diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 39e5ea5..6c94c0c 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ class nodepool (
       Package['libxslt-dev'],
       Package['libgmp-dev'],
     ],
+    timeout     => 1000,
   }
 
   file { '/etc/nodepool':