diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/vm-aws-check b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/vm-aws-check
index 3c450f89ce..30982f1eac 100755
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/vm-aws-check
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/vm-aws-check
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ test -n "$RESALLOC_RESOURCE_DATA"
 # we only put IP out in spawning script, nothing else
 set -- $(echo "$RESALLOC_RESOURCE_DATA" | base64 --decode)
 IP=$1
-ssh "root@$IP" true
+ssh -o ConnectTimeout=10 "root@$IP" true