diff --git a/components/encoder/Kconfig b/components/encoder/Kconfig
index 5ef2a56c..d1990a0b 100644
--- a/components/encoder/Kconfig
+++ b/components/encoder/Kconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ menu "Rotary encoders"
 			
 	config RE_INTERVAL_US
 		int "Polling interval, us"
-		default 1000
+		default 10000 if IDF_TARGET_ESP8266
+		default 1000 if !IDF_TARGET_ESP8266
 		
 	config RE_BTN_DEAD_TIME_US
 		int "Button dead time, us"
diff --git a/components/encoder/encoder.c b/components/encoder/encoder.c
index 06b64e83..4be63aa4 100644
--- a/components/encoder/encoder.c
+++ b/components/encoder/encoder.c
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
 #define BTN_PRESSED_LEVEL 1
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP8266) && CONFIG_RE_INTERVAL_US < 10000
+#error Too small CONFIG_RE_INTERVAL_US! For ESP8266 it should be >= 10000
+#endif
+
 static const char *TAG = "encoder";
 static rotary_encoder_t *encs[CONFIG_RE_MAX] = { 0 };
 static const int8_t valid_states[] = { 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0 };