diff --git a/automation/scripts/qemu-smoke-x86-64.sh b/automation/scripts/qemu-smoke-x86-64.sh
index f38eacfd9f..09152e3e9c 100755
--- a/automation/scripts/qemu-smoke-x86-64.sh
+++ b/automation/scripts/qemu-smoke-x86-64.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ esac
 
 rm -f smoke.serial
 set +e
-timeout -k 1 10 \
+timeout -k 1 30 \
 qemu-system-x86_64 -nographic -kernel binaries/xen \
         -initrd xtf/tests/example/$k \
         -append "loglvl=all com1=115200,,8n1 console=com1 noreboot \