diff --git a/docs/configuration/config-file-reference.md b/docs/configuration/config-file-reference.md
index d2e776d462e..27056d84cd9 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/config-file-reference.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/config-file-reference.md
@@ -433,6 +433,10 @@ cluster:
 # CLI flag: -alertmanager.api-concurrency
 [api_concurrency: <int> | default = 0]
 
+# Garbage Collection interval
+# CLI flag: -alertmanager.gc-interval
+[gc_interval: <duration> | default = 30m]
+
 alertmanager_client:
   # Timeout for downstream alertmanagers.
   # CLI flag: -alertmanager.alertmanager-client.remote-timeout
diff --git a/pkg/alertmanager/alertmanager.go b/pkg/alertmanager/alertmanager.go
index 497bff51746..d67f26eefdc 100644
--- a/pkg/alertmanager/alertmanager.go
+++ b/pkg/alertmanager/alertmanager.go
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Store             alertstore.AlertStore
 	PersisterConfig   PersisterConfig
 	APIConcurrency    int
+	GCInterval        time.Duration
 }
 
 // An Alertmanager manages the alerts for one user.
@@ -254,8 +255,7 @@ func New(cfg *Config, reg *prometheus.Registry) (*Alertmanager, error) {
 	if am.cfg.Limits != nil {
 		callback = newAlertsLimiter(am.cfg.UserID, am.cfg.Limits, reg)
 	}
-
-	am.alerts, err = mem.NewAlerts(context.Background(), am.marker, 30*time.Minute, callback, am.logger, am.registry)
+	am.alerts, err = mem.NewAlerts(context.Background(), am.marker, am.cfg.GCInterval, callback, am.logger, am.registry)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create alerts: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/alertmanager/alertmanager_test.go b/pkg/alertmanager/alertmanager_test.go
index 52aa186c391..6859fb50867 100644
--- a/pkg/alertmanager/alertmanager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/alertmanager/alertmanager_test.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ func createAlertmanagerAndSendAlerts(t *testing.T, alertGroups, groupsLimit, exp
 		TenantDataDir:   t.TempDir(),
 		ExternalURL:     &url.URL{Path: "/am"},
 		ShardingEnabled: false,
+		GCInterval:      30 * time.Minute,
 	}, reg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer am.StopAndWait()
diff --git a/pkg/alertmanager/multitenant.go b/pkg/alertmanager/multitenant.go
index 3eca5a1e2b7..2a28da7b139 100644
--- a/pkg/alertmanager/multitenant.go
+++ b/pkg/alertmanager/multitenant.go
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ type MultitenantAlertmanagerConfig struct {
 
 	Cluster ClusterConfig `yaml:"cluster"`
 
-	EnableAPI      bool `yaml:"enable_api"`
-	APIConcurrency int  `yaml:"api_concurrency"`
+	EnableAPI      bool          `yaml:"enable_api"`
+	APIConcurrency int           `yaml:"api_concurrency"`
+	GCInterval     time.Duration `yaml:"gc_interval"`
 
 	// For distributor.
 	AlertmanagerClient ClientConfig `yaml:"alertmanager_client"`
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ func (cfg *MultitenantAlertmanagerConfig) RegisterFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 
 	f.BoolVar(&cfg.EnableAPI, "experimental.alertmanager.enable-api", false, "Enable the experimental alertmanager config api.")
 	f.IntVar(&cfg.APIConcurrency, "alertmanager.api-concurrency", 0, "Maximum number of concurrent GET API requests before returning an error.")
-
+	f.DurationVar(&cfg.GCInterval, "alertmanager.gc-interval", 30*time.Minute, "Garbage collection Interval")
 	f.BoolVar(&cfg.ShardingEnabled, "alertmanager.sharding-enabled", false, "Shard tenants across multiple alertmanager instances.")
 	f.Var(&cfg.EnabledTenants, "alertmanager.enabled-tenants", "Comma separated list of tenants whose alerts this alertmanager can process. If specified, only these tenants will be handled by alertmanager, otherwise this alertmanager can process alerts from all tenants.")
 	f.Var(&cfg.DisabledTenants, "alertmanager.disabled-tenants", "Comma separated list of tenants whose alerts this alertmanager cannot process. If specified, a alertmanager that would normally pick the specified tenant(s) for processing will ignore them instead.")
@@ -969,6 +970,7 @@ func (am *MultitenantAlertmanager) newAlertmanager(userID string, amConfig *amco
 		PersisterConfig:   am.cfg.Persister,
 		Limits:            am.limits,
 		APIConcurrency:    am.cfg.APIConcurrency,
+		GCInterval:        am.cfg.GCInterval,
 	}, reg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to start Alertmanager for user %v: %v", userID, err)
diff --git a/pkg/alertmanager/multitenant_test.go b/pkg/alertmanager/multitenant_test.go
index 7c17b808388..38057bb1447 100644
--- a/pkg/alertmanager/multitenant_test.go
+++ b/pkg/alertmanager/multitenant_test.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func mockAlertmanagerConfig(t *testing.T) *MultitenantAlertmanagerConfig {
 	cfg.ShardingRing.InstanceAddr = "127.0.0.1"
 	cfg.PollInterval = time.Minute
 	cfg.ShardingRing.FinalSleep = 0
-
+	cfg.GCInterval = 30 * time.Minute
 	return cfg
 }