diff --git a/v1/instance.go b/v1/instance.go
index 0a9b7b2..cb10640 100644
--- a/v1/instance.go
+++ b/v1/instance.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 type CloudInstanceReader interface {
 	GetInstance(ctx context.Context, id CloudProviderInstanceID) (*Instance, error)
 	ListInstances(ctx context.Context, args ListInstancesArgs) ([]Instance, error)
+	GetInstancePollTime() time.Duration
 }
 
 type CloudCreateTerminateInstance interface {
diff --git a/v1/notimplemented.go b/v1/notimplemented.go
index 84fe74f..2724cf8 100644
--- a/v1/notimplemented.go
+++ b/v1/notimplemented.go
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ func (c notImplCloudClient) GetInstanceTypePollTime() time.Duration {
 	return pollTime
 }
 
+func (c notImplCloudClient) GetInstancePollTime() time.Duration {
+	pollTime := 5 * time.Second
+	return pollTime
+}
+
 func (c notImplCloudClient) CreateInstance(_ context.Context, _ CreateInstanceAttrs) (*Instance, error) {
 	return nil, ErrNotImplemented
 }
diff --git a/v1/waiters_test.go b/v1/waiters_test.go
index 3339253..665f09f 100644
--- a/v1/waiters_test.go
+++ b/v1/waiters_test.go
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ func (m *mockCloudInstanceReader) ListInstances(_ context.Context, _ ListInstanc
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
+func (m *mockCloudInstanceReader) GetInstancePollTime() time.Duration {
+	return 5 * time.Second
+}
+
 // setStatusSequence sets up a sequence of statuses that will be returned for an instance
 func (m *mockCloudInstanceReader) setStatusSequence(instanceID CloudProviderInstanceID, sequence []LifecycleStatus) {
 	m.statusSequence[instanceID] = sequence