diff --git a/roles/ansible-server/templates/ansible.cfg.j2 b/roles/ansible-server/templates/ansible.cfg.j2
index dde9d0917f..966d8da839 100644
--- a/roles/ansible-server/templates/ansible.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/ansible-server/templates/ansible.cfg.j2
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ callback_whitelist = fedmsg_callback2,profile_tasks,logdetail2
 #sudo_flags = -H -S -n
 
 # SSH timeout
-#timeout = 10
+timeout = 60
 
 # default user to use for playbooks if user is not specified
 # (/usr/bin/ansible will use current user as default)