diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/fasjson/templates/fasjson.conf b/roles/openshift-apps/fasjson/templates/fasjson.conf
index 6a26f3cc4b..bf74b9fad6 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/fasjson/templates/fasjson.conf
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/fasjson/templates/fasjson.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # The ID of the Certificate Profile to use in IPA
 CERTIFICATE_PROFILE = "userCerts"
+# increase the ldap timeout for longer queries
+FASJSON_LDAP_TIMEOUT=90