diff --git a/bin/tests/system/tcp/tests-tcp.py b/bin/tests/system/tcp/tests-tcp.py
index b38e1de688..38343d2cf4 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/tcp/tests-tcp.py
+++ b/bin/tests/system/tcp/tests-tcp.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def timeout():
 
 
 def create_socket(host, port):
-    sock = socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout=1)
+    sock = socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout=10)
     sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_NODELAY, True)
     return sock