diff --git a/docs/environment-variables.md b/docs/environment-variables.md
index c13d7bf3ee16..9799684660cd 100644
--- a/docs/environment-variables.md
+++ b/docs/environment-variables.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ spec:
 | `PNS_PRIVILEGED` | `bool` | `false` | Whether to always set privileged on for PNS when PNS executor is used. |
 | `REMOVE_LOCAL_ART_PATH` | `bool` | `false` | Whether to remove local artifacts. |
 | `RESOURCE_STATE_CHECK_INTERVAL` | `time.Duration` | `5s` | The time interval between resource status checks against the specified success and failure conditions. |
+| `WAIT_CONTAINER_STATUS_CHECK_INTERVAL` | `time.Duration` | `5s` | The time interval for wait container to check whether the containers have completed. |
 
 You can set the environment variables for executor by customizing executor container's environment variables in your
 controller's configmap like the following:
diff --git a/workflow/executor/common/common.go b/workflow/executor/common/common.go
index ac5d9c52bb76..18a9ecdca13a 100644
--- a/workflow/executor/common/common.go
+++ b/workflow/executor/common/common.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	envutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3/util/env"
+
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ type KubernetesClientInterface interface {
 
 // WaitForTermination of the given containerName, set the timeout to 0 to discard it
 func WaitForTermination(ctx context.Context, c KubernetesClientInterface, containerNames []string, timeout time.Duration) error {
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second * 5)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(envutil.LookupEnvDurationOr("WAIT_CONTAINER_STATUS_CHECK_INTERVAL", time.Second*5))
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 	timer := time.NewTimer(timeout)
 	if timeout == 0 {