diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index abdaad9b..75073995 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 5.2.1   2020-??-??
         config: fix parsing of "replication_type"
         standby clone: handle missing "postgresql.auto.conf"
+        standby clone: add option --recovery-min-apply-delay
 
 5.2.0   2020-10-22
         general: add support for PostgreSQL 13 (Ian)
diff --git a/doc/repmgr-standby-clone.xml b/doc/repmgr-standby-clone.xml
index 95f4d5a2..3d40e5b3 100644
--- a/doc/repmgr-standby-clone.xml
+++ b/doc/repmgr-standby-clone.xml
@@ -331,6 +331,25 @@ pg_basebackup_options='--waldir=/path/to/wal-directory'</programlisting>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>--recovery-min-apply-delay</option></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            Set PostgreSQL configuration <option>recovery_min_apply_delay</option> parameter
+            to the provided value.
+          </para>
+          <para>
+            This overrides any <option>recovery_min_apply_delay</option> provided via
+            <filename>repmgr.conf</filename>.
+          </para>
+          <para>
+            For more details on this parameter, see:
+            <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-replication.html#GUC-RECOVERY-MIN-APPLY-DELAY">recovery_min_apply_delay</ulink>.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>-R, --remote-user=USERNAME</option></term>
         <listitem>
diff --git a/repmgr-client-global.h b/repmgr-client-global.h
index 57623a60..4dabcf1b 100644
--- a/repmgr-client-global.h
+++ b/repmgr-client-global.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ typedef struct
 	bool		fast_checkpoint;
 	bool		rsync_only;
 	bool		no_upstream_connection;
-	char		recovery_min_apply_delay[MAXLEN];
+	char		recovery_min_apply_delay[MAXLEN];	/* overrides setting in repmgr.conf */
 	char		replication_user[MAXLEN];
 	char		upstream_conninfo[MAXLEN];
 	bool		without_barman;
diff --git a/repmgr-client.c b/repmgr-client.c
index 982a9131..b361cacb 100644
--- a/repmgr-client.c
+++ b/repmgr-client.c
@@ -438,6 +438,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				runtime_options.replication_conf_only = true;
 				break;
 
+				/* --recovery-min-apply-delay */
+			case OPT_RECOVERY_MIN_APPLY_DELAY:
+				strncpy(runtime_options.recovery_min_apply_delay, optarg, sizeof(runtime_options.recovery_min_apply_delay));
+				break;
+
 				/* --verify-backup */
 			case OPT_VERIFY_BACKUP:
 				runtime_options.verify_backup = true;
@@ -1105,10 +1110,25 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit(SUCCESS);
 	}
 
-
-
 	check_cli_parameters(action);
 
+
+	/*
+	 * Command-line parameter --recovery-min-apply-delay overrides the equivalent
+	 * setting in the config file. Note we'll need to parse it here to handle
+	 * any formatting errors.
+	 */
+
+	if (*runtime_options.recovery_min_apply_delay != '\0')
+	{
+		parse_time_unit_parameter("--recovery-min-apply-delay",
+								  runtime_options.recovery_min_apply_delay,
+								  config_file_options.recovery_min_apply_delay,
+								  &cli_errors);
+
+		config_file_options.recovery_min_apply_delay_provided = true;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Sanity checks for command line parameters completed by now; any further
 	 * errors will be runtime ones
diff --git a/repmgr-client.h b/repmgr-client.h
index 7d1df57a..f12de09a 100644
--- a/repmgr-client.h
+++ b/repmgr-client.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 #define OPT_REPLICATION_CONFIG_OWNER	   1046
 #define OPT_DB_CONNECTION				   1047
 #define OPT_VERIFY_BACKUP				   1048
+#define OPT_RECOVERY_MIN_APPLY_DELAY       1049
 
 /* These options are for internal use only */
 #define OPT_CONFIG_ARCHIVE_DIR			   2001
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ static struct option long_options[] =
 	{"without-barman", no_argument, NULL, OPT_WITHOUT_BARMAN},
 	{"replication-conf-only", no_argument, NULL, OPT_REPLICATION_CONF_ONLY},
 	{"verify-backup", no_argument, NULL, OPT_VERIFY_BACKUP },
+	{"recovery-min-apply-delay", required_argument, NULL, OPT_RECOVERY_MIN_APPLY_DELAY },
 	/* deprecate this once Pg11 and earlier are unsupported */
 	{"recovery-conf-only", no_argument, NULL, OPT_REPLICATION_CONF_ONLY},