diff --git a/docker/n9eetc/server.conf b/docker/n9eetc/server.conf
index 14aa65b9..13e25326 100644
--- a/docker/n9eetc/server.conf
+++ b/docker/n9eetc/server.conf
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ InsecureSkipVerify = true
 Batch = 5
 
 [Alerting]
+# timeout settings, unit: ms, default: 30000ms
+Timeout=30000
 TemplatesDir = "./etc/template"
 NotifyConcurrency = 10
 # use builtin go code notify
diff --git a/etc/server.conf b/etc/server.conf
index 59520156..ed01a056 100644
--- a/etc/server.conf
+++ b/etc/server.conf
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ InsecureSkipVerify = true
 Batch = 5
 
 [Alerting]
+# timeout settings, unit: ms, default: 30000ms
+Timeout=30000
 TemplatesDir = "./etc/template"
 NotifyConcurrency = 10
 # use builtin go code notify
diff --git a/src/server/config/config.go b/src/server/config/config.go
index 000c0a05..4f521c1b 100644
--- a/src/server/config/config.go
+++ b/src/server/config/config.go
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ type SMTPConfig struct {
 }
 
 type Alerting struct {
+	Timeout               int64
 	TemplatesDir          string
 	NotifyConcurrency     int
 	NotifyBuiltinChannels []string
diff --git a/src/server/engine/notify.go b/src/server/engine/notify.go
index 692bd724..ca9f6842 100644
--- a/src/server/engine/notify.go
+++ b/src/server/engine/notify.go
@@ -398,6 +398,10 @@ func alertingCallScript(stdinBytes []byte) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if config.C.Alerting.Timeout == 0 {
+		config.C.Alerting.Timeout = 30000
+	}
+
 	fpath := config.C.Alerting.CallScript.ScriptPath
 	cmd := exec.Command(fpath)
 	cmd.Stdin = bytes.NewReader(stdinBytes)
@@ -413,7 +417,7 @@ func alertingCallScript(stdinBytes []byte) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	err, isTimeout := sys.WrapTimeout(cmd, time.Duration(30)*time.Second)
+	err, isTimeout := sys.WrapTimeout(cmd, time.Duration(config.C.Alerting.Timeout)*time.Millisecond)
 
 	if isTimeout {
 		if err == nil {