diff --git a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
index 821bfa17830..fb65e5e1aba 100644
--- a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ except ImportError:
 #
 
 # Timeout to wait until a process completes
-TIMEOUT = 30.0 # seconds
+TIMEOUT = 60.0 # seconds
 
 def latin(s):
     return s.encode('latin')