diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 321e625a..78901827 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -603,7 +603,8 @@ executable('ptraccel-debug',
 if get_option('buildtype') == 'debug' or get_option('buildtype') == 'debugoptimized'
 	test('tool-option-parsing',
 	     find_program('tools/test-tool-option-parsing.py'),
-	     args : [libinput_tool.full_path()])
+	     args : [libinput_tool.full_path()],
+	     timeout : 120)
 endif
 
 # the libinput tools check whether we execute from the builddir, this is