diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/mirrormanager/templates/cron-crawler.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/mirrormanager/templates/cron-crawler.yml
index 67aa97cbd4..dae689faa1 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/mirrormanager/templates/cron-crawler.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/mirrormanager/templates/cron-crawler.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ spec:
               - "{{ cronjob.threads }}"
               - "--global-timeout"
               - "{{ cronjob.timeout }}"
+              - "--host-timeout"
+              - "{{ cronjob.host_timeout | default('190') }}"
               - "--category"
               - "{{ cronjob.category }}"
               - "--{{ cronjob.include_disabled | ternary('include', 'exclude') }}-disabled"
diff --git a/vars/apps/mirrormanager.yml b/vars/apps/mirrormanager.yml
index 7156c5ab9d..a403948336 100644
--- a/vars/apps/mirrormanager.yml
+++ b/vars/apps/mirrormanager.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ mirrormanager_cron_crawler:
     schedule: "0 2 * * *"
     threads: 10
     timeout: 600
+    # This can be a veeery long crawl
+    host_timeout: 300
     include_disabled: false
   - category: "Fedora Other"
     schedule: "0 14 * * *"