diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py
index 5a4862f733..7e998e77b1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py
@@ -1,19 +1,48 @@
 import esphome.codegen as cg
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
-from esphome.const import CONF_ID, CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL, ESP_PLATFORM_ESP32
+from esphome.const import CONF_ID, ESP_PLATFORM_ESP32, CONF_INTERVAL, \
+    CONF_DURATION
 from esphome.core import coroutine
 
 ESP_PLATFORMS = [ESP_PLATFORM_ESP32]
 AUTO_LOAD = ['xiaomi_ble']
 
 CONF_ESP32_BLE_ID = 'esp32_ble_id'
+CONF_SCAN_PARAMETERS = 'scan_parameters'
+CONF_WINDOW = 'window'
+CONF_ACTIVE = 'active'
 esp32_ble_tracker_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace('esp32_ble_tracker')
 ESP32BLETracker = esp32_ble_tracker_ns.class_('ESP32BLETracker', cg.Component)
 ESPBTDeviceListener = esp32_ble_tracker_ns.class_('ESPBTDeviceListener')
 
+
+def validate_scan_parameters(config):
+    duration = config[CONF_DURATION]
+    interval = config[CONF_INTERVAL]
+    window = config[CONF_WINDOW]
+
+    if window > interval:
+        raise cv.Invalid("Scan window ({}) needs to be smaller than scan interval ({})"
+                         "".format(window, interval))
+
+    if interval.total_milliseconds * 3 > duration.total_milliseconds:
+        raise cv.Invalid("Scan duration needs to be at least three times the scan interval to"
+                         "cover all BLE channels.")
+
+    return config
+
+
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.Schema({
     cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(ESP32BLETracker),
-    cv.Optional(CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL, default='300s'): cv.positive_time_period_seconds,
+    cv.Optional(CONF_SCAN_PARAMETERS, default={}): cv.All(cv.Schema({
+        cv.Optional(CONF_DURATION, default='5min'): cv.positive_time_period_seconds,
+        cv.Optional(CONF_INTERVAL, default='320ms'): cv.positive_time_period_milliseconds,
+        cv.Optional(CONF_WINDOW, default='200ms'): cv.positive_time_period_milliseconds,
+        cv.Optional(CONF_ACTIVE, default=True): cv.boolean,
+    }), validate_scan_parameters),
+
+    cv.Optional('scan_interval'): cv.invalid("This option has been removed in 1.14 (Reason: "
+                                             "it never had an effect)"),
 }).extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
 
 ESP_BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA = cv.Schema({
@@ -24,7 +53,11 @@ ESP_BLE_DEVICE_SCHEMA = cv.Schema({
 def to_code(config):
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
     yield cg.register_component(var, config)
-    cg.add(var.set_scan_interval(config[CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL]))
+    params = config[CONF_SCAN_PARAMETERS]
+    cg.add(var.set_scan_duration(params[CONF_DURATION]))
+    cg.add(var.set_scan_interval(int(params[CONF_INTERVAL].total_milliseconds / 0.625)))
+    cg.add(var.set_scan_window(int(params[CONF_WINDOW].total_milliseconds / 0.625)))
+    cg.add(var.set_scan_active(params[CONF_ACTIVE]))
 
 
 @coroutine
diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.cpp
index 9e6cb1cbce..ff1fe59668 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.cpp
@@ -150,21 +150,16 @@ void ESP32BLETracker::start_scan(bool first) {
       listener->on_scan_end();
   }
   this->already_discovered_.clear();
-  this->scan_params_.scan_type = BLE_SCAN_TYPE_ACTIVE;
+  this->scan_params_.scan_type = this->scan_active_ ? BLE_SCAN_TYPE_ACTIVE : BLE_SCAN_TYPE_PASSIVE;
   this->scan_params_.own_addr_type = BLE_ADDR_TYPE_PUBLIC;
   this->scan_params_.scan_filter_policy = BLE_SCAN_FILTER_ALLOW_ALL;
-  // Values determined empirically, higher scan intervals and lower scan windows make the ESP more stable
-  // Ideally, these values should both be quite low, especially scan window. 0x10/0x10 is the esp-idf
-  // default and works quite well. 0x100/0x50 discovers a few less BLE broadcast packets but is a lot
-  // more stable (order of several hours). The old ESPHome default (1600/1600) was terrible with
-  // crashes every few minutes
-  this->scan_params_.scan_interval = 0x200;
-  this->scan_params_.scan_window = 0x30;
+  this->scan_params_.scan_interval = this->scan_interval_;
+  this->scan_params_.scan_window = this->scan_window_;
 
