/arthas/channel/client/ChannelClient.java
@@ -46,12 +46,14 @@ public class ChannelClient {
     private ManagedChannel channel;
     private ScheduledFuture<?> reconnectFuture;
     private String channelServerAddress;
-    private int reconnectDelay = 5000;
+    private int reconnectDelay = 5;
+    private int heartbeatInterval = 5;
     private EventLoopGroup group;
 
     //channel info
     private String channelVersion = "1.0.0";
     private List<String> channelFeatures = Arrays.asList("WebConsole", "ExecuteCommand");
+    private long lastHeartbeatTime;
 
     public ChannelClient(String host, int port) {
         this.host = host;
@@ -263,7 +265,7 @@ public class ChannelClient {
             public void onCompleted() {
             }
         });
-
+        lastHeartbeatTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
     }
 
     //多线程发送数据貌似会出现错误，加上synchronized后没有出现错误
@@ -280,6 +282,7 @@ public class ChannelClient {
     }
 
     private void scheduleReconnectTask() {
+        logger.info("Agent reconnect delay seconds: "+reconnectDelay+", heartbeat interval seconds: "+heartbeatInterval);
         reconnectFuture = executorService.scheduleWithFixedDelay(new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
@@ -307,14 +310,17 @@ public class ChannelClient {
                     }
                 } else {
                     // send heartbeat
-                    try {
-                        sendHeartbeat(arthasServiceStub);
-                    } catch (Throwable e) {
-                        logger.error("send heartbeat failure", e);
+                    long delta = System.currentTimeMillis() - lastHeartbeatTime;
+                    if (delta >= heartbeatInterval * 1000) {
+                        try {
+                            sendHeartbeat(arthasServiceStub);
+                        } catch (Throwable e) {
+                            logger.error("send heartbeat failure", e);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
-        }, reconnectDelay, reconnectDelay, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        }, reconnectDelay, reconnectDelay, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 
     }
 
@@ -374,13 +380,25 @@ public class ChannelClient {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set reconnect delay time (ms)
+     * Set reconnect delay seconds
      * @param reconnectDelay
      */
     public void setReconnectDelay(int reconnectDelay) {
         this.reconnectDelay = reconnectDelay;
     }
 
+    public int getHeartbeatInterval() {
+        return heartbeatInterval;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set heartbeat interval seconds
+     * @param heartbeatInterval
+     */
+    public void setHeartbeatInterval(int heartbeatInterval) {
+        this.heartbeatInterval = heartbeatInterval;
+    }
+
     public ScheduledExecutorService getExecutorService() {
         return executorService;
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/Arthas.java b/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/Arthas.java
index e9b686645..2f79f5fee 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/Arthas.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/Arthas.java
@@ -27,32 +27,31 @@ public class Arthas {
     }
 
     private Configure parse(String[] args) {
-        Option pid = new TypedOption<Long>().setType(Long.class).setShortName("pid").setRequired(true);
-        Option core = new TypedOption<String>().setType(String.class).setShortName("core").setRequired(true);
-        Option agent = new TypedOption<String>().setType(String.class).setShortName("agent").setRequired(true);
-        Option target = new TypedOption<String>().setType(String.class).setShortName("target-ip");
-        Option telnetPort = new TypedOption<Integer>().setType(Integer.class)
-                .setShortName("telnet-port");
-        Option httpPort = new TypedOption<Integer>().setType(Integer.class)
-                .setShortName("http-port");
-        Option sessionTimeout = new TypedOption<Integer>().setType(Integer.class)
-                        .setShortName("session-timeout");
+        Option pid = createOption(Long.class, "pid", true);
+        Option core = createOption(String.class, "core", true);
+        Option agent = createOption(String.class, "agent", true);
+        Option target = createOption(String.class, "target-ip");
+        Option telnetPort = createOption(Integer.class, "telnet-port");
+        Option httpPort = createOption(Integer.class, "http-port");
+        Option sessionTimeout = createOption(Integer.class, "session-timeout");
 
-        Option username = new TypedOption<String>().setType(String.class).setShortName("username");
-        Option password = new TypedOption<String>().setType(String.class).setShortName("password");
+        Option username = createOption(String.class, "username");
+        Option password = createOption(String.class, "password");
 
