diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/set_claim_strategy.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/set_claim_strategy.test.ts
index 993693c6ba5ab..805a5f05b0440 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/set_claim_strategy.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/set_claim_strategy.test.ts
@@ -151,6 +151,22 @@ describe('setClaimStrategy', () => {
     expect(logger.info).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  test(`should honor config-provided poll_interval`, () => {
+    const config = { ...getConfigWithoutClaimStrategy(), poll_interval: 120000 };
+    const returnedConfig = setClaimStrategy({
+      config,
+      logger,
+      isCloud: false,
+      isElasticStaffOwned: false,
+      isServerless: false,
+    });
+
+    expect(returnedConfig.claim_strategy).toBe(CLAIM_STRATEGY_UPDATE_BY_QUERY);
+    expect(returnedConfig.poll_interval).toBe(120000);
+
+    expect(logger.info).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   test(`should set claim strategy to update_by_query if cloud and not serverless with undefined deploymentId`, () => {
     const config = getConfigWithoutClaimStrategy();
     const returnedConfig = setClaimStrategy({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/set_claim_strategy.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/set_claim_strategy.ts
index 9ff24ad67a963..ad4d36ea530cd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/set_claim_strategy.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/set_claim_strategy.ts
@@ -68,13 +68,32 @@ export function setClaimStrategy(opts: SetClaimStrategyOpts): TaskManagerConfig
     return {
       ...opts.config,
       claim_strategy: CLAIM_STRATEGY_MGET,
-      poll_interval: MGET_DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL,
+      poll_interval: maybeSetDefaultInterval(opts.config, MGET_DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL),
     };
   }
 
   return {
     ...opts.config,
     claim_strategy: CLAIM_STRATEGY_UPDATE_BY_QUERY,
-    poll_interval: DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL,
+    poll_interval: maybeSetDefaultInterval(opts.config, DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL),
   };
 }
+
+/**
+ * If the poll interval is not overridden by the user, return the specified default.
+ *
+ * @param config Current config
+ * @param defaultPollInterval Default to set
+ */
+function maybeSetDefaultInterval(config: TaskManagerConfig, defaultPollInterval: number) {
+  if (config.claim_strategy) {
+    return config.poll_interval;
+  }
+
+  // Our default when there's no claim_strategy is DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL
+  if (config.poll_interval === DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL) {
+    return defaultPollInterval;
+  }
+
+  return config.poll_interval;
+}