diff --git a/classes/local/controllers/maintenance_static_page.php b/classes/local/controllers/maintenance_static_page.php
index 7c2257b..0935257 100644
--- a/classes/local/controllers/maintenance_static_page.php
+++ b/classes/local/controllers/maintenance_static_page.php
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 class maintenance_static_page {
     /**
      * Creates a page based on the given outage.
+     *
      * @param outage|null $outage
+     *
      * @return maintenance_static_page
      * @throws coding_exception
      */
@@ -63,12 +65,18 @@ class maintenance_static_page {
             $html = $data['contents'];
         }
 
-        return self::create_from_html($html);
+        $page = self::create_from_html($html);
+        if (!is_null($outage)) {
+            $page->set_max_refresh_time($outage->get_duration_planned());
+        }
+        return $page;
     }
 
     /**
      * Creates a page based on the given HTML.
+     *
      * @param string|null $html
+     *
      * @return maintenance_static_page
      * @throws coding_exception
      */
@@ -96,7 +104,9 @@ class maintenance_static_page {
 
     /**
      * maintenance_static_page constructor.
+     *
      * @param DOMDocument|null $dom
+     *
      * @throws coding_exception
      */
     protected function __construct($dom) {
@@ -117,4 +127,15 @@ class maintenance_static_page {
     public function get_io() {
         return $this->generator->get_io();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the maximum amount of seconds to auto refresh the static page.
+     * @param int $maxsecs
+     */
+    public function set_max_refresh_time($maxsecs) {
+        $current = $this->generator->get_refresh_time();
+        if ($maxsecs < $current) {
+            $this->generator->set_refresh_time($maxsecs);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/classes/local/controllers/maintenance_static_page_generator.php b/classes/local/controllers/maintenance_static_page_generator.php
index bb6bde4..82620ac 100644
--- a/classes/local/controllers/maintenance_static_page_generator.php
+++ b/classes/local/controllers/maintenance_static_page_generator.php
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ class maintenance_static_page_generator {
     /** @var maintenance_static_page_io */
     protected $io;
 
+    /** @var int */
+    protected $refreshtime = 300;
+
     /**
      * maintenance_static_page_generator constructor.
      *
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ class maintenance_static_page_generator {
             $this->io->create_resources_path();
 
             $this->remove_script_tags();
+            $this->add_meta_refresh();
             $this->update_link_stylesheet();
             $this->update_link_favicon();
             $this->update_images();
@@ -265,4 +269,29 @@ class maintenance_static_page_generator {
         }
         return $matches;
     }
+
+    private function add_meta_refresh() {
+        $meta = $this->dom->createElement('meta');
+        $meta->setAttribute('http-equiv', 'refresh');
+        $meta->setAttribute('content', $this->refreshtime);
+
+        $head = $this->dom->getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
+        if ($head) {
+            $head->appendChild($meta);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function get_refresh_time() {
+        return $this->refreshtime;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $refreshtime
+     */
+    public function set_refresh_time($refreshtime) {
+        $this->refreshtime = $refreshtime;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/local/cli/cli_testcase.php b/tests/phpunit/local/cli/cli_testcase.php
index dc620df..32fec0e 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/local/cli/cli_testcase.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/local/cli/cli_testcase.php
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
  * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  */
 
-use auth_outage\local\cli\cli_exception;
 use auth_outage\local\cli\clibase;
 
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
@@ -43,6 +42,11 @@ abstract class auth_outage_cli_testcase extends auth_outage_base_testcase {
      * Always enable the auth outage plugin, resets after test and set no parameters.
      */
     public function setUp() {
+        global $CFG;
+
+        // PHPUnit does not load config.php
+        $CFG->auth_outage_bootstrap_loaded = true;
+
         // Enable auth plugins.
         set_config('auth', 'outage');
         \core\session\manager::gc(); // Remove stale sessions.
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ abstract class auth_outage_cli_testcase extends auth_outage_base_testcase {
 
     /**
      * Mocks the command line parameters.
+     *
      * @param string[] $options Options to use as parameters.
      */
     protected function set_parameters(array $options) {
@@ -65,7 +70,9 @@ abstract class auth_outage_cli_testcase extends auth_outage_base_testcase {
 
     /**
      * Executes the CLI.
+     *
      * @param clibase $cli CLI to execute.
+     *
      * @return string The output text.
      */
     protected function execute(clibase $cli) {
@@ -81,6 +88,7 @@ abstract class auth_outage_cli_testcase extends auth_outage_base_testcase {
 
     /**
      * Sets the expected exception as cli_exception with the given error code.
+     *
      * @param int $errorcode Error code.
      */
     protected function set_expected_cli_exception($errorcode) {
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/local/controllers/maintenance_static_page_test.php b/tests/phpunit/local/controllers/maintenance_static_page_test.php
index 89f74ce..f1babc2 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/local/controllers/maintenance_static_page_test.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/local/controllers/maintenance_static_page_test.php
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ class maintenance_static_page_test extends auth_outage_base_testcase {
 
     public function test_createfromhtml() {
         $html = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html><head><title>Title</title></head><body>Content</body></html>";
-        self::assertSame($html, $this->generated_page_html($html));
+        $expected = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html><head><title>Title</title><meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"300\">".
+                    "</head><body>Content</body></html>";
+        self::assertSame($expected, $this->generated_page_html($html));
     }
 
     public function test_removescripttags() {
@@ -366,4 +368,30 @@ class maintenance_static_page_test extends auth_outage_base_testcase {
         self::assertContains('removeme', $generated);
         self::assertContains('Goodbye cruel world', $generated);
     }
+
+    public function test_meta_refresh_5minutes() {
+        $this->resetAfterTest(true);
+        $html = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n".
+                '<html><head><title>Title</title></head>'.
+                '<body>Content<b id="removeme">Goodbye cruel world.</b></body></html>';
+        set_config('remove_selectors', '#invalidid', 'auth_outage');
+        $generated = $this->generated_page_html($html);
+
+        self::assertContains('<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="300">', $generated);
+    }
+
+    public function test_meta_refresh_maximum_5seconds() {
+        $this->resetAfterTest(true);
+        $html = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n".
+                '<html><head><title>Title</title></head>'.
+                '<body>Content<b id="removeme">Goodbye cruel world.</b></body></html>';
+        set_config('remove_selectors', '#invalidid', 'auth_outage');
+        $page = maintenance_static_page::create_from_html($html);
+        $page->set_max_refresh_time(5);
+        $page->generate();
+        $generated = trim(file_get_contents($page->get_io()->get_template_file()));
+        return $generated;
+
+        self::assertContains('<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5">', $generated);
+    }
 }