diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py
index 0800f3c27f..00742da2b5 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ptest.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class PtestRunnerTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
         ptest_dirs = [ '/usr/lib' ]
         if not libdir in ptest_dirs:
             ptest_dirs.append(libdir)
-        status, output = self.target.run('ptest-runner -d \"{}\"'.format(' '.join(ptest_dirs)), 0)
+        status, output = self.target.run('ptest-runner -t 450 -d \"{}\"'.format(' '.join(ptest_dirs)), 0)
         os.makedirs(ptest_log_dir)
         with open(ptest_runner_log, 'w') as f:
             f.write(output)