diff --git a/pymongo/encryption.py b/pymongo/encryption.py
index f3e59a38b4..1153b17fbe 100644
--- a/pymongo/encryption.py
+++ b/pymongo/encryption.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 _HTTPS_PORT = 443
 _KMS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 10  # TODO: CDRIVER-3262 will define this value.
-_MONGOCRYPTD_TIMEOUT_MS = 1000
+_MONGOCRYPTD_TIMEOUT_MS = 10000
 
 _DATA_KEY_OPTS = CodecOptions(document_class=SON, uuid_representation=STANDARD)
 # Use RawBSONDocument codec options to avoid needlessly decoding