diff --git a/rclpy/rclpy/wait_for_message.py b/rclpy/rclpy/wait_for_message.py
index 9eac995e1..a26eb7516 100644
--- a/rclpy/rclpy/wait_for_message.py
+++ b/rclpy/rclpy/wait_for_message.py
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+from typing import Union
+
 from rclpy.impl.implementation_singleton import rclpy_implementation as _rclpy
 from rclpy.node import Node
+from rclpy.qos import QoSProfile
 from rclpy.signals import SignalHandlerGuardCondition
 from rclpy.utilities import timeout_sec_to_nsec
 
@@ -22,6 +25,8 @@ def wait_for_message(
     msg_type,
     node: 'Node',
     topic: str,
+    *,
+    qos_profile: Union[QoSProfile, int] = 1,
     time_to_wait=-1
 ):
     """
@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@ def wait_for_message(
     :param msg_type: message type
     :param node: node to initialize the subscription on
     :param topic: topic name to wait for message
+    :param qos_profile: QoS profile to use for the subscription
     :param time_to_wait: seconds to wait before returning
     :returns: (True, msg) if a message was successfully received, (False, None) if message
         could not be obtained or shutdown was triggered asynchronously on the context.
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@ def wait_for_message(
     wait_set = _rclpy.WaitSet(1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, context.handle)
     wait_set.clear_entities()
 
-    sub = node.create_subscription(msg_type, topic, lambda _: None, 1)
+    sub = node.create_subscription(msg_type, topic, lambda _: None, qos_profile=qos_profile)
     try:
         wait_set.add_subscription(sub.handle)
         sigint_gc = SignalHandlerGuardCondition(context=context)
diff --git a/rclpy/test/test_wait_for_message.py b/rclpy/test/test_wait_for_message.py
index 8929f238c..1aa8175fd 100644
--- a/rclpy/test/test_wait_for_message.py
+++ b/rclpy/test/test_wait_for_message.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import unittest
 
 import rclpy
+from rclpy.qos import QoSProfile
 from rclpy.wait_for_message import wait_for_message
 from test_msgs.msg import BasicTypes
 
@@ -51,13 +52,22 @@ def _publish_message(self):
     def test_wait_for_message(self):
         t = threading.Thread(target=self._publish_message)
         t.start()
-        ret, msg = wait_for_message(BasicTypes, self.node, TOPIC_NAME)
+        ret, msg = wait_for_message(BasicTypes, self.node, TOPIC_NAME, qos_profile=1)
+        self.assertTrue(ret)
+        self.assertEqual(msg.int32_value, MSG_DATA)
+        t.join()
+
+    def test_wait_for_message_qos(self):
+        t = threading.Thread(target=self._publish_message)
+        t.start()
+        ret, msg = wait_for_message(
+            BasicTypes, self.node, TOPIC_NAME, qos_profile=QoSProfile(depth=1))
         self.assertTrue(ret)
         self.assertEqual(msg.int32_value, MSG_DATA)
         t.join()
 
     def test_wait_for_message_timeout(self):
-        ret, _ = wait_for_message(BasicTypes, self.node, TOPIC_NAME, 1)
+        ret, _ = wait_for_message(BasicTypes, self.node, TOPIC_NAME, time_to_wait=1)
         self.assertFalse(ret)