diff --git a/lib/commands/deployExistingRevision.js b/lib/commands/deployExistingRevision.js
index e8806db..9f22eb8 100644
--- a/lib/commands/deployExistingRevision.js
+++ b/lib/commands/deployExistingRevision.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var defaults = require('../defaults');
 var options = require('../options');
 var parseDeployments = require('./parsedeployments');
 
-var DeploymentDelay = 60;
+var DefaultDeploymentDelay = 0;
 var descriptor = defaults.defaultDescriptor({
     api: {
         name: 'API Name',
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ var descriptor = defaults.defaultDescriptor({
         shortOption: 'r',
         required: true,
         prompt: true
+    },
+    deploymentDelay: {
+        name: 'DeploymentDelay (default=' + DefaultDeploymentDelay + ")",
+        shortOption: 'z',
+        required: false,
+        prompt: true
     }
 });
 module.exports.descriptor = descriptor;
@@ -74,9 +80,12 @@ module.exports.run = function(opts, cb) {
 }
 
 function deployProxy(opts, request, done) {
+    if( !opts.deploymentDelay ) {
+      opts.deploymentDelay = DefaultDeploymentDelay;
+    }
     if (opts.verbose) {
-      console.log('Deploying revision %d of %s to %s', opts.revision,
-                  opts.api, opts.environments);
+      console.log('Deploying revision %d of %s to %s, delaying %s', 
+        opts.revision, opts.api, opts.environments, opts.deploymentDelay);
     }
   
     var environments = opts.environments.split(',');
@@ -87,7 +96,7 @@ function deployProxy(opts, request, done) {
         opts.baseuri, opts.organization, environment, opts.api, opts.revision);
       if (opts.debug) { console.log('Going to POST to %s', uri); }
   
-      var deployCmd = util.format('action=deploy&override=true&delay=%d', DeploymentDelay);
+      var deployCmd = util.format('action=deploy&override=true&delay=%d', opts.deploymentDelay);
       if (opts['base-path']) {
         deployCmd = util.format('%s&basepath=%s', deployCmd, opts['base-path']);
       }
diff --git a/lib/commands/deployhostedtarget.js b/lib/commands/deployhostedtarget.js
index 97a7ce7..4fa66be 100644
--- a/lib/commands/deployhostedtarget.js
+++ b/lib/commands/deployhostedtarget.js
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ var descriptor = defaults.defaultDescriptor({
     name: 'Upload Modules',
     shortOption: 'U',
     toggle: true
+  },
+  zeroDowntimeDelay: {
+    name: 'Delay N seconds for zero downtime deployment (default=60)',
+    shortOption: 'Z',
+    required: false,
+    prompt: true
   }
 });
 module.exports.descriptor = descriptor;
diff --git a/lib/commands/deployproxy.js b/lib/commands/deployproxy.js
index d0d124c..77222c9 100644
--- a/lib/commands/deployproxy.js
+++ b/lib/commands/deployproxy.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var cleanResults = require('../utils').cleanResults;
 
 var ProxyBase = 'apiproxy';
 var XmlExp = /(.+)\.xml$/i;
-var DeploymentDelay = 60;
+var DefaultZeroDowntimeDelay = 60;
 var BASE_PATH_REGEXP = /<BasePath[^>]*>(.*?)<\/BasePath>/;
 
 // By default, do not run NPM remotely
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ var descriptor = defaults.defaultDescriptor({
     name: 'Wait N seconds after importing proxy before deploying',
     shortOption: 'W',
     required: false
+  },
+  zeroDowntimeDelay: {
+    name: 'Delay N seconds for zero downtime deployment (default=' + DefaultZeroDowntimeDelay + ")",
+    shortOption: 'Z',
+    required: false,
+    prompt: true
   }
 });
 module.exports.descriptor = descriptor;
@@ -693,9 +699,13 @@ function deployProxy(opts, request, done) {
     return;
   }
 
+  if( !opts.zeroDowntimeDelay ) {
+    opts.zeroDowntimeDelay = DefaultZeroDowntimeDelay;
+  }
+
   if (opts.verbose) {
-    console.log('Deploying revision %d of %s to %s', opts.deploymentVersion,
-                opts.api, opts.environments);
+    console.log('Deploying revision %d of %s to %s, delaying %s seconds for zero downtime deployment.', 
+      opts.deploymentVersion, opts.api, opts.environments, opts.zeroDowntimeDelay);
   }
 
   var environments = opts.environments.split(',');
@@ -706,7 +716,7 @@ function deployProxy(opts, request, done) {
       opts.baseuri, opts.organization, environment, opts.api, opts.deploymentVersion);
     if (opts.debug) { console.log('Going to POST to %s', uri); }
 
