diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/files/SSLConnection.py b/roles/koji_hub/files/SSLConnection.py
index 1bb9e762c7..0c44992076 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/files/SSLConnection.py
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/files/SSLConnection.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class SSLConnection:
     passed in to the shutdown() method in SimpleXMLRPC.doPOST()
     """
 
-    DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 60
+    DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 180
 
     def __init__(self, conn):
         """
diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
index 9b6564da1b..0b6cd82154 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
@@ -254,3 +254,9 @@
   - files
   - koji_hub
 
+- name: HOTFIX koji ssl timeout
+  copy: src=SSLConnection.py dest=/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/koji/ssl/SSLConnection.py
+  tags:
+  - files
+  - koji_hub
+  - hotfix