diff --git a/src/bin/ethumb_client/ethumbd.c b/src/bin/ethumb_client/ethumbd.c
index ba2b5d2499..9bf023b6af 100644
--- a/src/bin/ethumb_client/ethumbd.c
+++ b/src/bin/ethumb_client/ethumbd.c
@@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
    int arg_idx;
    Ethumbd ed;
    int child;
-   double timeout = 2.0;
+   double timeout = 10.0;
 
    memset(&ed, 0, sizeof(ed));
    ecore_init();