diff --git a/bin/run_tempest.sh b/bin/run_tempest.sh
index be79fbf..51c7548 100755
--- a/bin/run_tempest.sh
+++ b/bin/run_tempest.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 cp /var/lib/tempest/skiplists/*.list $LOG_DIR/env
 
+echo "OS_TEST_TIMEOUT=700" >> /root/tempest/env/.testr.conf
+
 tempest run $ARGS --blacklist-file skip.list | tee -a ${log}
 
 if [[ "$ARGS" =~ '-r ' || "$ARGS" =~ '--regex' || "$ARGS" =~ '-s' || "$ARGS" =~ '--smoke' || "$ARGS" =~ '--blacklist-file' || "$ARGS" =~ '-w' || "$ARGS" == '' ]]; then