diff --git a/cmd/descheduler/app/options/options.go b/cmd/descheduler/app/options/options.go
index 7adefe2ea..d398592e0 100644
--- a/cmd/descheduler/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/descheduler/app/options/options.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func NewDeschedulerServer() *DeschedulerServer {
 
 // AddFlags adds flags for a specific SchedulerServer to the specified FlagSet
 func (rs *DeschedulerServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
-	fs.DurationVar(&rs.DeschedulingInterval, "descheduling-interval", rs.DeschedulingInterval, "time interval between two consecutive descheduler executions")
+	fs.DurationVar(&rs.DeschedulingInterval, "descheduling-interval", rs.DeschedulingInterval, "Time interval between two consecutive descheduler executions. Setting this value instructs the descheduler to run in a continuous loop at the interval specified.")
 	fs.StringVar(&rs.KubeconfigFile, "kubeconfig", rs.KubeconfigFile, "File with  kube configuration.")
 	fs.StringVar(&rs.PolicyConfigFile, "policy-config-file", rs.PolicyConfigFile, "File with descheduler policy configuration.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&rs.DryRun, "dry-run", rs.DryRun, "execute descheduler in dry run mode.")
diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/descheduler.go b/pkg/descheduler/descheduler.go
index 3bcc4da5f..ee55d855a 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/descheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/descheduler.go
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/klog"
 
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler/app/options"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/client"
 	eutils "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions/utils"
 	nodeutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/node"
@@ -29,7 +31,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func Run(rs *options.DeschedulerServer) error {
-
 	rsclient, err := client.CreateClient(rs.KubeconfigFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ func Run(rs *options.DeschedulerServer) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("deschedulerPolicy is nil")
 	}
 
+	return RunDeschedulerStrategies(rs, deschedulerPolicy)
+}
+
+func RunDeschedulerStrategies(rs *options.DeschedulerServer, deschedulerPolicy *api.DeschedulerPolicy) error {
 	evictionPolicyGroupVersion, err := eutils.SupportEviction(rs.Client)
 	if err != nil || len(evictionPolicyGroupVersion) == 0 {
 		return err
@@ -61,10 +66,18 @@ func Run(rs *options.DeschedulerServer) error {
 	}
 
 	nodePodCount := strategies.InitializeNodePodCount(nodes)
-	strategies.RemoveDuplicatePods(rs, deschedulerPolicy.Strategies["RemoveDuplicates"], evictionPolicyGroupVersion, nodes, nodePodCount)
-	strategies.LowNodeUtilization(rs, deschedulerPolicy.Strategies["LowNodeUtilization"], evictionPolicyGroupVersion, nodes, nodePodCount)
-	strategies.RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity(rs, deschedulerPolicy.Strategies["RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity"], evictionPolicyGroupVersion, nodes, nodePodCount)
-	strategies.RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity(rs, deschedulerPolicy.Strategies["RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity"], evictionPolicyGroupVersion, nodes, nodePodCount)
-	strategies.RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints(rs, deschedulerPolicy.Strategies["RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints"], evictionPolicyGroupVersion, nodes, nodePodCount)
+	wait.Until(func() {
+		strategies.RemoveDuplicatePods(rs, deschedulerPolicy.Strategies["RemoveDuplicates"], evictionPolicyGroupVersion, nodes, nodePodCount)
+		strategies.LowNodeUtilization(rs, deschedulerPolicy.Strategies["LowNodeUtilization"], evictionPolicyGroupVersion, nodes, nodePodCount)
+		strategies.RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity(rs, deschedulerPolicy.Strategies["RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity"], evictionPolicyGroupVersion, nodes, nodePodCount)
+		strategies.RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity(rs, deschedulerPolicy.Strategies["RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity"], evictionPolicyGroupVersion, nodes, nodePodCount)
+		strategies.RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints(rs, deschedulerPolicy.Strategies["RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints"], evictionPolicyGroupVersion, nodes, nodePodCount)
+
+		// If there was no interval specified, send a signal to the stopChannel to end the wait.Until loop after 1 iteration
+		if rs.DeschedulingInterval.Seconds() == 0 {
+			close(stopChannel)
+		}
+	}, rs.DeschedulingInterval, stopChannel)
+
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index edec82e11..2bf8106f0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/klog"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/cmd/descheduler/app/options"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
 	deschedulerapi "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/client"
 	eutils "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions/utils"
 	nodeutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/node"
@@ -157,6 +159,35 @@ func TestE2E(t *testing.T) {
 	evictPods(t, clientSet, nodeList, rc)
 }
 
+func TestDeschedulingInterval(t *testing.T) {
+	clientSet, err := client.CreateClient("/tmp/admin.conf")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Error during client creation with %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// By default, the DeschedulingInterval param should be set to 0, meaning Descheduler only runs once then exits
+	s := options.NewDeschedulerServer()
+	s.Client = clientSet
+
+	deschedulerPolicy := &api.DeschedulerPolicy{}
+
+	c := make(chan bool)
+	go func() {
+		err := descheduler.RunDeschedulerStrategies(s, deschedulerPolicy)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Error running descheduler strategies: %+v", err)
+		}
+		c <- true
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-c:
+		// successfully returned
+	case <-time.After(3 * time.Minute):
+		t.Errorf("descheduler.Run timed out even without descheduling-interval set")
+	}
+}
+
 func evictPods(t *testing.T, clientSet clientset.Interface, nodeList *v1.NodeList, rc *v1.ReplicationController) {
 	var leastLoadedNode v1.Node
 	podsBefore := math.MaxInt16