diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 1d97ce823e8ae..3e06f3d55ac70 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ type TiKVClient struct {
 	GrpcKeepAliveTimeout uint `toml:"grpc-keepalive-timeout" json:"grpc-keepalive-timeout"`
 	// CommitTimeout is the max time which command 'commit' will wait.
 	CommitTimeout string `toml:"commit-timeout" json:"commit-timeout"`
+	// MaxTxnTimeUse is the max time a Txn may use (in seconds) from its startTS to commitTS.
+	MaxTxnTimeUse uint `toml:"max-txn-time-use" json:"max-txn-time-use"`
 }
 
 // Binlog is the config for binlog.
@@ -306,6 +308,7 @@ var defaultConf = Config{
 		GrpcKeepAliveTime:    10,
 		GrpcKeepAliveTimeout: 3,
 		CommitTimeout:        "41s",
+		MaxTxnTimeUse:        590,
 	},
 	Binlog: Binlog{
 		WriteTimeout: "15s",
diff --git a/config/config.toml.example b/config/config.toml.example
index 727f0c22d43d4..313edf15d1c34 100644
--- a/config/config.toml.example
+++ b/config/config.toml.example
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ grpc-keepalive-timeout = 3
 # max time for commit command, must be twice bigger than raft election timeout.
 commit-timeout = "41s"
 
+# The max time a Txn may use (in seconds) from its startTS to commitTS.
+# We use it to guarantee GC worker will not influence any active txn. Please make sure that this
+# value is less than gc_life_time - 10s.
+max-txn-time-use = 590
+
 [binlog]
 
 # Socket file to write binlog.
diff --git a/store/tikv/2pc.go b/store/tikv/2pc.go
index ec191ad77e79e..7fbd98041531a 100644
--- a/store/tikv/2pc.go
+++ b/store/tikv/2pc.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/juju/errors"
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	pb "github.com/pingcap/kvproto/pkg/kvrpcpb"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/config"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/kv"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/metrics"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/sessionctx/binloginfo"
@@ -80,6 +81,10 @@ type twoPhaseCommitter struct {
 	syncLog  bool
 	connID   uint64 // connID is used for log.
 	cleanWg  sync.WaitGroup
+	// The max time a Txn may use (in ms) from its startTS to commitTS.
+	// We use it to guarantee GC worker will not influence any active txn. The value
+	// should be less than GC life time.
+	maxTxnTimeUse uint64
 }
 
 // newTwoPhaseCommitter creates a twoPhaseCommitter.
@@ -144,18 +149,22 @@ func newTwoPhaseCommitter(txn *tikvTxn, connID uint64) (*twoPhaseCommitter, erro
 			connID, tableID, size, len(keys), putCnt, delCnt, lockCnt, txn.startTS)
 	}
 
+	// Convert from sec to ms
+	maxTxnTimeUse := uint64(config.GetGlobalConfig().TiKVClient.MaxTxnTimeUse) * 1000
+
 	metrics.TiKVTxnWriteKVCountHistogram.Observe(float64(len(keys)))
 	metrics.TiKVTxnWriteSizeHistogram.Observe(float64(size))
 	return &twoPhaseCommitter{
-		store:     txn.store,
-		txn:       txn,
-		startTS:   txn.StartTS(),
-		keys:      keys,
-		mutations: mutations,
-		lockTTL:   txnLockTTL(txn.startTime, size),
-		priority:  getTxnPriority(txn),
-		syncLog:   getTxnSyncLog(txn),
-		connID:    connID,
+		store:         txn.store,
+		txn:           txn,
+		startTS:       txn.StartTS(),
+		keys:          keys,
+		mutations:     mutations,
+		lockTTL:       txnLockTTL(txn.startTime, size),
+		priority:      getTxnPriority(txn),
+		syncLog:       getTxnSyncLog(txn),
+		connID:        connID,
+		maxTxnTimeUse: maxTxnTimeUse,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -546,11 +555,6 @@ func (c *twoPhaseCommitter) cleanupKeys(bo *Backoffer, keys [][]byte) error {
 	return c.doActionOnKeys(bo, actionCleanup, keys)
 }
 
-// The max time a Txn may use (in ms) from its startTS to commitTS.
-// We use it to guarantee GC worker will not influence any active txn. The value
-// should be less than `gcRunInterval`.
-const maxTxnTimeUse = 590000
-
 // execute executes the two-phase commit protocol.
 func (c *twoPhaseCommitter) execute(ctx context.Context) error {
 	defer func() {
@@ -619,7 +623,7 @@ func (c *twoPhaseCommitter) execute(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
 
-	if c.store.oracle.IsExpired(c.startTS, maxTxnTimeUse) {
+	if c.store.oracle.IsExpired(c.startTS, c.maxTxnTimeUse) {
 		err = errors.Errorf("con:%d txn takes too much time, start: %d, commit: %d", c.connID, c.startTS, c.commitTS)
 		return errors.Annotate(err, txnRetryableMark)
 	}