diff --git a/test/integration/main.go b/test/integration/main.go
index fe351e070d..35ba63dfc0 100644
--- a/test/integration/main.go
+++ b/test/integration/main.go
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ var defaultDriver = flag.String("expected-default-driver", "", "Expected default
 var forceProfile = flag.String("profile", "", "force tests to run against a particular profile")
 var cleanup = flag.Bool("cleanup", true, "cleanup failed test run")
 var enableGvisor = flag.Bool("gvisor", false, "run gvisor integration test (slow)")
-var startOffset = flag.Duration("start-offset", 30*time.Second, "how much time to offset between cluster starts")
+
+// Ensure that multiple calls to startMachine do not collide with one another
+var startOffset = flag.Duration("start-offset", 45*time.Second, "how much time to offset between cluster starts")
 var postMortemLogs = flag.Bool("postmortem-logs", true, "show logs after a failed test run")
 
 // Paths to files - normally set for CI
diff --git a/test/integration/start_stop_delete_test.go b/test/integration/start_stop_delete_test.go
index 5b43864614..199d06a820 100644
--- a/test/integration/start_stop_delete_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/start_stop_delete_test.go
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ func TestStartStop(t *testing.T) {
 						t.Fatalf("%s failed: %v", rr.Args, err)
 					}
 
-					names, err := PodWait(ctx, t, profile, "default", "integration-test=busybox", 4*time.Minute)
+					// 8 minutes, because 4 is not enough for images to pull in all cases.
+					names, err := PodWait(ctx, t, profile, "default", "integration-test=busybox", 8*time.Minute)
 					if err != nil {
 						t.Fatalf("wait: %v", err)
 					}