2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/rimraf.js b/lib/internal/fs/rimraf.js
index 9d5fcad49c..3212fdd539 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/rimraf.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/rimraf.js
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ function rimraf(path, options, callback) {
     if (err) {
       if (retryErrorCodes.has(err.code) && retries < options.maxRetries) {
         retries++;
-        return setTimeout(_rimraf, retries * 100, path, options, CB);
+        const delay = retries * options.retryDelay;
+        return setTimeout(_rimraf, delay, path, options, CB);
       }
 
       // The file is already gone.
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
index f71a21b7d4..4d7f0d6765 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const {
 const { once } = require('internal/util');
 const { toPathIfFileURL } = require('internal/url');
 const {
+  validateInt32,
   validateUint32
 } = require('internal/validators');
 const pathModule = require('path');
@@ -565,6 +566,7 @@ function warnOnNonPortableTemplate(template) {
 }
 
 const defaultRmdirOptions = {
+  retryDelay: 100,
   maxRetries: 0,
   recursive: false,
 };
@@ -580,6 +582,7 @@ const validateRmdirOptions = hideStackFrames((options) => {
   if (typeof options.recursive !== 'boolean')
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('recursive', 'boolean', options.recursive);
 
+  validateInt32(options.retryDelay, 'retryDelay', 0);
   validateUint32(options.maxRetries, 'maxRetries');
 
   return options;