diff --git a/systemd/openqa-gru.service b/systemd/openqa-gru.service
index 891c93c9b5c..98d3577c7d8 100644
--- a/systemd/openqa-gru.service
+++ b/systemd/openqa-gru.service
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Wants=openqa-setup-db.service
 User=geekotest
 ExecStart=/usr/share/openqa/script/openqa-gru
 Nice=19
+# Longer stopping time foreseen due to niceness
+TimeoutStopSec=5min
 Restart=on-failure
 
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