diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index bdf37d0da2..39966d60ef 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ HOSTTOOLS += " \
     mktemp mv nm objcopy objdump od patch perl pr printf pwd \
     python3 pzstd ranlib readelf readlink realpath rm rmdir rpcgen sed seq sh \
     sha1sum sha224sum sha256sum sha384sum sha512sum \
-    sleep sort split stat strings strip tail tar tee test touch tr true truncate uname \
+    sleep sort split stat strings strip tail tar tee test timeout touch tr true truncate uname \
     uniq unzstd wc wget which xargs zstd xz \
 "