diff --git a/selftests/all/functional/avocado/basic_tests.py b/selftests/all/functional/avocado/basic_tests.py
index 2343636870b04f847d0cc26e2dabbda32501d52a..ffc6f0025b3139d986b246c5e152fd800215da61 100644
--- a/selftests/all/functional/avocado/basic_tests.py
+++ b/selftests/all/functional/avocado/basic_tests.py
@@ -208,10 +208,10 @@ class RunnerDropinTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_runner_onehundred_fail_timing(self):
         """
         We can be pretty sure that a failtest should return immediattely. Let's
-        run 100 of them and assure they not take more than 3 seconds to run.
+        run 100 of them and assure they not take more than 30 seconds to run.
 
-        Notice: on a current machine this takes about 0.12s, so 3 second is
-        pretty safe here.
+        Notice: on a current machine this takes about 0.12s, so 30 seconds is
+        considered to be pretty safe here.
         """
         os.chdir(basedir)
         one_hundred = 'failtest ' * 100
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class RunnerDropinTest(unittest.TestCase):
         initial_time = time.time()
         result = process.run(cmd_line, ignore_status=True)
         actual_time = time.time() - initial_time
-        self.assertLess(actual_time, 3.0)
+        self.assertLess(actual_time, 30.0)
         expected_rc = 1
         self.assertEqual(result.exit_status, expected_rc,
                          "Avocado did not return rc %d:\n%s" % (expected_rc, result))
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class RunnerDropinTest(unittest.TestCase):
         initial_time = time.time()
         result = process.run(cmd_line, ignore_status=True)
         actual_time = time.time() - initial_time
-        self.assertLess(actual_time, 6.0)
+        self.assertLess(actual_time, 33.0)
         expected_rc = 1
         self.assertEqual(result.exit_status, expected_rc,
                          "Avocado did not return rc %d:\n%s" % (expected_rc, result))