1diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py
2index cdbef595008..9305e798cb3 100644
3--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py
4+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/ssh.py
5@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class SSHTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
6 @OETestDepends(['ping.PingTest.test_ping'])
7 @OEHasPackage(['dropbear', 'openssh-sshd'])
8 def test_ssh(self):
9- (status, output) = self.target.run('sleep 20', timeout=2)
10+ (status, output) = self.target.run('sleep 20', timeout=6)
11 msg='run() timed out but return code was zero.'
12 self.assertNotEqual(status, 0, msg=msg)
13 (status, output) = self.target.run('uname -a')