diff --git a/wait/http.go b/wait/http.go
index ba89dca62d..77528f44b3 100644
--- a/wait/http.go
+++ b/wait/http.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func NewHTTPStrategy(path string) *HTTPStrategy {
 		TLSConfig:         nil,
 		Method:            http.MethodGet,
 		Body:              nil,
-		PollInterval:      time.Second / 10,
+		PollInterval:      defaultPollInterval(),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/wait/log.go b/wait/log.go
index 1173624423..8aa3050309 100644
--- a/wait/log.go
+++ b/wait/log.go
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ type LogStrategy struct {
 
 	// additional properties
 	Log          string
-	PollInterval time.Duration
 	Occurrence   int
+	PollInterval time.Duration
 }
 
 // NewLogStrategy constructs a HTTP strategy waiting on port 80 and status code 200
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ func NewLogStrategy(log string) *LogStrategy {
 	return &LogStrategy{
 		startupTimeout: defaultStartupTimeout(),
 		Log:            log,
-		PollInterval:   100 * time.Millisecond,
 		Occurrence:     1,
+		PollInterval:   defaultPollInterval(),
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/wait/sql.go b/wait/sql.go
index e632ea10d1..aabd754e58 100644
--- a/wait/sql.go
+++ b/wait/sql.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func ForSQL(port nat.Port, driver string, url func(nat.Port) string) *waitForSql
 		URL:            url,
 		Driver:         driver,
 		startupTimeout: defaultStartupTimeout(),
-		PollInterval:   100 * time.Millisecond,
+		PollInterval:   defaultPollInterval(),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/wait/wait.go b/wait/wait.go
index f71b9e999e..9439edeae6 100644
--- a/wait/wait.go
+++ b/wait/wait.go
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ type StrategyTarget interface {
 func defaultStartupTimeout() time.Duration {
 	return 60 * time.Second
 }
+
+func defaultPollInterval() time.Duration {
+	return 100 * time.Millisecond
+}