diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index d98bfb80d2d..94903934a5c 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ if perl.found()
         udev_test_pl = find_program('udev-test.pl')
         if want_tests != 'false'
                 test('udev-test',
-                     udev_test_pl)
+                     udev_test_pl,
+                     timeout : 180)
         endif
 else
         message('Skipping udev-test because perl is not available')