diff --git a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
index 4f3d8191cf..dd75a38b73 100644
--- a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
   - name: reboot the virthost
     command: /sbin/reboot
 
-  - name: wait for virthost to come back - up to 6 minutes
-    local_action: wait_for host={{ target }} port=22 delay=120 timeout=420
+  - name: wait for virthost to come back - up to 10 minutes
+    local_action: wait_for host={{ target }} port=22 delay=120 timeout=600
 
   - name: wait for libvirtd to come back on the virthost
     wait_for: path=/var/run/libvirtd.pid state=present