diff --git a/src/expect.ts b/src/expect.ts
index c0d7722..4ff6e52 100644
--- a/src/expect.ts
+++ b/src/expect.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,14 @@ class LocatorExpectation implements LocatorAssertions {
     options: WaitOptions,
   ): Promise<void> {
     const want = !this.negated;
-    const opts: WaitOptions = { ...options, sleep: (ms) => this.locator.driver.pause(ms) };
+    // Honour the locator's own timeout/interval (as its interactions do), then let the
+    // call-site options override — otherwise a locator built with a custom timeout has it
+    // respected by tap()/waitFor() but silently dropped by every expect(...) matcher.
+    const opts: WaitOptions = {
+      ...this.locator.waitOptions,
+      ...options,
+      sleep: (ms) => this.locator.driver.pause(ms),
+    };
     const settled = await waitUntil(predicate, (value) => value === want, opts);
     if (settled !== want) {
       const not = this.negated ? ".not" : "";
diff --git a/src/locator.ts b/src/locator.ts
index c771fe3..f25b73a 100644
--- a/src/locator.ts
+++ b/src/locator.ts
@@ -272,6 +272,15 @@ export class Locator {
     private readonly proximity?: { anchor: Locator; maxDistance?: number },
   ) {}
 
+  /**
+   * The wait options (timeout/interval) this locator was constructed with. Its own
+   * interactions merge these into every wait; exposing them lets `expect(locator)`
+   * honour the same per-locator timeout instead of falling back to the default.
+   */
+  get waitOptions(): WaitOptions {
+    return this.options;
+  }
+
   private attribute(): string {
     return attributeFor(this.selector, this.driver.platform);
   }
diff --git a/test/locator.test.ts b/test/locator.test.ts
index 6210c15..f7dd67e 100644
--- a/test/locator.test.ts
+++ b/test/locator.test.ts
@@ -955,3 +955,28 @@ test("getByRole { visible } uses Android displayed= and composes with other filt
     /by\.role\("textfield", \{ name: "Nope", visible: true \}\)/,
   );
 });
+
+test("expect(locator) honours the locator's own wait options, call-site overrides win", async () => {
+  const pauses: number[] = [];
+  const driver: Driver = {
+    platform: "android",
+    async source() {
+      return '<node text="Present" bounds="[0,0][10,10]" />';
+    },
+    async pause(ms) {
+      pauses.push(ms);
+    },
+    async tapAt() {},
+  };
+  // The locator carries its own short timeout + a distinctive interval; the element is
+  // absent, so the matcher polls until that timeout. Its interactions already honour
+  // these options — this proves expect(...) does too (it used the 250ms default before).
+  const loc = new Locator(driver, by.text("Absent"), { timeout: 25, interval: 7 });
+  await assert.rejects(() => expect(loc).toBeVisible(), /assertion not met/);
+  assert.ok(pauses.length > 0, "the matcher should have polled at least once");
+  assert.deepEqual([...new Set(pauses)], [7]); // every poll used the locator's 7ms interval
+
+  pauses.length = 0;
+  await assert.rejects(() => expect(loc).toBeVisible({ interval: 3, timeout: 25 }), /assertion not met/);
+  assert.deepEqual([...new Set(pauses)], [3]); // a call-site interval overrides the locator's
+});