diff --git a/pkg/environment/flags.go b/pkg/environment/flags.go
index 59efc52e9..80fda9862 100644
--- a/pkg/environment/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/environment/flags.go
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"knative.dev/reconciler-test/pkg/feature"
+	"knative.dev/reconciler-test/pkg/state"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -34,6 +36,9 @@ var (
 
 	ipFilePath     = new(string)
 	teardownOnFail = new(bool)
+
+	pollTimeout  = new(time.Duration)
+	pollInterval = new(time.Duration)
 )
 
 // InitFlags registers the requirement and state filter flags supported by the
@@ -62,7 +67,8 @@ func InitFlags(fs *flag.FlagSet) {
 
 	fs.StringVar(ipFilePath, "images.producer.file", "", "file path for file-based image producer")
 	fs.StringVar(testNamespace, "environment.namespace", "", "Test namespace")
-
+	fs.DurationVar(pollTimeout, "poll.timeout", state.DefaultPollTimeout, "Poll timeout")
+	fs.DurationVar(pollInterval, "poll.interval", state.DefaultPollInterval, "Poll interval")
 	fs.BoolVar(teardownOnFail, "teardown.on.fail", false, "Set this flag to do teardown even if test fails.")
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/environment/magic.go b/pkg/environment/magic.go
index a1808d856..a0400bcb2 100644
--- a/pkg/environment/magic.go
+++ b/pkg/environment/magic.go
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ func (mr *MagicGlobalEnvironment) Environment(opts ...EnvOpts) (context.Context,
 	}
 
 	ctx := ContextWith(mr.c, env)
+	ctx = ContextWithPollTimings(ctx, *pollInterval, *pollTimeout)
 
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		if nctx, err := opt(ctx, env); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/state/timings.go b/pkg/state/timings.go
index 88a3dc1e6..5a79de9e1 100644
--- a/pkg/state/timings.go
+++ b/pkg/state/timings.go
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ func PollTimingsFromContext(ctx context.Context) (time.Duration, time.Duration)
 	if t, ok := ctx.Value(timingsKey{}).(timingsType); ok {
 		return t.interval, t.timeout
 	}
-	return DefaultPollInterval, DefaultPollTimeout
+	panic("no poll timings found in context")
 }