diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java
index fa5711807e7..86fbffe721d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java
@@ -1180,6 +1180,13 @@ public SELF withImagePullPolicy(ImagePullPolicy imagePullPolicy) {
         this.image = this.image.withImagePullPolicy(imagePullPolicy);
         return self();
     }
+    /**
+    * Sets the platform to use when pulling the image, for example linux/amd64.
+    */
+    public SELF withImagePlatform(String imagePlatform) {
+        this.image = this.image.withImagePlatform(imagePlatform);
+        return self();
+    }
 
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/images/RemoteDockerImage.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/images/RemoteDockerImage.java
index 9d669e46b07..f9eb42f81f5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/images/RemoteDockerImage.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/images/RemoteDockerImage.java
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package org.testcontainers.images;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.DockerClient;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.PullImageCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.DockerClientException;
-import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.InternalServerErrorException;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.NotFoundException;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures;
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
@@ -46,9 +46,14 @@ public class RemoteDockerImage extends LazyFuture<String> {
     @With
     ImagePullPolicy imagePullPolicy = PullPolicy.defaultPolicy();
 
+    @With
+    @Nullable
+    private String imagePlatform;
+
     @With
     private ImageNameSubstitutor imageNameSubstitutor = ImageNameSubstitutor.instance();
 
+    @With
     @ToString.Exclude
     private DockerClient dockerClient = DockerClientFactory.lazyClient();
 
@@ -92,6 +97,9 @@ protected final String resolve() {
             final PullImageCmd pullImageCmd = dockerClient
                 .pullImageCmd(imageName.getUnversionedPart())
                 .withTag(imageName.getVersionPart());
+            if (imagePlatform != null) {
+                pullImageCmd.withPlatform(imagePlatform);
+            }
             final AtomicReference<String> dockerImageName = new AtomicReference<>();
 
             // The following poll interval in ms: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800....
@@ -142,7 +150,7 @@ private Callable<Boolean> tryImagePullCommand(
                 pullImage(pullImageCmd, logger);
                 dockerImageName.set(imageName.asCanonicalNameString());
                 return true;
-            } catch (InterruptedException | InternalServerErrorException e) {
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                 // these classes of exception often relate to timeout/connection errors so should be retried
                 lastFailure.set(e);
                 logger.warn(
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/images/RemoteDockerImageTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/images/RemoteDockerImageTest.java
index 156df3ae7d3..6dafd0fef79 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/images/RemoteDockerImageTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/images/RemoteDockerImageTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 package org.testcontainers.images;
 
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.DockerClient;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.PullImageCmd;
+import org.testcontainers.images.TimeLimitedLoggedPullImageResultCallback;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Timeout;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.Base58;
@@ -76,4 +83,24 @@ protected String resolve() {
         imageNameFuture.get();
         assertThat(remoteDockerImage.toString()).contains("imageName=" + imageName);
     }
+    @Test
+    void passesExplicitPlatformToPullImageCommand() throws Exception {
+        DockerClient dockerClient = mock(DockerClient.class);
+        PullImageCmd pullImageCmd = mock(PullImageCmd.class);
+
+        when(dockerClient.pullImageCmd("test/image")).thenReturn(pullImageCmd);
+        when(pullImageCmd.withTag("latest")).thenReturn(pullImageCmd);
+        when(pullImageCmd.withPlatform("linux/amd64")).thenReturn(pullImageCmd);
+        TimeLimitedLoggedPullImageResultCallback callback = mock(TimeLimitedLoggedPullImageResultCallback.class);
+        when(pullImageCmd.exec(any(TimeLimitedLoggedPullImageResultCallback.class))).thenReturn(callback);
+        when(callback.awaitCompletion()).thenReturn(callback);
+
+        RemoteDockerImage remoteDockerImage = new RemoteDockerImage(DockerImageName.parse("test/image:latest"))
+            .withImagePlatform("linux/amd64");
+
+        remoteDockerImage.withDockerClient(dockerClient).get();
+
+        verify(pullImageCmd).withPlatform("linux/amd64");
+    }
+    
 }