diff --git a/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm b/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
index 65c4a880452..711d0deae8f 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
+++ b/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ sub init
 	print $conf "fsync = off\n";
 	print $conf "restart_after_crash = off\n";
 	print $conf "log_statement = all\n";
+	print $conf "wal_retrieve_retry_interval = '500ms'\n";
 	print $conf "port = $port\n";
 
 	if ($params{allows_streaming})