diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ltp.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ltp.py
index 29c26d7d32..13a4f84ac0 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ltp.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ltp.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class LtpTest(LtpTestBase):
             cmd = '/opt/ltp/runltp -f %s -q -r /opt/ltp -l /opt/ltp/results/%s -I 1 -d /opt/ltp' % (ltp_group, ltp_group)
 
             starttime = time.time()
-            (status, output) = self.target.run(cmd)
+            (status, output) = self.target.run(cmd, timeout=1200)
             endtime = time.time()
 
             # Write the console log to disk for convenience