diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 3b0e5dbde0..d81da3d8f5 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@
         /etc/sudoers.d: logs
         '{{ stage_dir }}/iptables.txt': logs
         '{{ stage_dir }}/df.txt': logs
+        '{{ stage_dir }}/mount.txt': logs
         '{{ stage_dir }}/pip2-freeze.txt': logs
         '{{ stage_dir }}/pip3-freeze.txt': logs
         '{{ stage_dir }}/dpkg-l.txt': logs
diff --git a/roles/capture-system-logs/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/capture-system-logs/tasks/main.yaml
index 77b5ec5098..4b5ec4836b 100644
--- a/roles/capture-system-logs/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/capture-system-logs/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@
     executable: /bin/bash
     cmd: |
       sudo iptables-save > {{ stage_dir }}/iptables.txt
-      df -h > {{ stage_dir }}/df.txt
+
+      # NOTE(sfernand): Run 'df' with a 60s timeout to prevent hangs from
+      # stale NFS mounts.
+      timeout -s 9 60s df -h > {{ stage_dir }}/df.txt || true
+      # If 'df' times out, the mount output helps debug which NFS share
+      # is unresponsive.
+      mount > {{ stage_dir }}/mount.txt
 
       for py_ver in 2 3; do
           if [[ `which python${py_ver}` ]]; then