diff --git a/src/background-store.js b/src/background-store.js
index 15866be..57df033 100644
--- a/src/background-store.js
+++ b/src/background-store.js
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import {
     UPDATE_STATE
 } from './constants';
 
-let store, actions, onDisconnect;
+import utils from './utils';
+
+let store, actions, onDisconnect, debounceDelay;
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line consistent-return
 function handleMessage(
@@ -40,13 +42,19 @@ function handleConnection(connection: Connection): void {
         return;
     }
 
-    // send updated state to other parts of the app on every change
-    const unsubscribe = store.subscribe(() => {
+    let onStoreEvent = () => {
         connection.postMessage({
             type: UPDATE_STATE,
             data: store.getState()
         });
-    });
+    };
+
+    if (debounceDelay) {
+        onStoreEvent = utils.debounce(onStoreEvent, debounceDelay);
+    }
+
+    // send updated state to other parts of the app on every change
+    const unsubscribe = store.subscribe(onStoreEvent);
 
     // unsubscribe on disconnect
     connection.onDisconnect.addListener(() => {
@@ -61,7 +69,8 @@ function handleConnection(connection: Connection): void {
 export default function createBackgroundStore(options: {
     store: Store,
     actions?: Object,
-    onDisconnect?: EmptyFunc
+    onDisconnect?: EmptyFunc,
+    debounceDelay?: number
 }): Store {
     if (typeof options !== 'object' || typeof options.store !== 'object') {
         throw new Error('Expected the "store" to be an object.');
@@ -75,9 +84,14 @@ export default function createBackgroundStore(options: {
         throw new Error('Expected the "onDisconnect" to be a function.');
     }
 
+    if (options.hasOwnProperty('debounceDelay') && typeof options.debounceDelay !== 'number') {
+        throw new Error('Expected the "debounceDelay" to be a number');
+    }
+
     store = options.store;
     actions = options.actions || {};
     onDisconnect = options.onDisconnect;
+    debounceDelay = options.debounceDelay;
 
     chrome.runtime.onConnect.addListener(handleConnection);
     chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(handleMessage);
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..417e18f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* @flow */
+
+const debounce = (func: (...args: any) => void, delay: number) => {
+    let inDebounce;
+    return function (...args: any) {
+        const context: any = this;
+        clearTimeout(inDebounce);
+        inDebounce = setTimeout(() => func.apply(context, args), delay);
+    };
+};
+
+export default {debounce};
diff --git a/tests/background-store.js b/tests/background-store.js
index feeda02..0ead239 100644
--- a/tests/background-store.js
+++ b/tests/background-store.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
     UPDATE_STATE
 } from '../src/constants';
 import createBackgroundStore from '../src/background-store';
+import utils from '../src/utils';
 
 function createStore(params) {
     window.chrome = {
@@ -53,6 +54,12 @@ describe('background-store', () => {
                 onDisconnect: true
             })).toThrowError(/onDisconnect/);
         });
+        it('debounceDelay is not a number', () => {
+            expect(() => createBackgroundStore({
+                store: {},
+                debounceDelay: true
+            })).toThrowError(/debounceDelay/);
+        });
     });
 
     it('returns the same store', () => {
@@ -65,8 +72,9 @@ describe('background-store', () => {
     });
 
     describe('handle connection', () => {
-        function testCase(onDisconnect) {
+        function testCase(onDisconnect, debounceDelay) {
             const unsubscribe = jest.fn();
+
             const options = {
                 store: {
                     subscribe: jest.fn(() => unsubscribe),
@@ -78,6 +86,10 @@ describe('background-store', () => {
                 options.onDisconnect = onDisconnect;
             }
 
+            if (debounceDelay) {
+                options.debounceDelay = debounceDelay;
+            }
+
             const {store, handleConnect} = createStore(options);
             const connection = {
                 name: CONNECTION_NAME,
@@ -91,9 +103,7 @@ describe('background-store', () => {
 
             expect(store.subscribe).lastCalledWith(jasmine.any(Function));
             expect(connection.onDisconnect.addListener).lastCalledWith(jasmine.any(Function));
-
             store.subscribe.mock.calls[0][0]();
-
             expect(store.getState).lastCalledWith();
             expect(connection.postMessage).lastCalledWith({
                 type: UPDATE_STATE,
@@ -151,6 +161,12 @@ describe('background-store', () => {
                 expect(unsubscribe).lastCalledWith();
                 expect(onDisconnect).lastCalledWith();
             });
+
+            it('with provided debounceDelay callback', () => {
+                utils.debounce = jest.fn(((func) => func));
+                testCase(null, 1000);
+                expect(utils.debounce).lastCalledWith(jasmine.any(Function), 1000);
+            });
         });
     });