diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6a038b298..52bb3336a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ before_install:
 script:
   - |
     cd runtime-testsuite;
-    travis_wait 4 ../.travis/run-tests-$TARGET.sh
+    travis_wait 40 ../.travis/run-tests-$TARGET.sh
     rc=$?
     cat target/surefire-reports/*.dumpstream || true
     exit $rc