diff --git a/observability-lib/grafana/alerts.go b/observability-lib/grafana/alerts.go
index 775a51902f..7a229f71be 100644
--- a/observability-lib/grafana/alerts.go
+++ b/observability-lib/grafana/alerts.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package grafana
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"maps"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-foundation-sdk/go/alerting"
@@ -13,8 +14,13 @@ type RuleQueryType string
 
 const (
 	RuleQueryTypeInstant RuleQueryType = "instant"
+
+	defaultRuleQueryIntervalSeconds = 30
 )
 
+// DefaultRuleQueryInterval is the default Prometheus query interval for alert rule models.
+var DefaultRuleQueryInterval = fmt.Sprintf("%ds", defaultRuleQueryIntervalSeconds)
+
 type RuleQuery struct {
 	Expr         string
 	RefID        string
@@ -23,6 +29,9 @@ type RuleQuery struct {
 	TimeRange    int64
 	Instant      bool
 	QueryType    RuleQueryType
+	// Interval sets the Prometheus query interval in the alert rule model (e.g. "30s").
+	// When empty, DefaultRuleQueryInterval is used.
+	Interval string
 }
 
 func newRuleQuery(query RuleQuery) *alerting.QueryBuilder {
@@ -51,6 +60,12 @@ func newRuleQuery(query RuleQuery) *alerting.QueryBuilder {
 		model.QueryType(string(query.QueryType))
 	}
 
+	interval := query.Interval
+	if interval == "" {
+		interval = DefaultRuleQueryInterval
+	}
+	model.Interval(interval)
+
 	return res.Model(model)
 }
 
@@ -125,7 +140,7 @@ func newReduceSettingsOptions(options expr.ExprTypeReduceSettings) cog.Builder[e
 func newConditionQuery(options ConditionQuery) *alerting.QueryBuilder {
 	if options.IntervalMs == nil {
 		// Recommended value for intervalMs is 30s
-		options.IntervalMs = Pointer[float64](30 * 1000)
+		options.IntervalMs = Pointer[float64](float64(defaultRuleQueryIntervalSeconds * 1000))
 	}
 
 	if options.MaxDataPoints == nil {
diff --git a/observability-lib/grafana/builder_test.go b/observability-lib/grafana/builder_test.go
index 210cc2cdc0..aa6f077713 100644
--- a/observability-lib/grafana/builder_test.go
+++ b/observability-lib/grafana/builder_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-foundation-sdk/go/alerting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-foundation-sdk/go/expr"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-foundation-sdk/go/prometheus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-foundation-sdk/go/dashboard"
@@ -546,3 +547,20 @@ func TestBuilder_AddTimeSeriesPanelWithAlert(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, "Panel Title", o.Alerts[0].RuleGroup)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestNewAlertRule_DefaultRuleQueryInterval(t *testing.T) {
+	rule, err := grafana.NewAlertRule(&grafana.AlertOptions{
+		Title: "CPU High",
+		Query: []grafana.RuleQuery{{
+			Expr:       "up",
+			RefID:      "A",
+			Datasource: "prometheus-uid",
+		}},
+	}).Build()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, rule.Data, 1)
+	model, ok := rule.Data[0].Model.(prometheus.Dataquery)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	require.NotNil(t, model.Interval)
+	require.Equal(t, grafana.DefaultRuleQueryInterval, *model.Interval)
+}