diff --git a/repos/os/run/test.run b/repos/os/run/test.run
index f1a307772..d99d320ee 100644
--- a/repos/os/run/test.run
+++ b/repos/os/run/test.run
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ proc query_failure_timeout { } {
 	return 0
 }
 
-set failure_timeout [query_failure_timeout]
+set failure_timeout [expr [query_failure_timeout] + 10]
 
 
 ##