diff --git a/tests/apitests/python/library/docker_api.py b/tests/apitests/python/library/docker_api.py
index 715799a4c..8d6b5e244 100644
--- a/tests/apitests/python/library/docker_api.py
+++ b/tests/apitests/python/library/docker_api.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ except ImportError:
 
 class DockerAPI(object):
     def __init__(self):
-        self.DCLIENT = docker.APIClient(base_url='unix://var/run/docker.sock',version='auto',timeout=10)
+        self.DCLIENT = docker.APIClient(base_url='unix://var/run/docker.sock',version='auto',timeout=30)
         self.DCLIENT2 = docker.from_env()
 
     def docker_login(self, registry, username, password, expected_error_message = None):