diff --git a/src/api/app/models/issue_tracker.rb b/src/api/app/models/issue_tracker.rb
index 00e163ac3f2..94ceb324f7f 100644
--- a/src/api/app/models/issue_tracker.rb
+++ b/src/api/app/models/issue_tracker.rb
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ def private_fetch_issues(ids)
 
   def bugzilla_server
     server = XMLRPC::Client.new2("#{self.url}/xmlrpc.cgi")
+    server.timeout = 300 # 5 minutes timeout
     server.user=self.user if self.user
     server.password=self.password if self.password
     return server.proxy('Bug')