diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
index fe2d69a2998..6c3b29b22ec 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ from lava.exceptions import (
     MesaCIRetryError,
     MesaCITimeoutError,
 )
+from lava.utils import CONSOLE_LOG
+from lava.utils import DEFAULT_GITLAB_SECTION_TIMEOUTS as GL_SECTION_TIMEOUTS
 from lava.utils import (
-    CONSOLE_LOG,
     GitlabSection,
     LogFollower,
     LogSectionType,
@@ -497,6 +498,13 @@ def treat_mesa_job_name(args):
 def main(args):
     proxy = setup_lava_proxy()
 
+    # Overwrite the timeout for the testcases with the value offered by the
+    # user. The testcase running time should be at least 4 times greater than
+    # the other sections (boot and setup), so we can safely ignore them.
+    # If LAVA fails to stop the job at this stage, it will fall back to the
+    # script section timeout with a reasonable delay.
+    GL_SECTION_TIMEOUTS[LogSectionType.TEST_CASE] = timedelta(minutes=args.job_timeout)
+
     job_definition = generate_lava_yaml(args)
 
     if args.dump_yaml:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/__init__.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/__init__.py
index 4dc824eb4f0..0be88266d35 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/__init__.py
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@ from .log_follower import (
     hide_sensitive_data,
     print_log,
 )
-from .log_section import LogSection, LogSectionType
+from .log_section import (
+    DEFAULT_GITLAB_SECTION_TIMEOUTS,
+    FALLBACK_GITLAB_SECTION_TIMEOUT,
+    LogSection,
+    LogSectionType,
+)
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/log_section.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/log_section.py
index a722570830a..7df9be9a3f1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/log_section.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/utils/log_section.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import re
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import timedelta
 from enum import Enum, auto
+from os import getenv
 from typing import Optional, Pattern, Union
 
 from lava.utils.gitlab_section import GitlabSection
@@ -15,24 +16,34 @@ class LogSectionType(Enum):
     LAVA_POST_PROCESSING = auto()
 
 
+# Empirically, successful device boot in LAVA time takes less than 3
+# minutes.
+# LAVA itself is configured to attempt thrice to boot the device,
+# summing up to 9 minutes.
+# It is better to retry the boot than cancel the job and re-submit to avoid
+# the enqueue delay.
+LAVA_BOOT_TIMEOUT = int(getenv("LAVA_BOOT_TIMEOUT", 9))
+
+# Test suite phase is where the initialization happens.
+LAVA_TEST_SUITE_TIMEOUT = int(getenv("LAVA_TEST_SUITE_TIMEOUT", 5))
+
+# Test cases may take a long time, this script has no right to interrupt
+# them. But if the test case takes almost 1h, it will never succeed due to
+# Gitlab job timeout.
+LAVA_TEST_CASE_TIMEOUT = int(getenv("JOB_TIMEOUT", 60))
+
+# LAVA post processing may refer to a test suite teardown, or the
+# adjustments to start the next test_case
+LAVA_POST_PROCESSING_TIMEOUT = int(getenv("LAVA_POST_PROCESSING_TIMEOUT", 5))
+
 FALLBACK_GITLAB_SECTION_TIMEOUT = timedelta(minutes=10)
 DEFAULT_GITLAB_SECTION_TIMEOUTS = {
-    # Empirically, successful device boot in LAVA time takes less than 3
-    # minutes.
-    # LAVA itself is configured to attempt thrice to boot the device,
-    # summing up to 9 minutes.
-    # It is better to retry the boot than cancel the job and re-submit to avoid
-    # the enqueue delay.
-    LogSectionType.LAVA_BOOT: timedelta(minutes=9),
-    # Test suite phase is where the initialization happens.
-    LogSectionType.TEST_SUITE: timedelta(minutes=5),
-    # Test cases may take a long time, this script has no right to interrupt
-    # them. But if the test case takes almost 1h, it will never succeed due to
-    # Gitlab job timeout.
-    LogSectionType.TEST_CASE: timedelta(minutes=60),
-    # LAVA post processing may refer to a test suite teardown, or the
-    # adjustments to start the next test_case
-    LogSectionType.LAVA_POST_PROCESSING: timedelta(minutes=5),
+    LogSectionType.LAVA_BOOT: timedelta(minutes=LAVA_BOOT_TIMEOUT),
+    LogSectionType.TEST_SUITE: timedelta(minutes=LAVA_TEST_SUITE_TIMEOUT),
+    LogSectionType.TEST_CASE: timedelta(minutes=LAVA_TEST_CASE_TIMEOUT),
+    LogSectionType.LAVA_POST_PROCESSING: timedelta(
+        minutes=LAVA_POST_PROCESSING_TIMEOUT
+    ),
 }