diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/include/emqx_resource.hrl b/apps/emqx_resource/include/emqx_resource.hrl
index e6f86fb59..24d606c02 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/include/emqx_resource.hrl
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/include/emqx_resource.hrl
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     start_after_created => boolean(),
     %% If the resource disconnected, we can set to retry starting the resource
     %% periodically.
-    auto_restart_interval => pos_integer(),
+    auto_restart_interval => pos_integer() | infinity,
     batch_size => pos_integer(),
     batch_time => pos_integer(),
     max_buffer_bytes => pos_integer(),
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_manager.erl b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_manager.erl
index 97ac355f4..6382a53a8 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_manager.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_manager.erl
@@ -450,6 +450,8 @@ retry_actions(Data) ->
     case maps:get(auto_restart_interval, Data#data.opts, ?AUTO_RESTART_INTERVAL) of
         undefined ->
             [];
+        infinity ->
+            [];
         RetryInterval ->
             [{state_timeout, RetryInterval, auto_retry}]
     end.
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/src/schema/emqx_resource_schema.erl b/apps/emqx_resource/src/schema/emqx_resource_schema.erl
index 48c6a3012..2dd2eda99 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/src/schema/emqx_resource_schema.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/src/schema/emqx_resource_schema.erl
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ auto_restart_interval(required) -> false;
 auto_restart_interval(validator) -> fun auto_restart_interval_range/1;
 auto_restart_interval(_) -> undefined.
 
+auto_restart_interval_range(infinity) ->
+    ok;
 auto_restart_interval_range(AutoRestartInterval) when
     is_integer(AutoRestartInterval) andalso
         AutoRestartInterval >= ?AUTO_RESTART_INTERVAL_RANGE_MIN andalso