diff --git a/openpype/cli.py b/openpype/cli.py
index 0597c387d0..6851541060 100644
--- a/openpype/cli.py
+++ b/openpype/cli.py
@@ -371,10 +371,15 @@ def run(script):
               "--app_variant",
               help="Provide specific app variant for test, empty for latest",
               default=None)
-def runtests(folder, mark, pyargs, test_data_folder, persist, app_variant):
+@click.option("-t",
+              "--timeout",
+              help="Provide specific timeout value for test case",
+              default=None)
+def runtests(folder, mark, pyargs, test_data_folder, persist, app_variant,
+             timeout):
     """Run all automatic tests after proper initialization via start.py"""
     PypeCommands().run_tests(folder, mark, pyargs, test_data_folder,
-                             persist, app_variant)
+                             persist, app_variant, timeout)
 
 
 @main.command()
diff --git a/openpype/pype_commands.py b/openpype/pype_commands.py
index 47f5e7fcc0..9704b9198f 100644
--- a/openpype/pype_commands.py
+++ b/openpype/pype_commands.py
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ class PypeCommands:
         pass
 
     def run_tests(self, folder, mark, pyargs,
-                  test_data_folder, persist, app_variant):
+                  test_data_folder, persist, app_variant, timeout):
         """
             Runs tests from 'folder'
 
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ class PypeCommands:
         if app_variant:
             args.extend(["--app_variant", app_variant])
 
+        if timeout:
+            args.extend(["--timeout", timeout])
+
         print("run_tests args: {}".format(args))
         import pytest
         pytest.main(args)
diff --git a/tests/integration/conftest.py b/tests/integration/conftest.py
index 400c0dcc2a..aa850be1a6 100644
--- a/tests/integration/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/integration/conftest.py
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
         help="Keep empty to locate latest installed variant or explicit"
     )
 
+    parser.addoption(
+        "--timeout", action="store", default=None,
+        help="Overwrite default timeout"
+    )
+
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def test_data_folder(request):
@@ -33,3 +38,8 @@ def persist(request):
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def app_variant(request):
     return request.config.getoption("--app_variant")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def timeout(request):
+    return request.config.getoption("--timeout")
diff --git a/tests/lib/testing_classes.py b/tests/lib/testing_classes.py
index fa467acf9c..0a9da1aca8 100644
--- a/tests/lib/testing_classes.py
+++ b/tests/lib/testing_classes.py
@@ -293,13 +293,16 @@ class PublishTest(ModuleUnitTest):
         yield app_process
 
     @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
-    def publish_finished(self, dbcon, launched_app, download_test_data):
+    def publish_finished(self, dbcon, launched_app, download_test_data,
+                         timeout):
         """Dummy fixture waiting for publish to finish"""
         import time
         time_start = time.time()
+        timeout = timeout or self.TIMEOUT
+        timeout = float(timeout)
         while launched_app.poll() is None:
             time.sleep(0.5)
-            if time.time() - time_start > self.TIMEOUT:
+            if time.time() - time_start > timeout:
                 launched_app.terminate()
                 raise ValueError("Timeout reached")