diff --git a/playbooks/openshift-apps/bodhi.yml b/playbooks/openshift-apps/bodhi.yml
index 7180550fbd..9bdc589318 100644
--- a/playbooks/openshift-apps/bodhi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/openshift-apps/bodhi.yml
@@ -151,3 +151,7 @@
   - name: Scale up pods
     command: oc -n bodhi scale dc/bodhi-web --replicas={{ bodhi_openshift_pods }}
     when: env == "staging"
+  - name: Set the timeout to the openshift route
+    command: "oc -n bodhi annotate route bodhi-web --overwrite haproxy.router.openshift.io/timeout=120s"
+    tags:
+    - route-timeout