diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPool.java b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPool.java
index 77d485c73..140b86504 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPool.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPool.java
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public HystrixThreadPoolDefault(HystrixThreadPoolKey threadPoolKey, HystrixThrea
             this.queueSize = properties.maxQueueSize().get();
             this.queue = concurrencyStrategy.getBlockingQueue(queueSize);
 
-            if (properties.getAllowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize()) {
+            if (properties.getAllowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize().get()) {
                 this.metrics = HystrixThreadPoolMetrics.getInstance(threadPoolKey,
                         concurrencyStrategy.getThreadPool(threadPoolKey, properties.coreSize(), properties.maximumSize(), properties.keepAliveTimeMinutes(), TimeUnit.MINUTES, queue),
                         properties);
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ private void touchConfig() {
             final int dynamicCoreSize = properties.coreSize().get();
             final int dynamicMaximumSize = properties.maximumSize().get();
             int updatedMaximumSize = dynamicMaximumSize;
-            final boolean allowSizesToDiverge = properties.getAllowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize();
+            final boolean allowSizesToDiverge = properties.getAllowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize().get();
             boolean maxTooLow = false;
 
             if (allowSizesToDiverge && dynamicMaximumSize < dynamicCoreSize) {
diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPoolProperties.java b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPoolProperties.java
index eb719337b..bc1f154be 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPoolProperties.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixThreadPoolProperties.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public abstract class HystrixThreadPoolProperties {
     private final HystrixProperty<Integer> keepAliveTime;
     private final HystrixProperty<Integer> maxQueueSize;
     private final HystrixProperty<Integer> queueSizeRejectionThreshold;
-    private final boolean allowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize;
+    private final HystrixProperty<Boolean> allowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize;
 
     private final HystrixProperty<Integer> threadPoolRollingNumberStatisticalWindowInMilliseconds;
     private final HystrixProperty<Integer> threadPoolRollingNumberStatisticalWindowBuckets;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ protected HystrixThreadPoolProperties(HystrixThreadPoolKey key, Setter builder)
     }
 
     protected HystrixThreadPoolProperties(HystrixThreadPoolKey key, Setter builder, String propertyPrefix) {
-        this.allowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize = getValueOnce(propertyPrefix, key, "allowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize",
+        this.allowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize = getProperty(propertyPrefix, key, "allowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize",
                 builder.getAllowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize(), default_allow_maximum_size_to_diverge_from_core_size);
 
         this.corePoolSize = getProperty(propertyPrefix, key, "coreSize", builder.getCoreSize(), default_coreSize);
@@ -99,12 +99,11 @@ private static HystrixProperty<Integer> getProperty(String propertyPrefix, Hystr
                 .build();
     }
 
-    private static boolean getValueOnce(String propertyPrefix, HystrixThreadPoolKey key, String instanceProperty, boolean builderOverrideValue, boolean defaultValue) {
+    private static HystrixProperty<Boolean> getProperty(String propertyPrefix, HystrixThreadPoolKey key, String instanceProperty, Boolean builderOverrideValue, Boolean defaultValue) {
         return forBoolean()
                 .add(propertyPrefix + ".threadpool." + key.name() + "." + instanceProperty, builderOverrideValue)
                 .add(propertyPrefix + ".threadpool.default." + instanceProperty, defaultValue)
-                .build()
-                .get();
+                .build();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ public HystrixProperty<Integer> queueSizeRejectionThreshold() {
         return queueSizeRejectionThreshold;
     }
 
-    public boolean getAllowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize() {
+    public HystrixProperty<Boolean> getAllowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize() {
         return allowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize;
     }
 
@@ -218,7 +217,7 @@ public static class Setter {
         private Integer keepAliveTimeMinutes = null;
         private Integer maxQueueSize = null;
         private Integer queueSizeRejectionThreshold = null;
-        private boolean allowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize = false;
+        private Boolean allowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize = null;
         private Integer rollingStatisticalWindowInMilliseconds = null;
         private Integer rollingStatisticalWindowBuckets = null;
 
@@ -245,7 +244,7 @@ public Integer getQueueSizeRejectionThreshold() {
             return queueSizeRejectionThreshold;
         }
 
-        public boolean getAllowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize() {
+        public Boolean getAllowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize() {
             return allowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize;
         }
 
diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/config/HystrixThreadPoolConfiguration.java b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/config/HystrixThreadPoolConfiguration.java
index 19c8c3996..f7b57aee8 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/config/HystrixThreadPoolConfiguration.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/config/HystrixThreadPoolConfiguration.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public static HystrixThreadPoolConfiguration sample(HystrixThreadPoolKey threadP
                 threadPoolProperties.maxQueueSize().get(),
                 threadPoolProperties.queueSizeRejectionThreshold().get(),
                 threadPoolProperties.keepAliveTimeMinutes().get(),
-                threadPoolProperties.getAllowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize(),
+                threadPoolProperties.getAllowMaximumSizeToDivergeFromCoreSize().get(),
                 threadPoolProperties.metricsRollingStatisticalWindowBuckets().get(),
                 threadPoolProperties.metricsRollingStatisticalWindowInMilliseconds().get());
     }