diff --git a/scripts/linkchecker/linkcheckerrc b/scripts/linkchecker/linkcheckerrc
index 4b1f2abaf..71539c9ee 100644
--- a/scripts/linkchecker/linkcheckerrc
+++ b/scripts/linkchecker/linkcheckerrc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [checking]
 threads=20
+timeout=300
 sslverify=0
 
 [output]