diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
index cc2f2e8906..d273a9e713 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   stage: build
   image: registry.gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci/cirrus-run:master
   needs: []
+  timeout: 80m
   allow_failure: true
   script:
     - source .gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/$NAME.vars