diff --git a/keyboards/kinesis/kint2pp/config.h b/keyboards/kinesis/kint2pp/config.h
index 902c9b24a0..ff5761b6bc 100644
--- a/keyboards/kinesis/kint2pp/config.h
+++ b/keyboards/kinesis/kint2pp/config.h
@@ -36,3 +36,7 @@
 #define DEBOUNCE 5
 
 #define IGNORE_MOD_TAP_INTERRUPT
+
+// Reduce input latency by lowering the USB polling interval
+// from its 10ms default to the 1ms minimum that USB 1.x (Full Speed) allows:
+#define USB_POLLING_INTERVAL_MS 1
diff --git a/keyboards/kinesis/kint2pp/rules.mk b/keyboards/kinesis/kint2pp/rules.mk
index e69de29bb2..7c48a98bfc 100644
--- a/keyboards/kinesis/kint2pp/rules.mk
+++ b/keyboards/kinesis/kint2pp/rules.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Debounce eagerly (report change immediately), keep per-key timers. We can use
+# this because the kinT does not have to deal with noise.
+DEBOUNCE_TYPE = sym_eager_pk