diff --git a/.ci/travis/travis.ctest b/.ci/travis/travis.ctest
index d777fad2e65f..cecc44511485 100644
--- a/.ci/travis/travis.ctest
+++ b/.ci/travis/travis.ctest
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ ELSE()
   SET (CTEST_BUILD_NAME "PR: $ENV{TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST} / $ENV{TRAVIS_BRANCH} ($ENV{BUILD}) ($ENV{TRAVIS_COMMIT})")
 ENDIF()
 SET (CTEST_BUILD_CONFIGURATION "Release")
-SET (CTEST_TEST_TIMEOUT 60) # 60 seconds
+IF ($ENV{TRAVIS_CONFIG} STREQUAL "code_layout")
+  SET (CTEST_TEST_TIMEOUT 600) # 600 seconds, spelling test might take some time
+ELSE()
+  SET (CTEST_TEST_TIMEOUT 60) # 60 seconds
+ENDIF()
 IF(DEFINED ENV{CTEST_PARALLEL_LEVEL})
   SET(PARALLEL_LEVEL $ENV{CTEST_PARALLEL_LEVEL})
 ELSE(DEFINED ENV{CTEST_PARALLEL_LEVEL})