diff --git a/docs/features/containers.md b/docs/features/containers.md
index 704a65187..7b44e36d2 100644
--- a/docs/features/containers.md
+++ b/docs/features/containers.md
@@ -21,10 +21,26 @@ const container = await new GenericContainer("alpine:3.10").start();
 Testcontainers will automatically pull an image if it doesn't exist. This is configurable:
 
 ```javascript
-const { GenericContainer, AlwaysPullPolicy } = require("testcontainers");
+const { GenericContainer, PullPolicy } = require("testcontainers");
 
 const container = await new GenericContainer("alpine")
-  .withPullPolicy(new AlwaysPullPolicy())
+  .withPullPolicy(PullPolicy.alwaysPull())
+  .start();
+```
+
+#### Custom pull policy
+
+```typescript
+const { GenericContainer, ImagePullPolicy } = require("testcontainers");
+
+class CustomPullPolicy implements ImagePullPolicy {
+  public shouldPull(): boolean {
+    return true;
+  }
+}
+
+const container = await new GenericContainer("alpine")
+  .withPullPolicy(new CustomPullPolicy())
   .start();
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/features/images.md b/docs/features/images.md
index fb9d8311a..ba8793609 100644
--- a/docs/features/images.md
+++ b/docs/features/images.md
@@ -14,16 +14,33 @@ const container = await GenericContainer
 const startedContainer = await container.start();
 ```
 
-### With pull policy
+### With a pull policy
 
 Testcontainers will automatically pull an image if it doesn't exist. This is configurable:
 
 ```javascript
-const { GenericContainer, AlwaysPullPolicy } = require("testcontainers");
+const { GenericContainer, PullPolicy } = require("testcontainers");
 
 const container = await GenericContainer
   .fromDockerfile("/path/to/build-context")
-  .withPullPolicy(new AlwaysPullPolicy())
+  .withPullPolicy(PullPolicy.alwaysPull())
+  .build();
+```
+
+#### Custom pull policy
+
+```typescript
+const { GenericContainer, ImagePullPolicy } = require("testcontainers");
+
+class CustomPullPolicy implements ImagePullPolicy {
+  public shouldPull(): boolean {
+    return true;
+  }
+}
+
+const container = await GenericContainer
+  .fromDockerfile("/path/to/build-context")
+  .withPullPolicy(new CustomPullPolicy())
   .build();
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/docker-compose-environment/docker-compose-environment.test.ts b/src/docker-compose-environment/docker-compose-environment.test.ts
index df82a96d9..06a43636c 100644
--- a/src/docker-compose-environment/docker-compose-environment.test.ts
+++ b/src/docker-compose-environment/docker-compose-environment.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import fetch from "node-fetch";
 import path from "path";
 import { DockerComposeEnvironment } from "./docker-compose-environment";
 import { Wait } from "../wait-strategy/wait";
+import { PullPolicy } from "../pull-policy";
 import {
   checkEnvironmentContainerIsHealthy,
   composeContainerName,
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@ import {
   getVolumeNames,
   waitForDockerEvent,
 } from "../test-helper";
-import { AlwaysPullPolicy } from "../pull-policy";
 
 describe("DockerComposeEnvironment", () => {
   jest.setTimeout(180_000);
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe("DockerComposeEnvironment", () => {
 
     const startedEnv1 = await env.up();
     const dockerPullEventPromise = waitForDockerEvent("pull", 2);
-    const startedEnv2 = await env.withPullPolicy(new AlwaysPullPolicy()).up();
+    const startedEnv2 = await env.withPullPolicy(PullPolicy.alwaysPull()).up();
     await dockerPullEventPromise;
 
     await startedEnv1.stop();
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe("DockerComposeEnvironment", () => {
 
     const startedEnv1 = await env.up(["service_2"]);
     const dockerPullEventPromise = waitForDockerEvent("pull");
-    const startedEnv2 = await env.withPullPolicy(new AlwaysPullPolicy()).up(["service_2"]);
+    const startedEnv2 = await env.withPullPolicy(PullPolicy.alwaysPull()).up(["service_2"]);
     await dockerPullEventPromise;
 
     await startedEnv1.stop();
diff --git a/src/docker-compose-environment/docker-compose-environment.ts b/src/docker-compose-environment/docker-compose-environment.ts
index a4cd99970..4fa0b8293 100644
--- a/src/docker-compose-environment/docker-compose-environment.ts
+++ b/src/docker-compose-environment/docker-compose-environment.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { dockerComposeDown } from "../docker-compose/functions/docker-compose-do
 import { dockerComposeUp } from "../docker-compose/functions/docker-compose-up";
 import { waitForContainer } from "../wait-for-container";
 import { defaultWaitStrategy } from "../wait-strategy/default-wait-strategy";
-import { DefaultPullPolicy, PullPolicy } from "../pull-policy";
+import { ImagePullPolicy, PullPolicy } from "../pull-policy";
 import { dockerComposePull } from "../docker-compose/functions/docker-compose-pull";
 
