diff --git a/deps-packaging/apache/httpd.conf b/deps-packaging/apache/httpd.conf
index d0622bd17..01e3e1cf9 100644
--- a/deps-packaging/apache/httpd.conf
+++ b/deps-packaging/apache/httpd.conf
@@ -249,6 +249,10 @@ SetEnvIf Authorization "(.*)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1
 SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000"
 </FilesMatch>
 
+
+# Timeout defaults to 60 but that is too short for some operations on slower hub hardware
+Timeout 120
+
 <Directory "/var/cfengine/httpd/htdocs/public">
 
     Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews