diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2 b/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
index b25d33df42..7a5c16308c 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ prune_days=7
 # log_format=[%(asctime)s][%(levelname)6s][PID:%(process)d][%(name)10s][%(filename)s:%(funcName)s:%(lineno)d] %(message)s
 
 [builder]
-# default is 1800
+# default is 1800, this probably has no effect!
 timeout=108000
 
 # utilized by /usr/bin/check_consecutive_build_fails.py
diff --git a/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/templates/copr.conf b/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/templates/copr.conf
index 3abed44636..3fc1b8eb1d 100644
--- a/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/templates/copr.conf
+++ b/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/templates/copr.conf
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ BLACKLISTED_GROUPS = ['fedorabugs', 'packager', 'provenpackager']
 
 DEFER_BUILD_SECONDS = 300
 
+DEFAULT_BUILD_TIMEOUT = 108000
+MAX_BUILD_TIMEOUT = 108000
+
 ENABLE_DISCUSSION = True
 DISCOURSE_URL = "https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/"