diff --git a/tests/integration/netapi/test_client.py b/tests/integration/netapi/test_client.py
index 503bbaf335f5..5e538a3af4f3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/netapi/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/integration/netapi/test_client.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def tearDown(self):
         del self.netapi
 
     def test_local(self):
-        low = {'client': 'local', 'tgt': '*', 'fun': 'test.ping'}
+        low = {'client': 'local', 'tgt': '*', 'fun': 'test.ping', 'timeout': 300}
         low.update(self.eauth_creds)
 
         ret = self.netapi.run(low)