-    var deployCmd = util.format('action=deploy&override=true&delay=%d', DeploymentDelay);
+    var deployCmd = util.format('action=deploy&override=true&delay=%d', opts.zeroDowntimeDelay);
     if (opts['base-path']) {
       deployCmd = util.format('%s&basepath=%s', deployCmd, opts['base-path']);
     }
@@ -753,7 +763,7 @@ function deployProxy(opts, request, done) {
     tasks[env] = deployToEnvironment.bind(this, env);
   });
 
-  if (opts.verbose) { console.log('Delaying deployment for %d seconds', opts.waitAfterImportDelay); }
+  if (opts.verbose) { console.log('Waiting %d seconds after import to deploy', opts.waitAfterImportDelay); }
   setTimeout(function () {
     async.parallel(tasks, done);
   }, opts.waitAfterImportDelay*1000);
diff --git a/lib/commands/deploysharedflow.js b/lib/commands/deploysharedflow.js
index 4b32b89..a86667a 100644
--- a/lib/commands/deploysharedflow.js
+++ b/lib/commands/deploysharedflow.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var parseDeployments = require('./parsedeployments');
 
 var SharedFlowBase = 'sharedflowbundle';
 var XmlExp = /(.+)\.xml$/i;
-var DeploymentDelay = 60;
+var DefaultZeroDowntimeDelay = 60;
 
 var descriptor = defaults.defaultDescriptor({
   name: {
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ var descriptor = defaults.defaultDescriptor({
     name: 'Import Only',
     shortOption: 'i',
     toggle: true
+  },
+  zeroDowntimeDelay: {
+    name: 'Delay N seconds for zero downtime deployment (default=' + DefaultZeroDowntimeDelay + ")",
+    shortOption: 'Z',
+    required: false,
+    prompt: true
   }
 });
 module.exports.descriptor = descriptor;
@@ -434,9 +440,13 @@ function deploySharedFlow(opts, request, done) {
     return;
   }
 
+  if( !opts.zeroDowntimeDelay ) {
+    opts.zeroDowntimeDelay = DefaultZeroDowntimeDelay;
+  }
+
   if (opts.verbose) {
-    console.log('Deploying revision %d of %s to %s', opts.deploymentVersion,
-      opts.name, opts.environments);
+    console.log('Deploying revision %d of %s to %s, delaying %s seconds for zero downtime deployment.',
+      opts.deploymentVersion, opts.name, opts.environments, opts.zeroDowntimeDelay);
   }
 
   var environments = opts.environments.split(',');
@@ -449,7 +459,7 @@ function deploySharedFlow(opts, request, done) {
       console.log('Going to POST to %s', uri);
     }
 
-    var deployCmd = util.format('action=deploy&override=true&delay=%d', DeploymentDelay);
+    var deployCmd = util.format('action=deploy&override=true&delay=%d', opts.zeroDowntimeDelay);
     if (opts['base-path']) {
       deployCmd = util.format('%s&basepath=%s', deployCmd, opts['base-path']);
     }
diff --git a/lib/deploycommon.js b/lib/deploycommon.js
index a500a94..680c5e3 100644
--- a/lib/deploycommon.js
+++ b/lib/deploycommon.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ tmp.setGracefulCleanup();
 
 var ziputils = require('./ziputils');
 
-var DeploymentDelay = 60
+var DefaultZeroDowntimeDelay = 60;
 var ProxyBase = 'apiproxy';
 
 module.exports.createApiProxy = function(opts, request, done) {
@@ -104,9 +104,13 @@ module.exports.deployProxy = function(opts, request, done) {
     return;
   }
 
+  if( !opts.zeroDowntimeDelay ) {
+    opts.zeroDowntimeDelay = DefaultZeroDowntimeDelay;
+  }
+
   if (opts.verbose) {
-    console.log('Deploying revision %d of %s to %s', opts.deploymentVersion,
-                opts.api, opts.environments);
+    console.log('Deploying revision %d of %s to %s, delaying %s seconds for zero downtime deployment.',
+      opts.deploymentVersion, opts.api, opts.environments, opts.zeroDowntimeDelay);
   }
 
   var environments = opts.environments.split(',');
@@ -120,7 +124,7 @@ module.exports.deployProxy = function(opts, request, done) {
     if (opts.debug) { console.log('Going to POST to %s', uri); }
 
     // Unlike "deployproxy" command, ignore the base path here, because we baked it into the proxy definition.
-    var deployCmd = util.format('action=deploy&override=true&delay=%d', DeploymentDelay);
+    var deployCmd = util.format('action=deploy&override=true&delay=%d', opts.zeroDowntimeDelay);
 
     if (opts.debug) { console.log('Going go send command %s', deployCmd); }
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c62a2ca..63952e4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "apigeetool",
-  "version": "0.14.1",
+  "version": "0.14.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65dfedf..604c1e3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "apigeetool",
-  "version": "0.14.2",
+  "version": "0.14.3",
   "description": "A CLI for Apigee Edge",
   "main": "lib/main.js",
   "bin": {