diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/server/xmlrpc.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/server/xmlrpc.py
index 4dee5d9fea..641e15e833 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/server/xmlrpc.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/server/xmlrpc.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class BBTransport(xmlrpclib.Transport):
             h.putheader("Bitbake-token", self.connection_token)
         xmlrpclib.Transport.send_content(self, h, body)
 
-def _create_server(host, port, timeout = 5):
+def _create_server(host, port, timeout = 60):
     t = BBTransport(timeout)
     s = xmlrpclib.Server("http://%s:%d/" % (host, port), transport=t, allow_none=True)
     return s, t