diff --git a/src/test/test-daemon.c b/src/test/test-daemon.c
index a7cb426282..e5887cc06a 100644
--- a/src/test/test-daemon.c
+++ b/src/test/test-daemon.c
@@ -21,11 +21,20 @@
 
 #include "sd-daemon.h"
 
+#include "parse-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char*argv[]) {
         _cleanup_strv_free_ char **l = NULL;
         int n, i;
+        usec_t duration = USEC_PER_SEC / 10;
+
+        if (argc >= 2) {
+                unsigned x;
+
+                assert_se(safe_atou(argv[1], &x) >= 0);
+                duration = x * USEC_PER_SEC;
+        }
 
         n = sd_listen_fds_with_names(false, &l);
         if (n < 0) {
@@ -38,27 +47,27 @@ int main(int argc, char*argv[]) {
 
         sd_notify(0,
                   "STATUS=Starting up");
-        sleep(1);
+        usleep(duration);
 
         sd_notify(0,
                   "STATUS=Running\n"
                   "READY=1");
-        sleep(1);
+        usleep(duration);
 
         sd_notify(0,
                   "STATUS=Reloading\n"
                   "RELOADING=1");
-        sleep(1);
+        usleep(duration);
 
         sd_notify(0,
                   "STATUS=Running\n"
                   "READY=1");
-        sleep(1);
+        usleep(duration);
 
         sd_notify(0,
                   "STATUS=Quitting\n"
                   "STOPPING=1");
-        sleep(1);
+        usleep(duration);
 
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }