diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/pkg/test-libc_execve/runtime b/repos/libports/recipes/pkg/test-libc_execve/runtime
index f2a60604a..861eee1a3 100644
--- a/repos/libports/recipes/pkg/test-libc_execve/runtime
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/pkg/test-libc_execve/runtime
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<requires> <timer/> </requires>
 
 	<events>
-		<timeout meaning="failed" sec="30" />
+		<timeout meaning="failed" sec="70" />
 		<log meaning="succeeded">child "test-execve" exited with exit value 0</log>
 	</events>