diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerMachineClientProviderStrategy.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerMachineClientProviderStrategy.java
index 4846d4e7ddf..59211e317a2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerMachineClientProviderStrategy.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerMachineClientProviderStrategy.java
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
  * Use Docker machine (if available on the PATH) to locate a Docker environment.
  */
 public class DockerMachineClientProviderStrategy extends DockerClientProviderStrategy {
+    private static final String PING_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = "30";
+    private static final String PING_TIMEOUT_PROPERTY_NAME = "testcontainers.dockermachineprovider.timeout";
+
     @Override
     public void test() throws InvalidConfigurationException {
 
@@ -44,7 +47,8 @@ public void test() throws InvalidConfigurationException {
         }
 
         // If the docker-machine VM has started, the docker daemon may still not be ready. Retry pinging until it works.
-        ping(client, 30);
+        final int timeout = Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty(PING_TIMEOUT_PROPERTY_NAME, PING_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT));
+        ping(client, timeout);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/EnvironmentAndSystemPropertyClientProviderStrategy.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/EnvironmentAndSystemPropertyClientProviderStrategy.java
index ec1b7f2ab91..4b414b70d5e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/EnvironmentAndSystemPropertyClientProviderStrategy.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/EnvironmentAndSystemPropertyClientProviderStrategy.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  * to try and locate a docker environment.
  */
 public class EnvironmentAndSystemPropertyClientProviderStrategy extends DockerClientProviderStrategy {
+    private static final String PING_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = "10";
+    private static final String PING_TIMEOUT_PROPERTY_NAME = "testcontainers.environmentprovider.timeout";
 
     @Override
     public void test() throws InvalidConfigurationException {
@@ -17,8 +19,10 @@ public void test() throws InvalidConfigurationException {
             config = DefaultDockerClientConfig.createDefaultConfigBuilder().build();
             client = getClientForConfig(config);
 
-            ping(client, 1);
+            final int timeout = Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty(PING_TIMEOUT_PROPERTY_NAME, PING_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT));
+            ping(client, timeout);
         } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOGGER.error("ping failed with configuration {} due to {}", getDescription(), e.toString(), e);
             throw new InvalidConfigurationException("ping failed");
         }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/UnixSocketClientProviderStrategy.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/UnixSocketClientProviderStrategy.java
index b13d5a633ec..99f5153f35b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/UnixSocketClientProviderStrategy.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/UnixSocketClientProviderStrategy.java
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 
 public class UnixSocketClientProviderStrategy extends DockerClientProviderStrategy {
-
     protected static final String DOCKER_SOCK_PATH = "/var/run/docker.sock";
     private static final String SOCKET_LOCATION = "unix://" + DOCKER_SOCK_PATH;
     private static final int SOCKET_FILE_MODE_MASK = 0xc000;
+    private static final String PING_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = "10";
+    private static final String PING_TIMEOUT_PROPERTY_NAME = "testcontainers.unixsocketprovider.timeout";
+
 
     @Override
     public void test()
@@ -52,7 +54,8 @@ protected DockerClientConfig tryConfiguration(String dockerHost) {
                 .build();
         client = getClientForConfig(config);
 
-        ping(client, 10);
+        final int timeout = Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty(PING_TIMEOUT_PROPERTY_NAME, PING_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT));
+        ping(client, timeout);
 
         return config;
     }