diff --git a/__tests__/wait.test.ts b/__tests__/wait.test.ts
index f7331a3..c88ca3c 100644
--- a/__tests__/wait.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/wait.test.ts
@@ -198,6 +198,69 @@ describe("wait", () => {
           `✋Awaiting run ${input.runId - 1} ...`
         );
       });
+
+      it("will wait for all previous runs with exponential backoff", async () => {
+        input.exponentialBackoffRetries = true;
+        const inProgressRuns = [
+          {
+            id: 1,
+            status: "in_progress",
+            html_url: "1",
+          },
+          {
+            id: 2,
+            status: "in_progress",
+            html_url: "2",
+          },
+          {
+            id: 3,
+            status: "queued",
+            html_url: "3",
+          },
+        ];
+        // Give the current run an id that makes it the last in the queue.
+        input.runId = inProgressRuns.length + 1;
+        // Add an in-progress run to simulate a run getting queued _after_ the one we
+        // are interested in.
+        inProgressRuns.push({
+          id: input.runId + 1,
+          status: "in_progress",
+          html_url: input.runId + 1 + "",
+        });
+
+        const mockedRunsFunc = jest.fn();
+        mockedRunsFunc
+          .mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve(inProgressRuns.slice(0)))
+          .mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve(inProgressRuns.slice(1)))
+          // Finally return just the run that was queued _after_ the "input" run.
+          .mockReturnValue(
+            Promise.resolve(inProgressRuns.slice(inProgressRuns.length - 1))
+          );
+
+        const githubClient = {
+          runs: mockedRunsFunc,
+          run: jest.fn(),
+          workflows: async (owner: string, repo: string) =>
+            Promise.resolve([workflow]),
+        };
+
+        const messages: Array<string> = [];
+        const waiter = new Waiter(
+          workflow.id,
+          githubClient,
+          input,
+          (message: string) => {
+            messages.push(message);
+          }
+        );
+        await waiter.wait();
+        assert.deepEqual(messages, [
+          `✋Awaiting run ${input.runId - 1} ...`,
+          `🔁 Attempt 1, next will be in 1 seconds`,
+          `✋Awaiting run ${input.runId - 1} ...`,
+          `🔁 Attempt 2, next will be in 2 seconds`,
+        ]);
+      });
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/wait.ts b/src/wait.ts
index c235799..9c40302 100644
--- a/src/wait.ts
+++ b/src/wait.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export class Waiter implements Wait {
   private input: Input;
   private githubClient: GitHub;
   private workflowId: any;
+  private attempt: number;
 
   constructor(
     workflowId: any,
@@ -22,9 +23,12 @@ export class Waiter implements Wait {
     this.input = input;
     this.githubClient = githubClient;
     this.info = info;
+    this.attempt = 0;
   }
 
   wait = async (secondsSoFar?: number) => {
+    let pollingInterval = this.input.pollIntervalSeconds;
+
     if (
       this.input.continueAfterSeconds &&
       (secondsSoFar || 0) >= this.input.continueAfterSeconds
@@ -60,9 +64,19 @@ export class Waiter implements Wait {
 
     const previousRun = previousRuns[0];
     this.info(`✋Awaiting run ${previousRun.html_url} ...`);
-    await new Promise((resolve) =>
-      setTimeout(resolve, this.input.pollIntervalSeconds * 1000)
-    );
-    return this.wait((secondsSoFar || 0) + this.input.pollIntervalSeconds);
+
+    if (this.input.exponentialBackoffRetries) {
+      pollingInterval =
+        this.input.pollIntervalSeconds * (2 * this.attempt || 1);
+      this.info(
+        `🔁 Attempt ${
+          this.attempt + 1
+        }, next will be in ${pollingInterval} seconds`
+      );
+      this.attempt++;
+    }
+
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, pollingInterval * 1000));
+    return this.wait((secondsSoFar || 0) + pollingInterval);
   };
 }