diff --git a/meta/classes/image-vmdk.bbclass b/meta/classes/image-vmdk.bbclass
index fac5f71833..703c00ea3c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image-vmdk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image-vmdk.bbclass
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 SYSLINUX_ROOT = "root=/dev/hda2 "
 SYSLINUX_PROMPT ?= "0"
-SYSLINUX_TIMEOUT ?= "1"
+SYSLINUX_TIMEOUT ?= "10"
 SYSLINUX_LABELS = "boot"
 LABELS_append = " ${SYSLINUX_LABELS} "