diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 22fc16d..d4b2ec2 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -1890,7 +1890,8 @@
             "extravars" : [
                 "require conf/distro/include/meta-virt-host.conf",
                 "DISTRO_FEATURES:append = ' usrmerge'",
-                "INIT_MANAGER = 'systemd'"
+                "INIT_MANAGER = 'systemd'",
+                "BB_SERVER_TIMEOUT = '600'"
             ],
             "EXTRACMDS" : ["sed -i '/meta-virt-host.conf/d' ${HELPERBUILDDIR}/conf/auto.conf"],
             "vcontainer" : "${VCONTAINER_TARBALL_URL}",