diff --git a/modules/pulsar/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/PulsarContainer.java b/modules/pulsar/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/PulsarContainer.java
index 10dc35dc4c8..70f651c0c20 100644
--- a/modules/pulsar/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/PulsarContainer.java
+++ b/modules/pulsar/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/PulsarContainer.java
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 
 import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.WaitAllStrategy;
-import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.WaitStrategy;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.time.Duration;
 
 /**
  * This container wraps Apache Pulsar running in standalone mode
@@ -40,6 +38,8 @@ public class PulsarContainer extends GenericContainer<PulsarContainer> {
 
     private boolean transactionsEnabled = false;
 
+    private Duration startupTimeout;
+
     /**
      * @deprecated use {@link PulsarContainer(DockerImageName)} instead
      */
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ public PulsarContainer withTransactions() {
         return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public PulsarContainer withStartupTimeout(Duration startupTimeout) {
+        this.startupTimeout = startupTimeout;
+        return super.withStartupTimeout(startupTimeout);
+    }
+
     public String getPulsarBrokerUrl() {
         return String.format("pulsar://%s:%s", getHost(), getMappedPort(BROKER_PORT));
     }
@@ -96,23 +102,29 @@ protected void setupCommandAndEnv() {
 
         withCommand("/bin/bash", "-c", standaloneBaseCommand);
 
+        WaitAllStrategy waitAllStrategy = new WaitAllStrategy();
+
         final String clusterName = getEnvMap().getOrDefault("PULSAR_PREFIX_clusterName", "standalone");
         final String response = String.format("[\"%s\"]", clusterName);
-
-        List<WaitStrategy> waitStrategies = new ArrayList<>();
-        waitStrategies.add(Wait.defaultWaitStrategy());
-        waitStrategies.add(
+        waitAllStrategy.withStrategy(
             Wait.forHttp(ADMIN_CLUSTERS_ENDPOINT).forPort(BROKER_HTTP_PORT).forResponsePredicate(response::equals)
         );
+
         if (transactionsEnabled) {
             withEnv("PULSAR_PREFIX_transactionCoordinatorEnabled", "true");
-            waitStrategies.add(Wait.forHttp(TRANSACTION_TOPIC_ENDPOINT).forStatusCode(200).forPort(BROKER_HTTP_PORT));
+            waitAllStrategy.withStrategy(
+                Wait.forHttp(TRANSACTION_TOPIC_ENDPOINT).forStatusCode(200).forPort(BROKER_HTTP_PORT)
+            );
         }
         if (functionsWorkerEnabled) {
-            waitStrategies.add(Wait.forLogMessage(".*Function worker service started.*", 1));
+            waitAllStrategy.withStrategy(Wait.forLogMessage(".*Function worker service started.*", 1));
         }
-        final WaitAllStrategy compoundedWaitStrategy = new WaitAllStrategy();
-        waitStrategies.forEach(compoundedWaitStrategy::withStrategy);
-        waitingFor(compoundedWaitStrategy);
+
+        if (startupTimeout != null) {
+            waitAllStrategy.withStartupTimeout(startupTimeout);
+        }
+
+        waitAllStrategy.withStrategy(waitStrategy);
+        waitStrategy = waitAllStrategy;
     }
 }