char *clientkeypass;
         long sslversion;
         _Bool store_rates;
+       int   abort_on_slow;
+        time_t interval;
 
 #define WH_FORMAT_COMMAND 0
 #define WH_FORMAT_JSON    1
                 return (-1);
         }
 
+        if(cb->abort_on_slow && cb->interval > 0)
+        {
+            curl_easy_setopt(cb->curl, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT, 100);
+            curl_easy_setopt(cb->curl, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME, cb->interval);
+        }
+
         curl_easy_setopt (cb->curl, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1L);
         curl_easy_setopt (cb->curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, COLLECTD_USERAGENT);
 
                 return (-1);
         }
 
+               cb->interval = CDTIME_T_TO_TIME_T(vl->interval);
+               
         pthread_mutex_lock (&cb->send_lock);
 
         if (cb->curl == NULL)
                 wh_callback_t *cb)
 {
         int status;
+               
+               cb->interval = CDTIME_T_TO_TIME_T(vl->interval);
 
         pthread_mutex_lock (&cb->send_lock);
 
                         cf_util_get_boolean (child, &cb->store_rates);
                 else if (strcasecmp ("BufferSize", child->key) == 0)
                         cf_util_get_int (child, &buffer_size);
+                   else if (strcasecmp ("LowSpeedLimit", child->key) == 0)
+                        config_set_boolean (&cb->abort_on_slow, child);
                 else
                 {
                         ERROR ("write_http plugin: Invalid configuration "
                 }
         }
 
+        if(cb->abort_on_slow)
+        {
+               cb->interval = CDTIME_T_TO_TIME_T(cf_get_default_interval ());
+        }
+
         /* Determine send_buffer_size. */
         cb->send_buffer_size = WRITE_HTTP_DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE;
         if (buffer_size >= 1024)