   esp_ble_gap_set_scan_params(&this->scan_params_);
-  esp_ble_gap_start_scanning(this->scan_interval_);
+  esp_ble_gap_start_scanning(this->scan_duration_);
 
-  this->set_timeout("scan", this->scan_interval_ * 2000, []() {
+  this->set_timeout("scan", this->scan_duration_ * 2000, []() {
     ESP_LOGW(TAG, "ESP-IDF BLE scan never terminated, rebooting to restore BLE stack...");
     App.reboot();
   });
@@ -454,10 +449,12 @@ const std::string &ESPBTDevice::get_manufacturer_data() const { return this->man
 const std::string &ESPBTDevice::get_service_data() const { return this->service_data_; }
 const optional<ESPBTUUID> &ESPBTDevice::get_service_data_uuid() const { return this->service_data_uuid_; }
 
-void ESP32BLETracker::set_scan_interval(uint32_t scan_interval) { this->scan_interval_ = scan_interval; }
 void ESP32BLETracker::dump_config() {
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "BLE Tracker:");
-  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Scan Interval: %u s", this->scan_interval_);
+  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Scan Duration: %u s", this->scan_duration_);
+  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Scan Interval: %u ms", this->scan_interval_);
+  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Scan Window: %u ms", this->scan_window_);
+  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Scan Type: %s", this->scan_active_ ? "ACTIVE" : "PASSIVE");
 }
 void ESP32BLETracker::print_bt_device_info(const ESPBTDevice &device) {
   const uint64_t address = device.address_uint64();
diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h
index f1bcada621..82e8e553fc 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/esp32_ble_tracker.h
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ class ESPBTDeviceListener {
 
 class ESP32BLETracker : public Component {
  public:
-  void set_scan_interval(uint32_t scan_interval);
+  void set_scan_duration(uint32_t scan_duration) { scan_duration_ = scan_duration; }
+  void set_scan_interval(uint32_t scan_interval) { scan_interval_ = scan_interval; }
+  void set_scan_window(uint32_t scan_window) { scan_window_ = scan_window; }
+  void set_scan_active(bool scan_active) { scan_active_ = scan_active; }
 
   /// Setup the FreeRTOS task and the Bluetooth stack.
   void setup() override;
@@ -142,7 +145,10 @@ class ESP32BLETracker : public Component {
   /// A structure holding the ESP BLE scan parameters.
   esp_ble_scan_params_t scan_params_;
   /// The interval in seconds to perform scans.
-  uint32_t scan_interval_{300};
+  uint32_t scan_duration_;
+  uint32_t scan_interval_;
+  uint32_t scan_window_;
+  bool scan_active_;
   SemaphoreHandle_t scan_result_lock_;
   SemaphoreHandle_t scan_end_lock_;
   size_t scan_result_index_{0};
diff --git a/esphome/const.py b/esphome/const.py
index fda57060f1..523b9b019d 100644
--- a/esphome/const.py
+++ b/esphome/const.py
@@ -364,7 +364,6 @@ CONF_RX_PIN = 'rx_pin'
 CONF_SAFE_MODE = 'safe_mode'
 CONF_SAMSUNG = 'samsung'
 CONF_SCAN = 'scan'
-CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL = 'scan_interval'
 CONF_SCL = 'scl'
 CONF_SCL_PIN = 'scl_pin'
 CONF_SDA = 'sda'
diff --git a/tests/test2.yaml b/tests/test2.yaml
index 337deece91..1f4245d81d 100644
--- a/tests/test2.yaml
+++ b/tests/test2.yaml
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ remote_receiver:
   dump: []
 
 esp32_ble_tracker:
-  scan_interval: 300s
 
 #esp32_ble_beacon:
 #  type: iBeacon