diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_tail.rs b/tests/by-util/test_tail.rs
index 75a7a65be..50b404c91 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_tail.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_tail.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ const FOLLOW_NAME_SHORT_EXP: &str = "follow_name_short.expected";
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 const FOLLOW_NAME_EXP: &str = "follow_name.expected";
 
+#[cfg(target_vendor = "apple")]
+const DEFAULT_SLEEP_INTERVAL_MILLIS: u64 = 1500;
+#[cfg(not(target_vendor = "apple"))]
 const DEFAULT_SLEEP_INTERVAL_MILLIS: u64 = 1000;
 
 // The binary integer "10000000" is *not* a valid UTF-8 encoding
@@ -1419,6 +1422,9 @@ fn test_retry6() {
         .arg("existing")
         .run_no_wait();
 
+    #[cfg(target_vendor = "apple")]
+    let delay = 1500;
+    #[cfg(not(target_vendor = "apple"))]
     let delay = 1000;
     p.make_assertion_with_delay(delay).is_alive();