diff --git a/integration_tests/src/lib.rs b/integration_tests/src/lib.rs
index c8e41b3058..7b56cc091f 100644
--- a/integration_tests/src/lib.rs
+++ b/integration_tests/src/lib.rs
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ impl WalAcceptorNode {
 
         let ps_arg = if self.pass_to_pageserver {
             // Tell page server it can receive WAL from this WAL safekeeper
-            ["--pageserver", "127.0.0.1:64000"].to_vec()
+            ["--pageserver", "127.0.0.1:64000", "--recall", "1 second"].to_vec()
         } else {
             [].to_vec()
         };
diff --git a/walkeeper/src/bin/wal_acceptor.rs b/walkeeper/src/bin/wal_acceptor.rs
index fed8f7746f..35ac5031de 100644
--- a/walkeeper/src/bin/wal_acceptor.rs
+++ b/walkeeper/src/bin/wal_acceptor.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 .takes_value(true)
                 .help("interval for keeping WAL as walkeeper node, after which them will be uploaded to S3 and removed locally"),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("recall-period")
+                .long("recall")
+                .takes_value(true)
+                .help("Period for requestion pageserver to call for replication"),
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("daemonize")
                 .short("d")
@@ -80,6 +86,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         pageserver_addr: None,
         listen_addr: "127.0.0.1:5454".parse()?,
         ttl: None,
+        recall_period: None,
     };
 
     if let Some(dir) = arg_matches.value_of("datadir") {
@@ -109,6 +116,10 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         conf.ttl = Some::<Duration>(parse(ttl)?);
     }
 
+    if let Some(recall) = arg_matches.value_of("recall") {
+        conf.recall_period = Some::<Duration>(parse(recall)?);
+    }
+
     start_wal_acceptor(conf)
 }
 
diff --git a/walkeeper/src/lib.rs b/walkeeper/src/lib.rs
index e296d8ec82..6926fcf95a 100644
--- a/walkeeper/src/lib.rs
+++ b/walkeeper/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ pub struct WalAcceptorConf {
     pub listen_addr: SocketAddr,
     pub pageserver_addr: Option<SocketAddr>,
     pub ttl: Option<Duration>,
+    pub recall_period: Option<Duration>,
 }
diff --git a/walkeeper/src/receive_wal.rs b/walkeeper/src/receive_wal.rs
index 8f22c44a55..a9e75f040b 100644
--- a/walkeeper/src/receive_wal.rs
+++ b/walkeeper/src/receive_wal.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ use std::io::{BufReader, Read, Seek, SeekFrom, Write};
 use std::net::{SocketAddr, TcpStream};
 use std::str;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::thread;
+use std::thread::sleep;
 use zenith_utils::bin_ser::LeSer;
 use zenith_utils::lsn::Lsn;
 
@@ -142,6 +144,48 @@ pub struct ReceiveWalConn {
     pub conf: WalAcceptorConf,
 }
 
+///
+/// Periodically request pageserver to call back.
+/// If pageserver already has replication channel, it will just ignore this request
+///
+fn request_callback(conf: WalAcceptorConf, timelineid: ZTimelineId) {
+    let addr = conf.pageserver_addr.unwrap();
+    let ps_connstr = format!(
+        "host={} port={} dbname={} user={}",
+        addr.ip(),
+        addr.port(),
+        "no_db",
+        "no_user",
+    );
+    let callme = format!(
+        "callmemaybe {} host={} port={} options='-c ztimelineid={}'",
+        timelineid,
+        conf.listen_addr.ip(),
+        conf.listen_addr.port(),
+        timelineid
+    );
+    loop {
+        info!(
+            "requesting page server to connect to us: start {} {}",
+            ps_connstr, callme
+        );
+        match Client::connect(&ps_connstr, NoTls) {
+            Ok(mut client) => {
+                if let Err(e) = client.simple_query(&callme) {
+                    error!("Failed to send callme request to pageserver: {}", e);
+                }
+            }
+            Err(e) => error!("Failed to connect to pageserver {}: {}", &ps_connstr, e),
+        }
+
+        if let Some(period) = conf.recall_period {
+            sleep(period);
+        } else {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl ReceiveWalConn {
     pub fn new(socket: TcpStream, conf: WalAcceptorConf) -> Result<ReceiveWalConn> {
         let peer_addr = socket.peer_addr()?;
@@ -160,32 +204,6 @@ impl ReceiveWalConn {
         Ok(T::des_from(&mut self.stream_in)?)
     }
 
-    fn request_callback(&self) -> std::result::Result<(), postgres::error::Error> {
-        if let Some(addr) = self.conf.pageserver_addr {
-            let ps_connstr = format!(
-                "host={} port={} dbname={} user={}",
-                addr.ip(),
-                addr.port(),
-                "no_db",
-                "no_user",
-            );
-            let callme = format!(
-                "callmemaybe {} host={} port={} options='-c ztimelineid={}'",
-                self.timeline.get().timelineid,
-                self.conf.listen_addr.ip(),
-                self.conf.listen_addr.port(),
-                self.timeline.get().timelineid
-            );
-            info!(
-                "requesting page server to connect to us: start {} {}",
-                ps_connstr, callme
-            );
-            let mut client = Client::connect(&ps_connstr, NoTls)?;
-            client.simple_query(&callme)?;
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
     /// Receive WAL from wal_proposer
     pub fn run(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         // Receive information about server
@@ -254,12 +272,14 @@ impl ReceiveWalConn {
         /* Acknowledge the proposed candidate by returning it to the proxy */
         prop.node_id.ser_into(&mut self.stream_out)?;
 
-        // Need to establish replication channel with page server.
-        // Add far as replication in postgres is initiated by receiver, we should use callme mechanism
-        if let Err(e) = self.request_callback() {
-            // Do not treate it as fatal error and continue work
-            // FIXME: we should retry after a while...
-            error!("Failed to send callme request to pageserver: {}", e);
+        if self.conf.pageserver_addr.is_some() {
+            // Need to establish replication channel with page server.
+            // Add far as replication in postgres is initiated by receiver, we should use callme mechanism
+            let conf = self.conf.clone();
+            let timelineid = self.timeline.get().timelineid;
+            thread::spawn(move || {
+                request_callback(conf, timelineid);
+            });
         }
 
         info!(