diff --git a/manifests/configmap.yaml b/manifests/configmap.yaml
index 89c352b5e..f5f1920f7 100644
--- a/manifests/configmap.yaml
+++ b/manifests/configmap.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ data:
   resource_check_interval: 3s
   resource_check_timeout: 10m
   resync_period: 5m
-  resync_period_pod: 5m
   super_username: postgres
   teams_api_url: http://fake-teams-api.default.svc.cluster.local
   workers: "4"
diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller.go b/pkg/controller/controller.go
index 8a3c3f110..151e9e7f7 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package controller
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/zalando-incubator/postgres-operator/pkg/cluster"
 	"github.com/zalando-incubator/postgres-operator/pkg/spec"
 	"github.com/zalando-incubator/postgres-operator/pkg/util/config"
+	"github.com/zalando-incubator/postgres-operator/pkg/util/constants"
 	"github.com/zalando-incubator/postgres-operator/pkg/util/teams"
 )
 
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ type Controller struct {
 	podCh              chan spec.PodEvent
 
 	clusterEventQueues []*cache.FIFO
+
+	lastClusterSyncTime int64
 }
 
 func New(controllerConfig *Config, operatorConfig *config.Config) *Controller {
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ func (c *Controller) initController() {
 	c.postgresqlInformer = cache.NewSharedIndexInformer(
 		clusterLw,
 		&spec.Postgresql{},
-		c.opConfig.ResyncPeriod,
+		constants.QueueResyncPeriodTPR,
 		cache.Indexers{cache.NamespaceIndex: cache.MetaNamespaceIndexFunc})
 
 	if err := c.postgresqlInformer.AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@ func (c *Controller) initController() {
 	c.podInformer = cache.NewSharedIndexInformer(
 		podLw,
 		&v1.Pod{},
-		c.opConfig.ResyncPeriodPod,
+		constants.QueueResyncPeriodPod,
 		cache.Indexers{cache.NamespaceIndex: cache.MetaNamespaceIndexFunc})
 
 	if err := c.podInformer.AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ func (c *Controller) runInformers(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
 	go c.postgresqlInformer.Run(stopCh)
 	go c.podInformer.Run(stopCh)
 	go c.podEventsDispatcher(stopCh)
+	go c.clusterResync(stopCh)
 
 	<-stopCh
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controller/postgresql.go b/pkg/controller/postgresql.go
index c202c9590..14997c37f 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/postgresql.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/postgresql.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package controller
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/pkg/api/meta"
@@ -18,6 +20,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/zalando-incubator/postgres-operator/pkg/util/constants"
 )
 
+func (c *Controller) clusterResync(stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(c.opConfig.ResyncPeriod)
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			c.clusterListFunc(api.ListOptions{ResourceVersion: "0"})
+		case <-stopCh:
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (c *Controller) clusterListFunc(options api.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
 	c.logger.Info("Getting list of currently running clusters")
 
@@ -37,6 +52,11 @@ func (c *Controller) clusterListFunc(options api.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, e
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not extract list of postgresql objects: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	if time.Now().Unix()-atomic.LoadInt64(&c.lastClusterSyncTime) <= int64(c.opConfig.ResyncPeriod.Seconds()) {
+		c.logger.Debugln("skipping resync of clusters")
+		return object, err
+	}
+
 	var activeClustersCnt, failedClustersCnt int
 	for _, obj := range objList {
 		pg, ok := obj.(*spec.Postgresql)
@@ -63,6 +83,8 @@ func (c *Controller) clusterListFunc(options api.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, e
 		c.logger.Infof("No clusters running")
 	}
 
+	atomic.StoreInt64(&c.lastClusterSyncTime, time.Now().Unix())
+
 	return object, err
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/util/config/config.go b/pkg/util/config/config.go
index 6c5178ab8..7676e3e6a 100644
--- a/pkg/util/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/util/config/config.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ type TPR struct {
 }
 
 type Resources struct {
-	ResyncPeriodPod        time.Duration     `name:"resync_period_pod" default:"5m"`
 	ResourceCheckInterval  time.Duration     `name:"resource_check_interval" default:"3s"`
 	ResourceCheckTimeout   time.Duration     `name:"resource_check_timeout" default:"10m"`
 	PodLabelWaitTimeout    time.Duration     `name:"pod_label_wait_timeout" default:"10m"`
diff --git a/pkg/util/constants/kubernetes.go b/pkg/util/constants/kubernetes.go
index 048a83034..3a56aa35a 100644
--- a/pkg/util/constants/kubernetes.go
+++ b/pkg/util/constants/kubernetes.go
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ const (
 	K8sAPIPath                  = "/api"
 	StatefulsetDeletionInterval = 1 * time.Second
 	StatefulsetDeletionTimeout  = 30 * time.Second
+
+	QueueResyncPeriodPod = 5 * time.Minute
+	QueueResyncPeriodTPR = 5 * time.Minute
 )