 export class DockerComposeEnvironment {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class DockerComposeEnvironment {
   private environmentFile = "";
   private profiles: string[] = [];
   private environment: Environment = {};
-  private pullPolicy: PullPolicy = new DefaultPullPolicy();
+  private pullPolicy: ImagePullPolicy = PullPolicy.defaultPolicy();
   private waitStrategy: { [containerName: string]: WaitStrategy } = {};
   private startupTimeout = 60_000;
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export class DockerComposeEnvironment {
     return this;
   }
 
-  public withPullPolicy(pullPolicy: PullPolicy): this {
+  public withPullPolicy(pullPolicy: ImagePullPolicy): this {
     this.pullPolicy = pullPolicy;
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/src/docker/functions/image/build-image.ts b/src/docker/functions/image/build-image.ts
index ff1d1e7a5..59d3d620f 100644
--- a/src/docker/functions/image/build-image.ts
+++ b/src/docker/functions/image/build-image.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { DockerImageName } from "../../../docker-image-name";
-import { PullPolicy } from "../../../pull-policy";
+import { ImagePullPolicy } from "../../../pull-policy";
 import { log } from "../../../logger";
 import tar from "tar-fs";
 import byline from "byline";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export type BuildImageOptions = {
   context: string;
   dockerfileName: string;
   buildArgs: BuildArgs;
-  pullPolicy: PullPolicy;
+  pullPolicy: ImagePullPolicy;
   registryConfig: RegistryConfig;
   cache: boolean;
 };
diff --git a/src/generic-container/generic-container-builder.ts b/src/generic-container/generic-container-builder.ts
index 3e7911d37..95c0fc246 100644
--- a/src/generic-container/generic-container-builder.ts
+++ b/src/generic-container/generic-container-builder.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { AuthConfig, BuildArgs, RegistryConfig } from "../docker/types";
-import { DefaultPullPolicy, PullPolicy } from "../pull-policy";
+import { ImagePullPolicy, PullPolicy } from "../pull-policy";
 import { RandomUuid, Uuid } from "../uuid";
 import { ReaperInstance } from "../reaper";
 import { DockerImageName } from "../docker-image-name";
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { imageExists } from "../docker/functions/image/image-exists";
 
 export class GenericContainerBuilder {
   private buildArgs: BuildArgs = {};
-  private pullPolicy: PullPolicy = new DefaultPullPolicy();
+  private pullPolicy: ImagePullPolicy = PullPolicy.defaultPolicy();
   private cache = true;
 
   constructor(
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class GenericContainerBuilder {
     return this;
   }
 
-  public withPullPolicy(pullPolicy: PullPolicy): this {
+  public withPullPolicy(pullPolicy: ImagePullPolicy): this {
     this.pullPolicy = pullPolicy;
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/src/generic-container/generic-container-dockerfile.test.ts b/src/generic-container/generic-container-dockerfile.test.ts
index 935603c63..fcd9c46c8 100644
--- a/src/generic-container/generic-container-dockerfile.test.ts
+++ b/src/generic-container/generic-container-dockerfile.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import path from "path";
 import { GenericContainer } from "./generic-container";
-import { AlwaysPullPolicy } from "../pull-policy";
+import { PullPolicy } from "../pull-policy";
 import { Wait } from "../wait-strategy/wait";
 import { checkContainerIsHealthy, waitForDockerEvent } from "../test-helper";
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe("GenericContainer Dockerfile", () => {
   if (!process.env["CI_PODMAN"]) {
     it("should use pull policy", async () => {
       const dockerfile = path.resolve(fixtures, "docker");
-      const containerSpec = GenericContainer.fromDockerfile(dockerfile).withPullPolicy(new AlwaysPullPolicy());
+      const containerSpec = GenericContainer.fromDockerfile(dockerfile).withPullPolicy(PullPolicy.alwaysPull());
 
       await containerSpec.build();
       const dockerPullEventPromise = waitForDockerEvent("pull");
diff --git a/src/generic-container/generic-container.test.ts b/src/generic-container/generic-container.test.ts
index 49462b6a7..4c836d596 100644
--- a/src/generic-container/generic-container.test.ts
+++ b/src/generic-container/generic-container.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import fetch from "node-fetch";
 import path from "path";
 import getPort from "get-port";
 import { GenericContainer } from "./generic-container";
-import { AlwaysPullPolicy } from "../pull-policy";
+import { PullPolicy } from "../pull-policy";
 import { checkContainerIsHealthy, waitForDockerEvent } from "../test-helper";
 import { getContainerById } from "../docker/functions/container/get-container";
 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ describe("GenericContainer", () => {
 
