diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/ConfigurationManager.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/ConfigurationManager.java
index d1f40d59ac..17b0d16335 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/ConfigurationManager.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/ConfigurationManager.java
@@ -149,6 +149,25 @@ public class ConfigurationManager
      *         when the property actually is zero, use <code>getProperty</code>.
      */
     public static int getIntProperty(String property)
+    {
+        return getIntProperty(property, 0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get a configuration property as an integer, with default
+     * 
+     * @param property
+     *            the name of the property
+     *            
+     * @param defaultValue
+     *            value to return if property is not found or is not an Integer.
+     *
+     * @return the value of the property. <code>default</code> is returned if
+     *         the property does not exist or is not an Integer. To differentiate between this case
+     *         and when the property actually is false, use
+     *         <code>getProperty</code>.
+     */
+    public static int getIntProperty(String property, int defaultValue)
     {
         if (properties == null)
         {
@@ -156,7 +175,7 @@ public class ConfigurationManager
         }
 
         String stringValue = properties.getProperty(property);
-        int intValue = 0;
+        int intValue = defaultValue;
 
         if (stringValue != null)
         {
diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/cocoon/DSpaceFeedGenerator.java b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/cocoon/DSpaceFeedGenerator.java
index 5155fc406c..ae350d8255 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/cocoon/DSpaceFeedGenerator.java
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/cocoon/DSpaceFeedGenerator.java
@@ -139,6 +139,19 @@ public class DSpaceFeedGenerator extends AbstractGenerator
     /** number of DSpace items per feed */
     private static int itemCount = 0;
     
+    /**
+     * How long should RSS feed cache entries be valid? milliseconds * seconds *
+     * minutes * hours default to 24 hours if config parameter is not present or
+     * wrong
+     */
+    private static final long CACHE_AGE;
+    static
+    {
+        final String ageCfgName = "webui.feed.cache.age";
+        final long ageCfg = ConfigurationManager.getIntProperty(ageCfgName, 24);
+        CACHE_AGE = 1000 * 60 * 60 * ageCfg;
+    }
+    
 	/**	default fields to display in item description */
     private static String defaultDescriptionFields = "dc.description.abstract, dc.description, dc.title.alternative, dc.title";
 
@@ -649,13 +662,7 @@ public class DSpaceFeedGenerator extends AbstractGenerator
     private class FeedValidity extends DSpaceValidity 
     {
 		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-		/**
-    	 * How long should the cache assumed to be valid for, 
-    	 * milliseconds * seconds * minutes * hours
-    	 */
-    	private static final long CACHE_AGE = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
-    	
+		   	
     	/** When the cache's validity expires */
     	private long expires = 0;
     	
diff --git a/dspace/CHANGES b/dspace/CHANGES
index 0bf22d1ac0..c59fe39406 100644
--- a/dspace/CHANGES
+++ b/dspace/CHANGES
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
  - [2620307] 'ant init_configs' copies wrong dspace.cfg
  - [DS-41] Small JSP cleanups
 
+(Mark Wood / Claudia Juergen / Andrea Bollini)
+- [DS-43] Manakin RSS feed generator cache timeout can't be adjusted - ID: 2593393
+
 (Stuart Lewis)
  - [2057231] Refactor LDAPServlet to use Stackable Authentication
  - Enable ldap.login.specialgroup special group for all LDAP users