diff --git a/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/AppiumFluentWait.java b/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/AppiumFluentWait.java
index 9061600a0..6361a5652 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/AppiumFluentWait.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/appium/java_client/AppiumFluentWait.java
@@ -29,12 +29,16 @@
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 public class AppiumFluentWait<T> extends FluentWait<T> {
     private Function<IterationInfo, Duration> pollingStrategy = null;
 
+    private static final Duration DEFAULT_POLL_DELAY_DURATION = Duration.ZERO;
+    private Duration pollDelay = DEFAULT_POLL_DELAY_DURATION;
+
     public static class IterationInfo {
         /**
          * The current iteration number.
@@ -98,6 +102,18 @@ public AppiumFluentWait(T input, Clock clock, Sleeper sleeper) {
         super(input, clock, sleeper);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets how long to wait before starting to evaluate condition to be true.
+     * The default pollDelay is {@link #DEFAULT_POLL_DELAY_DURATION}.
+     *
+     * @param pollDelay The pollDelay duration.
+     * @return A self reference.
+     */
+    public AppiumFluentWait<T> withPollDelay(Duration pollDelay) {
+        this.pollDelay = pollDelay;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     private <B> B getPrivateFieldValue(String fieldName, Class<B> fieldType) {
         return ReflectionHelpers.getPrivateFieldValue(FluentWait.class, this, fieldName, fieldType);
     }
@@ -200,10 +216,19 @@ public AppiumFluentWait<T> withPollingStrategy(Function<IterationInfo, Duration>
      */
     @Override
     public <V> V until(Function<? super T, V> isTrue) {
-        final Instant start = getClock().instant();
-        final Instant end = getClock().instant().plus(getTimeout());
-        long iterationNumber = 1;
+        final var start = getClock().instant();
+        // Adding pollDelay to end instant will allow to verify the condition for the expected timeout duration.
+        final var end = start.plus(getTimeout()).plus(pollDelay);
+
+        return performIteration(isTrue, start, end);
+    }
+
+    private <V> V performIteration(Function<? super T, V> isTrue, Instant start, Instant end) {
+        var iterationNumber = 1;
         Throwable lastException;
+
+        sleepInterruptibly(pollDelay);
+
         while (true) {
             try {
                 V value = isTrue.apply(getInput());
@@ -222,32 +247,51 @@ public <V> V until(Function<? super T, V> isTrue) {
             // Check the timeout after evaluating the function to ensure conditions
             // with a zero timeout can succeed.
             if (end.isBefore(getClock().instant())) {
-                String message = getMessageSupplier() != null ? getMessageSupplier().get() : null;
-
-                String timeoutMessage = String.format(
-                        "Expected condition failed: %s (tried for %d second(s) with %s interval)",
-                        message == null ? "waiting for " + isTrue : message,
-                        getTimeout().getSeconds(), getInterval());
-                throw timeoutException(timeoutMessage, lastException);
+                handleTimeoutException(lastException, isTrue);
             }
 
-            try {
-                Duration interval = getInterval();
-                if (pollingStrategy != null) {
-                    final IterationInfo info = new IterationInfo(iterationNumber,
-                            Duration.between(start, getClock().instant()), getTimeout(),
-                            interval);
-                    interval = pollingStrategy.apply(info);
-                }
-                getSleeper().sleep(interval);
-            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-                throw new WebDriverException(e);
-            }
+            var interval = getIntervalWithPollingStrategy(start, iterationNumber);
+            sleepInterruptibly(interval);
+
             ++iterationNumber;
         }
     }
 
+    private <V> void handleTimeoutException(Throwable lastException, Function<? super T, V> isTrue) {
+        var message = Optional.ofNullable(getMessageSupplier())
+                .map(Supplier::get)
+                .orElseGet(() -> "waiting for " + isTrue);
+
+        var timeoutMessage = String.format(
+                "Expected condition failed: %s (tried for %s ms with an interval of %s ms)",
+                message,
+                getTimeout().toMillis(),
+                getInterval().toMillis()
+        );
+
+        throw timeoutException(timeoutMessage, lastException);
+    }
+
+    private Duration getIntervalWithPollingStrategy(Instant start, long iterationNumber) {
+        var interval = getInterval();
+        return Optional.ofNullable(pollingStrategy)
+                .map(strategy -> strategy.apply(new IterationInfo(
+                        iterationNumber,
+                        Duration.between(start, getClock().instant()), getTimeout(), interval)))
+                .orElse(interval);
+    }
+
+    private void sleepInterruptibly(Duration duration) {
+        try {
+            if (!duration.isZero() && !duration.isNegative()) {
+                getSleeper().sleep(duration);
+            }
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            throw new WebDriverException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
     protected Throwable propagateIfNotIgnored(Throwable e) {
         for (Class<? extends Throwable> ignoredException : getIgnoredExceptions()) {
             if (ignoredException.isInstance(e)) {