diff --git a/wait/http.go b/wait/http.go
index ff1031b041..77528f44b3 100644
--- a/wait/http.go
+++ b/wait/http.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type HTTPStrategy struct {
 	TLSConfig         *tls.Config // TLS config for HTTPS
 	Method            string      // http method
 	Body              io.Reader   // http request body
+	PollInterval      time.Duration
 }
 
 // NewHTTPStrategy constructs a HTTP strategy waiting on port 80 and status code 200
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ func NewHTTPStrategy(path string) *HTTPStrategy {
 		TLSConfig:         nil,
 		Method:            http.MethodGet,
 		Body:              nil,
+		PollInterval:      defaultPollInterval(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -99,6 +101,12 @@ func (ws *HTTPStrategy) WithBody(reqdata io.Reader) *HTTPStrategy {
 	return ws
 }
 
+// WithPollInterval can be used to override the default polling interval of 100 milliseconds
+func (ws *HTTPStrategy) WithPollInterval(pollInterval time.Duration) *HTTPStrategy {
+	ws.PollInterval = pollInterval
+	return ws
+}
+
 // ForHTTP is a convenience method similar to Wait.java
 // https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-java/blob/1d85a3834bd937f80aad3a4cec249c027f31aeb4/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/wait/strategy/Wait.java
 func ForHTTP(path string) *HTTPStrategy {
@@ -173,7 +181,7 @@ func (ws *HTTPStrategy) WaitUntilReady(ctx context.Context, target StrategyTarge
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return ctx.Err()
-		case <-time.After(time.Second / 10):
+		case <-time.After(ws.PollInterval):
 			req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, ws.Method, endpoint, ws.Body)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
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 e10c79a4bb..aabd754e58 100644
--- a/wait/sql.go
+++ b/wait/sql.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ func ForSQL(port nat.Port, driver string, url func(nat.Port) string) *waitForSql
 		URL:            url,
 		Driver:         driver,
 		startupTimeout: defaultStartupTimeout(),
+		PollInterval:   defaultPollInterval(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ type waitForSql struct {
 	Driver         string
 	Port           nat.Port
 	startupTimeout time.Duration
+	PollInterval   time.Duration
 }
 
 //Timeout sets the maximum waiting time for the strategy after which it'll give up and return an error
@@ -32,13 +34,19 @@ func (w *waitForSql) Timeout(duration time.Duration) *waitForSql {
 	return w
 }
 
+//WithPollInterval can be used to override the default polling interval of 100 milliseconds
+func (w *waitForSql) WithPollInterval(pollInterval time.Duration) *waitForSql {
+	w.PollInterval = pollInterval
+	return w
+}
+
 //WaitUntilReady repeatedly tries to run "SELECT 1" query on the given port using sql and driver.
 // If the it doesn't succeed until the timeout value which defaults to 60 seconds, it will return an error
 func (w *waitForSql) WaitUntilReady(ctx context.Context, target StrategyTarget) (err error) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, w.startupTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Millisecond * 100)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(w.PollInterval)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 
 	port, err := target.MappedPort(ctx, w.Port)
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
+}