diff --git a/kombu/transport/redis_cluster.py b/kombu/transport/redis_cluster.py
index babe9a020..05998ab5a 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/redis_cluster.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/redis_cluster.py
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ def _register_BRPOP(self, channel):
                 except Exception as e:
                     logger.error('Error while registering BRPOP', extra={"e": e, "key": conn.key})
 
-        channel._brpop_start()
+        timeout = channel.connection.client.transport_options.get('brpop_timeout', 1)
+        channel._brpop_start(timeout)
 
     def on_poll_init(self, poller):
         self.poller = poller
@@ -317,6 +318,7 @@ class Channel(RedisChannel):
         'namespace',
         'keyprefix_queue',
         'keyprefix_fanout',
+        'brpop_timeout'
     )
 
     def __init__(self, conn, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -364,13 +366,11 @@ def close(self):
 
         RedisClusterConnection.close(self.client)
 
-    def _brpop_start(self, timeout=1):
+    def _brpop_start(self, timeout):
         queues = self._queue_cycle.consume(len(self.active_queues))
         if not queues:
             return
 
-        timeout = timeout or 0
-
         for key in queues:
             for _, _, conn, _ in self.connection.cycle._chan_to_sock:
                 if conn.key == key and conn.in_poll == False:
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ def _brpop_read(self, **options):
             # We should not throw error on this method to make kombu to continue operation
             raise Empty()
 
-        conn.client.connection.send_command('BRPOP', conn.key, conn.timeout) # schedule next BRPOP
+        conn.client.connection.send_command('BRPOP', conn.key, conn.timeout)  # schedule next BRPOP
 
         if resp:
             self.deliver_response(resp)
diff --git a/t/integration/test_redis_cluster.py b/t/integration/test_redis_cluster.py
index 2fa2bb5f5..5d4b7d733 100644
--- a/t/integration/test_redis_cluster.py
+++ b/t/integration/test_redis_cluster.py
@@ -42,6 +42,24 @@ def invalid_connection():
     return kombu.Connection('redis-cluster://localhost:12345')
 
 
+def test_brpop_timeout():
+    def patched_brpop_start(self, timeout):
+        assert timeout == 10
+
+
+    with patch('kombu.transport.redis_cluster.Channel._brpop_start', patched_brpop_start):
+        conn = kombu.Connection('redis-cluster://localhost:7000', transport_options={'brpop_timeout': 10})
+
+        queue = conn.SimpleQueue('test_connectionerror')
+        queue.put({'Hello': 'World'}, headers={'k1': 'v1'})
+        try:
+            _ = queue.get(timeout=1)
+        except queue.Empty:
+            pass
+
+        conn.close()
+
+
 def test_connection_reuse(connection):
     from kombu.transport.redis_cluster import RedisClusterConnection