diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 11aab5285179d6..3f85360c377e31 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ env:
     <<: *osx
     env:
       - CONFIG_FLAG=--with-opt-dir=/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1:/usr/local/opt/zlib
-      - TEST_ALL_OPTS="--tty=no --excludes=\$(TESTSDIR)/excludes/_travis/osx --exclude test_gc_compact"
+      - TEST_ALL_OPTS="--timeout-scale=3.0 --tty=no --excludes=\$(TESTSDIR)/excludes/_travis/osx --exclude test_gc_compact"
       - TEST_ALL_ISOLATED_TESTS="../test/ruby/test_gc_compact.rb"
       # Disabling -j3 because it seems to cause a hang on building Ruby: https://travis-ci.org/ruby/ruby/jobs/471021727
       - JOBS=