diff --git a/stackrc b/stackrc
index ffa9ee8ff1..66c6ccd70c 100644
--- a/stackrc
+++ b/stackrc
@@ -703,7 +703,9 @@ fi
 SERVICE_TIMEOUT=${SERVICE_TIMEOUT:-60}
 
 # Timeout for compute node registration in Nova
-NOVA_READY_TIMEOUT=${NOVA_READY_TIMEOUT:-$SERVICE_TIMEOUT}
+# NOTE(mnaser): This timeout is bumped to double SERVICE_TIMEOUT in Pike and
+#               before because of slow libvirt 2.5.0 boot-up.
+NOVA_READY_TIMEOUT=${NOVA_READY_TIMEOUT:-120}
 
 # Service graceful shutdown timeout
 SERVICE_GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT=${SERVICE_GRACEFUL_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT:-5}