diff --git a/lib/AnyEvent/NSQ/Connection.pm b/lib/AnyEvent/NSQ/Connection.pm
index 22535b7..099b036 100644
--- a/lib/AnyEvent/NSQ/Connection.pm
+++ b/lib/AnyEvent/NSQ/Connection.pm
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use Sys::Hostname;
 # Options from the python client, we might want to support later:
 #   timeout=1.0
 #   heartbeat_interval=30
-#   requeue_delay=90
 #   tls_v1=False
 #   tls_options=None
 #   snappy=False
@@ -25,15 +24,19 @@ use Sys::Hostname;
 #   sample_rate=0
 #   auth_secret=None
 
+
+## Constructor
+
 sub new {
   my ($class, %args) = @_;
 
   my $self = bless(
     { hostname        => hostname(),
-      connect_timeout => undef,        ## use kernel default
       error_cb        => sub {
         croak(qq{FATAL: error from host '$_[0]->{host}' port $_[0]->{port}: $_[1]});
       },
+      connect_timeout => undef,                 ## use kernel default
+      requeue_delay   => 90,
     },
     $class
   );
diff --git a/lib/AnyEvent/NSQ/Reader.pm b/lib/AnyEvent/NSQ/Reader.pm
index 0d9fee5..67b6635 100644
--- a/lib/AnyEvent/NSQ/Reader.pm
+++ b/lib/AnyEvent/NSQ/Reader.pm
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ sub new {
   $self->{disconnect_cb} = delete($args{disconnect_cb}) || sub { };
   $self->{error_cb}      = delete($args{error_cb})      || sub { croak($_[1]) };
 
-  for my $arg (qw( ready_count client_id hostname )) {
+  for my $arg (qw( ready_count client_id hostname requeue_delay )) {
     $self->{$arg} = delete($args{$arg}) if exists $args{$arg};
   }
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ sub _start_nsqd_connection {
   croak(qq{FATAL: could not parse '$nsqd_tcp_address' as a valid address/port combination}) unless $host and $port;
 
   my %conn = (host => $host, port => $port);
-  for my $arg (qw( client_id hostname error_cb )) {
+  for my $arg (qw( client_id hostname error_cb requeue_delay )) {
     $conn{$arg} = $self->{$arg} if exists $self->{$arg};
   }