diff --git a/src/driver.c b/src/driver.c
index 120f63224dc1c44cb9c2dc4eee2c2df97e1edfe8..3d2dc62ec383cce77317ec8591a49ccd2fea9e94 100644
--- a/src/driver.c
+++ b/src/driver.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ setup_rpc_client(struct driver *ctx)
 {
         struct sockaddr_un addr;
         socklen_t addrlen;
-        struct timeval timeout = {1, 0};
+        struct timeval timeout = {10, 0};
 
         xclose(ctx->fd[SOCK_SVC]);