     const startedContainer1 = await container.start();
     const dockerPullEventPromise = waitForDockerEvent("pull");
-    const startedContainer2 = await container.withPullPolicy(new AlwaysPullPolicy()).start();
+    const startedContainer2 = await container.withPullPolicy(PullPolicy.alwaysPull()).start();
     await dockerPullEventPromise;
 
     await startedContainer1.stop();
diff --git a/src/generic-container/generic-container.ts b/src/generic-container/generic-container.ts
index e4b6ff001..a25ca36f2 100644
--- a/src/generic-container/generic-container.ts
+++ b/src/generic-container/generic-container.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import AsyncLock from "async-lock";
 import { BoundPorts } from "../bound-ports";
 import { containerLog, log } from "../logger";
 import { PortWithOptionalBinding } from "../port";
-import { DefaultPullPolicy, PullPolicy } from "../pull-policy";
+import { ImagePullPolicy, PullPolicy } from "../pull-policy";
 import { ReaperInstance } from "../reaper";
 import { DockerImageName } from "../docker-image-name";
 import { StartedTestContainer, TestContainer } from "../test-container";
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class GenericContainer implements TestContainer {
   protected tarToCopy?: archiver.Archiver;
   protected networkMode?: string;
   protected networkAliases: string[] = [];
-  protected pullPolicy: PullPolicy = new DefaultPullPolicy();
+  protected pullPolicy: ImagePullPolicy = PullPolicy.defaultPolicy();
 
   constructor(readonly image: string) {
     const imageName = DockerImageName.fromString(image);
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ export class GenericContainer implements TestContainer {
     return this;
   }
 
-  public withPullPolicy(pullPolicy: PullPolicy): this {
+  public withPullPolicy(pullPolicy: ImagePullPolicy): this {
     this.pullPolicy = pullPolicy;
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f1a6bcf74..fd0395d61 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export { Network, StartedNetwork, StoppedNetwork } from "./network";
 
 export { Wait } from "./wait-strategy/wait";
 export { StartupCheckStrategy, StartupStatus } from "./wait-strategy/startup-check-strategy";
-export { PullPolicy, DefaultPullPolicy, AlwaysPullPolicy } from "./pull-policy";
+export { PullPolicy, ImagePullPolicy } from "./pull-policy";
 export { InspectResult } from "./docker/functions/container/inspect-container";
 
 export { AbstractStartedContainer } from "./modules/abstract-started-container";
diff --git a/src/pull-policy.test.ts b/src/pull-policy.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7d397166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pull-policy.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { PullPolicy, ImagePullPolicy } from "./index";
+
+test("default pull policy should return false", () => {
+  expect(PullPolicy.defaultPolicy().shouldPull()).toBe(false);
+});
+
+test("always pull policy should return true", () => {
+  expect(PullPolicy.alwaysPull().shouldPull()).toBe(true);
+});
+
+test("should be able to create a custom pull policy", () => {
+  class CustomPullPolicy implements ImagePullPolicy {
+    public shouldPull(): boolean {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  expect(new CustomPullPolicy().shouldPull()).toBe(true);
+});
diff --git a/src/pull-policy.ts b/src/pull-policy.ts
index de7f67c53..8e8fd4fb7 100644
--- a/src/pull-policy.ts
+++ b/src/pull-policy.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
-export interface PullPolicy {
+export interface ImagePullPolicy {
   shouldPull(): boolean;
 }
 
-export class DefaultPullPolicy implements PullPolicy {
+class DefaultPullPolicy implements ImagePullPolicy {
   public shouldPull(): boolean {
     return false;
   }
 }
 
-export class AlwaysPullPolicy implements PullPolicy {
+class AlwaysPullPolicy implements ImagePullPolicy {
   public shouldPull(): boolean {
     return true;
   }
 }
+
+export class PullPolicy {
+  public static defaultPolicy(): ImagePullPolicy {
+    return new DefaultPullPolicy();
+  }
+
+  public static alwaysPull(): ImagePullPolicy {
+    return new AlwaysPullPolicy();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test-container.ts b/src/test-container.ts
index 6e629b641..d4a0dd119 100644
--- a/src/test-container.ts
+++ b/src/test-container.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { PortWithOptionalBinding } from "./port";
-import { PullPolicy } from "./pull-policy";
+import { ImagePullPolicy } from "./pull-policy";
 import { WaitStrategy } from "./wait-strategy/wait-strategy";
 import { Readable } from "stream";
 import {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export interface TestContainer {
 
   withUser(user: string): this;
 
-  withPullPolicy(pullPolicy: PullPolicy): this;
+  withPullPolicy(pullPolicy: ImagePullPolicy): this;
 
   withReuse(): this;