diff --git a/misk-cron/api/misk-cron.api b/misk-cron/api/misk-cron.api
index 9f031571448..0001ff47f7f 100644
--- a/misk-cron/api/misk-cron.api
+++ b/misk-cron/api/misk-cron.api
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 public final class misk/cron/CronEntryModule : misk/inject/KAbstractModule {
 	public static final field Companion Lmisk/cron/CronEntryModule$Companion;
-	public synthetic fun <init> (Lkotlin/reflect/KClass;Lkotlin/jvm/internal/DefaultConstructorMarker;)V
+	public synthetic fun <init> (Lkotlin/reflect/KClass;Lmisk/cron/CronPattern;Lkotlin/jvm/internal/DefaultConstructorMarker;)V
 }
 
 public final class misk/cron/CronEntryModule$Companion {
-	public final fun create (Lkotlin/reflect/KClass;)Lmisk/cron/CronEntryModule;
+	public final fun create (Lkotlin/reflect/KClass;Lmisk/cron/CronPattern;)Lmisk/cron/CronEntryModule;
+	public static synthetic fun create$default (Lmisk/cron/CronEntryModule$Companion;Lkotlin/reflect/KClass;Lmisk/cron/CronPattern;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lmisk/cron/CronEntryModule;
 }
 
 public final class misk/cron/CronManager {
diff --git a/misk-cron/src/main/kotlin/misk/cron/CronEntryModule.kt b/misk-cron/src/main/kotlin/misk/cron/CronEntryModule.kt
index 952efecc689..d980d5cc32f 100644
--- a/misk-cron/src/main/kotlin/misk/cron/CronEntryModule.kt
+++ b/misk-cron/src/main/kotlin/misk/cron/CronEntryModule.kt
@@ -3,23 +3,24 @@ package misk.cron
 import misk.inject.KAbstractModule
 import kotlin.reflect.KClass
 
-internal class CronRunnableEntry(val runnableClass: KClass<out Runnable>)
+internal class CronRunnableEntry @JvmOverloads constructor(val runnableClass: KClass<out Runnable>, val cronPattern: CronPattern? = null)
 
 class CronEntryModule<A : Runnable> private constructor(
-  private val runnableClass: KClass<A>
+  private val runnableClass: KClass<A>,
+  private val cronPattern: CronPattern? = null
 ) : KAbstractModule() {
   override fun configure() {
-    multibind<CronRunnableEntry>().toInstance(CronRunnableEntry(runnableClass))
+    multibind<CronRunnableEntry>().toInstance(CronRunnableEntry(runnableClass, cronPattern))
   }
   companion object {
-    inline fun <reified A : Runnable> create(): CronEntryModule<A> = create(A::class)
+    inline fun <reified A : Runnable> create(cronPattern: CronPattern? = null): CronEntryModule<A> = create(A::class, cronPattern)
 
     /**
      * Registers a cron runnable.
      * @param cronRunnableClass: The cron runnable to register.
      */
-    fun <A : Runnable> create(cronRunnableClass: KClass<A>): CronEntryModule<A> {
-      return CronEntryModule(cronRunnableClass)
+    fun <A : Runnable> create(cronRunnableClass: KClass<A>, cronPattern: CronPattern? = null): CronEntryModule<A> {
+      return CronEntryModule(cronRunnableClass, cronPattern)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/misk-cron/src/main/kotlin/misk/cron/CronService.kt b/misk-cron/src/main/kotlin/misk/cron/CronService.kt
index bc9bf64231e..8b9644a00cc 100644
--- a/misk-cron/src/main/kotlin/misk/cron/CronService.kt
+++ b/misk-cron/src/main/kotlin/misk/cron/CronService.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@ internal class CronService @Inject constructor(
     cronRunnableEntries.forEach { cronRunnable ->
       val name = cronRunnable.runnableClass.qualifiedName!!
       val annotations = cronRunnable.runnableClass.annotations
-      val cronPattern = annotations.find { it is CronPattern } as? CronPattern
+      val annotationPattern = annotations.find { it is CronPattern } as? CronPattern
+      // Use the cron pattern specified in CronRunnableEntry if available.
+      // If it's null, fall back to the pattern from the @CronPattern annotation on the class.
+      // This allows the annotation pattern to serve as a default, while specifying
+      // a cron pattern in CronRunnableEntry will override it if provided.
+      val cronPattern = cronRunnable.cronPattern
+        ?: annotationPattern
         ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("Expected $name to have @CronPattern specified")
 
       val runnable = injector.getProvider(cronRunnable.runnableClass.java).get()
diff --git a/misk-cron/src/test/kotlin/misk/cron/CronTest.kt b/misk-cron/src/test/kotlin/misk/cron/CronTest.kt
index 52d273ca2d2..dd94820615e 100644
--- a/misk-cron/src/test/kotlin/misk/cron/CronTest.kt
+++ b/misk-cron/src/test/kotlin/misk/cron/CronTest.kt
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class CronTest {
       install(CronEntryModule.create<MinuteCron>())
       install(CronEntryModule.create<HourCron>())
       install(CronEntryModule.create<ThrowsExceptionCron>())
+      // Override ConfigurableHourCron's schedule to every minute.
+      install(CronEntryModule.create<ConfigurableHourCron>(cronPattern = CronPattern("* * * * *")))
     }
   }
 
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ class CronTest {
   @Inject private lateinit var minuteCron: MinuteCron
   @Inject private lateinit var hourCron: HourCron
   @Inject private lateinit var throwsExceptionCron: ThrowsExceptionCron
+  @Inject private lateinit var configurableHourCron: ConfigurableHourCron
 
   private lateinit var lastRun: Instant
 
@@ -59,15 +62,20 @@ class CronTest {
     assertThat(minuteCron.counter).isEqualTo(0)
     assertThat(hourCron.counter).isEqualTo(0)
     assertThat(throwsExceptionCron.counter).isEqualTo(0)
+    assertThat(configurableHourCron.counter).isEqualTo(0)
 
     // Advance one hour in one minute intervals.
     repeat(60) {
       clock.add(Duration.ofMinutes(1))
       runCrons()
     }
+
     assertThat(minuteCron.counter).isEqualTo(60)
     assertThat(throwsExceptionCron.counter).isEqualTo(4)
     assertThat(hourCron.counter).isEqualTo(1)
+    // configurableHourCron has @CronPattern configured to hourly, but is overridden
+    // to every minute by CronEntryModule::create().
+    assertThat(configurableHourCron.counter).isEqualTo(60)
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -114,6 +122,16 @@ class HourCron @Inject constructor() : Runnable {
   }
 }
 
+@Singleton
+@CronPattern("0 * * * *") // Default cron schedule of hourly.
+class ConfigurableHourCron @Inject constructor() : Runnable {
+  var counter = 0
+
+  override fun run() {
+    counter++
+  }
+}
+
 @Singleton
 @CronPattern("1/15 * * * *")
 class ThrowsExceptionCron @Inject constructor() : Runnable {