diff --git a/roles/nagios_client/templates/nrpe.cfg.j2 b/roles/nagios_client/templates/nrpe.cfg.j2
index be01de1de7..ca61669f1f 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_client/templates/nrpe.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/nagios_client/templates/nrpe.cfg.j2
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ debug=0
 # This specifies the maximum number of seconds that the NRPE daemon will
 # allow plugins to finish executing before killing them off.
 
-command_timeout=60
+command_timeout=100