diff --git a/src/dockerproxy.js b/src/dockerproxy.js
index e0aeaff2b..dc7e5f580 100644
--- a/src/dockerproxy.js
+++ b/src/dockerproxy.js
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ function start(callback) {
     gHttpServer = http.createServer(proxyServer);
     gHttpServer.listen(constants.DOCKER_PROXY_PORT, '0.0.0.0', callback);
 
+    // Overwrite the default 2min request timeout. This is required for large builds for example
+    gHttpServer.setTimeout(60 * 60 * 1000);
+
     debug(`startDockerProxy: started proxy on port ${constants.DOCKER_PROXY_PORT}`);
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars