diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 66884fc..ca9d4b3 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class nodepool (
       Package['libxslt1-dev'],
       Package['libgmp-dev'],
     ],
+    timeout     => 1000,
   }
 
   file { '/etc/nodepool':