-        Option tunnelServer = new TypedOption<String>().setType(String.class).setShortName("tunnel-server");
-        Option channelServer = new TypedOption<String>().setType(String.class).setShortName("channel-server");
-        Option agentId = new TypedOption<String>().setType(String.class).setShortName("agent-id");
-        Option appName = new TypedOption<String>().setType(String.class).setShortName(ArthasConstants.APP_NAME);
+        Option channelServer = createOption(String.class, "channel-server");
+        Option heartbeatInterval = createOption(Integer.class, "heartbeat-interval");
 
-        Option statUrl = new TypedOption<String>().setType(String.class).setShortName("stat-url");
+        Option tunnelServer = createOption(String.class, "tunnel-server");
+        Option agentId = createOption(String.class, "agent-id");
+        Option appName = createOption(String.class, ArthasConstants.APP_NAME);
+
+        Option statUrl = createOption(String.class, "stat-url");
 
         CLI cli = CLIs.create("arthas").addOption(pid).addOption(core).addOption(agent).addOption(target)
                 .addOption(telnetPort).addOption(httpPort).addOption(sessionTimeout)
                 .addOption(username).addOption(password)
-                .addOption(tunnelServer).addOption(channelServer)
-                .addOption(agentId).addOption(appName).addOption(statUrl);
+                .addOption(channelServer).addOption(heartbeatInterval)
+                .addOption(tunnelServer).addOption(agentId).addOption(appName).addOption(statUrl);
         CommandLine commandLine = cli.parse(Arrays.asList(args));
 
         Configure configure = new Configure();
@@ -77,14 +76,24 @@ public class Arthas {
         configure.setUsername((String) commandLine.getOptionValue("username"));
         configure.setPassword((String) commandLine.getOptionValue("password"));
 
-        configure.setTunnelServer((String) commandLine.getOptionValue("tunnel-server"));
         configure.setChannelServer((String) commandLine.getOptionValue("channel-server"));
+        configure.setHeartbeatInterval((Integer) commandLine.getOptionValue("heartbeat-interval"));
+
+        configure.setTunnelServer((String) commandLine.getOptionValue("tunnel-server"));
         configure.setAgentId((String) commandLine.getOptionValue("agent-id"));
         configure.setStatUrl((String) commandLine.getOptionValue("stat-url"));
         configure.setAppName((String) commandLine.getOptionValue(ArthasConstants.APP_NAME));
         return configure;
     }
 
+    private <T> TypedOption<T> createOption(Class<T> type, String shortName, boolean required) {
+        return new TypedOption<T>().setType(type).setShortName(shortName).setRequired(required);
+    }
+
+    private <T> TypedOption<T> createOption(Class<T> type, String shortName) {
+        return createOption(type, shortName, false);
+    }
+
     private void attachAgent(Configure configure) throws Exception {
         VirtualMachineDescriptor virtualMachineDescriptor = null;
         for (VirtualMachineDescriptor descriptor : VirtualMachine.list()) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/config/Configure.java b/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/config/Configure.java
index 411479af0..a76f40cff 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/config/Configure.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/config/Configure.java
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ public class Configure {
     private String tunnelServer;
     private String agentId;
 
+    /**
+     * Channel server address
+     */
     private String channelServer;
+    /**
+     * Agent (Channel client) heartbeat interval seconds
+     */
+    private int heartbeatInterval = 5;
 
     private String username;
     private String password;
@@ -134,6 +141,14 @@ public class Configure {
         this.channelServer = channelServer;
     }
 
+    public int getHeartbeatInterval() {
+        return heartbeatInterval;
+    }
+
+    public void setHeartbeatInterval(int heartbeatInterval) {
+        this.heartbeatInterval = heartbeatInterval;
+    }
+
     public String getAgentId() {
         return agentId;
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/server/ArthasBootstrap.java b/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/server/ArthasBootstrap.java
index 0c7b1d72f..4db0337be 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/server/ArthasBootstrap.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/server/ArthasBootstrap.java
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ public class ArthasBootstrap {
             if (configure.getChannelServer() != null) {
                 try {
                     channelClient = new ChannelClient(configure.getChannelServer());
+                    channelClient.setHeartbeatInterval(configure.getHeartbeatInterval());
                     channelClient.setAgentInfoService(new AgentInfoServiceImpl(channelClient, configure));
                     channelClient.setRequestListener(new ChannelRequestHandler(channelClient, sessionManager, historyManager));
                     channelClient.start();