diff --git a/cli/tests/integration/mod.rs b/cli/tests/integration/mod.rs
index 3d55f4c47c1..fbac8821a9d 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration/mod.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration/mod.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ fn set_env(tmp_dir: &str, url: &ParsecAddr) {
     std::env::set_var(PARSEC_BASE_HOME_DIR, format!("{tmp_dir}/cache"));
     std::env::set_var(PARSEC_BASE_DATA_DIR, format!("{tmp_dir}/share"));
     std::env::set_var(PARSEC_BASE_CONFIG_DIR, format!("{tmp_dir}/config"));
+    // Hidden environ variable only used for CLI testing to customize the throttling time
+    // in invitation polling, without that the tests would be much slower for no reason.
+    std::env::set_var("_PARSEC_INVITE_POLLING_THROTTLE_MS", "10");
 }
 
 fn unique_org_id() -> OrganizationID {
diff --git a/libparsec/crates/client/src/invite/common.rs b/libparsec/crates/client/src/invite/common.rs
index 5b5129dc5bf..249b8d469b8 100644
--- a/libparsec/crates/client/src/invite/common.rs
+++ b/libparsec/crates/client/src/invite/common.rs
@@ -2,32 +2,52 @@
 
 use libparsec_types::prelude::*;
 
-// The throttle duration is defined to 100 ms.
+// The default throttle duration is too slow when testing the CLI, hence this environ
+// variable than allows us to customize it (typically setting it to 10ms during tests)
+//
+// Note the `_` prefix and the fact this environ variable is not documented: it is only
+// here for testing the CLI.
+// This is because the CLI's tests run the default CLI binary (i.e. the test code is
+// first compiled and run by `cargo test`, and in turn runs the CLI binary to do the tests).
+// That means we cannot use time provider to mock time (since the CLI binary is not
+// compiled in debug, and since the test code cannot communicate with a time provider
+// in the CLI binary).
+//
+// Also note we don't use a feature-flag given this would further add complexity to
+// the steps to obtain a valid CLI binary and do the CLI tests.
+const CUSTOMIZE_THROTTLE_ENVIRON_VARIABLE: &str = "_PARSEC_INVITE_POLLING_THROTTLE_MS";
+
+// The throttle duration is defined to 1 second.
 // This value limits the amount of polling done by the peer
-// to 10 requests per second. This is deliberately fast in order
-// improve user experience and to accelerate the tests. However,
-// this might be too much for the server and this value might need
-// to be adjusted for production. In this case, a decoupling between
-// testing and production might be necessary. This could be achieved
-// by mocking the time provider passed to the throttler.
-static THROTTLE_DURATION: Duration = Duration::milliseconds(100);
+// to 1 requests per second.
+const THROTTLE_DEFAULT_DURATION: Duration = Duration::milliseconds(1000);
 
 pub struct Throttle<'a> {
     time_provider: &'a TimeProvider,
     last_call: Option<DateTime>,
+    throttle_duration: Duration,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Throttle<'a> {
     pub fn new(time_provider: &'a TimeProvider) -> Self {
+        let throttle_duration = std::env::var(CUSTOMIZE_THROTTLE_ENVIRON_VARIABLE)
+            .ok()
+            // Parse as u32 to avoid corner cases with negative numbers
+            // and overflow when converting to i64.
+            .and_then(|raw| raw.parse::<u32>().ok())
+            .map(|raw| Duration::milliseconds(raw as i64))
+            .unwrap_or(THROTTLE_DEFAULT_DURATION);
+
         Self {
             time_provider,
             last_call: None,
+            throttle_duration,
         }
     }
 
     pub async fn throttle(&mut self) {
         if let Some(last_call) = self.last_call {
-            let duration = last_call + THROTTLE_DURATION - self.time_provider.now();
+            let duration = last_call + self.throttle_duration - self.time_provider.now();
             self.time_provider.sleep(duration).await;
         }
         self.last_call = Some(self.time_provider.now());