diff --git a/docs/content/rc.md b/docs/content/rc.md
index 1869abb3d..40e7c0c46 100644
--- a/docs/content/rc.md
+++ b/docs/content/rc.md
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ style.
 
 Default Off.
 
+### --rc-job-expire-duration=DURATION
+
+Expire finished async jobs older than DURATION (default 60s).
+
+### --rc-job-expire-interval=DURATION
+
+Interval duration to check for expired async jobs (default 10s).
+
 ### --rc-no-auth
 
 By default rclone will require authorisation to have been set up on
diff --git a/fs/config.go b/fs/config.go
index e3700517b..6b77fc700 100644
--- a/fs/config.go
+++ b/fs/config.go
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ type ConfigInfo struct {
 	ClientKey              string // Client Side Key
 	MultiThreadCutoff      SizeSuffix
 	MultiThreadStreams     int
+	RcJobExpireDuration    time.Duration
+	RcJobExpireInterval    time.Duration
 }
 
 // NewConfig creates a new config with everything set to the default
@@ -129,6 +131,8 @@ func NewConfig() *ConfigInfo {
 	//	c.StatsOneLineDateFormat = "2006/01/02 15:04:05 - "
 	c.MultiThreadCutoff = SizeSuffix(250 * 1024 * 1024)
 	c.MultiThreadStreams = 4
+	c.RcJobExpireDuration = 60 * time.Second
+	c.RcJobExpireInterval = 10 * time.Second
 
 	return c
 }
diff --git a/fs/config/configflags/configflags.go b/fs/config/configflags/configflags.go
index ef8de0493..f585e283d 100644
--- a/fs/config/configflags/configflags.go
+++ b/fs/config/configflags/configflags.go
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ func AddFlags(flagSet *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.StringVarP(flagSet, &fs.Config.ClientKey, "client-key", "", fs.Config.ClientKey, "Client SSL private key (PEM) for mutual TLS auth")
 	flags.FVarP(flagSet, &fs.Config.MultiThreadCutoff, "multi-thread-cutoff", "", "Use multi-thread downloads for files above this size.")
 	flags.IntVarP(flagSet, &fs.Config.MultiThreadStreams, "multi-thread-streams", "", fs.Config.MultiThreadStreams, "Max number of streams to use for multi-thread downloads.")
+	flags.DurationVarP(flagSet, &fs.Config.RcJobExpireDuration, "rc-job-expire-duration", "", fs.Config.RcJobExpireDuration, "expire finished async jobs older than this value")
+	flags.DurationVarP(flagSet, &fs.Config.RcJobExpireInterval, "rc-job-expire-interval", "", fs.Config.RcJobExpireInterval, "interval to check for expired async jobs")
 }
 
 // SetFlags converts any flags into config which weren't straight forward
diff --git a/fs/rc/job.go b/fs/rc/job.go
index ea2621e0b..580a67c2d 100644
--- a/fs/rc/job.go
+++ b/fs/rc/job.go
@@ -7,16 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
-const (
-	// expire the job when it is finished and older than this
-	expireDuration = 60 * time.Second
-	// inteval to run the expire cache
-	expireInterval = 10 * time.Second
-)
-
 // Job describes a asynchronous task started via the rc package
 type Job struct {
 	mu        sync.Mutex
@@ -47,7 +41,7 @@ var (
 func newJobs() *Jobs {
 	return &Jobs{
 		jobs:           map[int64]*Job{},
-		expireInterval: expireInterval,
+		expireInterval: fs.Config.RcJobExpireInterval,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -68,7 +62,7 @@ func (jobs *Jobs) Expire() {
 	now := time.Now()
 	for ID, job := range jobs.jobs {
 		job.mu.Lock()
-		if job.Finished && now.Sub(job.EndTime) > expireDuration {
+		if job.Finished && now.Sub(job.EndTime) > fs.Config.RcJobExpireDuration {
 			delete(jobs.jobs, ID)
 		}
 		job.mu.Unlock()
diff --git a/fs/rc/job_test.go b/fs/rc/job_test.go
index 97de9cc6f..805f6dee4 100644
--- a/fs/rc/job_test.go
+++ b/fs/rc/job_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ func TestJobsExpire(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(jobs.jobs))
 	jobs.mu.Lock()
 	job.mu.Lock()
-	job.EndTime = time.Now().Add(-expireDuration - 60*time.Second)
+	job.EndTime = time.Now().Add(-fs.Config.RcJobExpireDuration - 60*time.Second)
 	assert.Equal(t, true, jobs.expireRunning)
 	job.mu.Unlock()
 	jobs.mu.Unlock()