diff --git a/neutron/tests/base.py b/neutron/tests/base.py
index 89e3f81a285..5f46d797be0 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/base.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/base.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from oslo_utils import fileutils
 from oslo_utils import strutils
 from oslotest import base
 import six
+from sqlalchemy import exc as sqlalchemy_exc
 import testtools
 
 from neutron._i18n import _
@@ -98,6 +99,28 @@ def sanitize_log_path(path):
     return path
 
 
+def skip_if_timeout(reason):
+    def decor(f):
+        @functools.wraps(f)
+        def inner(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            try:
+                return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
+            except fixtures.TimeoutException:
+                msg = ("Timeout raised for test %s, skipping it "
+                       "because of: %s") % (self.id(), reason)
+                raise self.skipTest(msg)
+            except sqlalchemy_exc.InterfaceError:
+                # In case of db tests very often TimeoutException is reason of
+                # some sqlalchemy InterfaceError exception and that is final
+                # raised exception which needs to be handled
+                msg = ("DB connection broken in test %s. It is very likely "
+                       "that this happend because of test timeout. "
+                       "Skipping test because of: %s") % (self.id(), reason)
+                raise self.skipTest(msg)
+        return inner
+    return decor
+
+
 def set_timeout(timeout):
     """Timeout decorator for test methods.
 
diff --git a/neutron/tests/functional/db/test_migrations.py b/neutron/tests/functional/db/test_migrations.py
index 2e4fd50630a..ce89607c8b4 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/functional/db/test_migrations.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/functional/db/test_migrations.py
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ class TestModelsMigrationsMysql(testlib_api.MySQLTestCaseMixin,
                                 _TestModelsMigrations,
                                 testlib_api.SqlTestCaseLight):
 
+    @test_base.skip_if_timeout("bug 1687027")
     def test_check_mysql_engine(self):
         engine = self.get_engine()
         cfg.CONF.set_override('connection', engine.url, group='database')
@@ -367,6 +368,32 @@ class TestModelsMigrationsMysql(testlib_api.MySQLTestCaseMixin,
                    and table != 'alembic_version']
             self.assertEqual(0, len(res), "%s non InnoDB tables created" % res)
 
+    @test_base.skip_if_timeout("bug 1687027")
+    def test_upgrade_expand_branch(self):
+        super(TestModelsMigrationsMysql, self).test_upgrade_expand_branch()
+
+    @test_base.skip_if_timeout("bug 1687027")
+    def test_upgrade_contract_branch(self):
+        super(TestModelsMigrationsMysql, self).test_upgrade_contract_branch()
+
+    @test_base.skip_if_timeout("bug 1687027")
+    def test_branches(self):
+        super(TestModelsMigrationsMysql, self).test_branches()
+
+    @test_base.skip_if_timeout("bug 1687027")
+    def test_has_offline_migrations_pending_contract_scripts(self):
+        super(TestModelsMigrationsMysql,
+              self).test_has_offline_migrations_pending_contract_scripts()
+
+    @test_base.skip_if_timeout("bug 1687027")
+    def test_has_offline_migrations_all_heads_upgraded(self):
+        super(TestModelsMigrationsMysql,
+              self).test_has_offline_migrations_all_heads_upgraded()
+
+    @test_base.skip_if_timeout("bug 1687027")
+    def test_models_sync(self):
+        super(TestModelsMigrationsMysql, self).test_models_sync()
+
 
 class TestModelsMigrationsPsql(testlib_api.PostgreSQLTestCaseMixin,
                                _TestModelsMigrations,
@@ -574,6 +601,7 @@ class TestWalkMigrationsMysql(testlib_api.MySQLTestCaseMixin,
     # on slow nodes than 'psycopg2' and because of that this increased
     # timeout is required only when for testing with 'mysql' backend.
     @test_base.set_timeout(600)
+    @test_base.skip_if_timeout("bug 1687027")
     def test_walk_versions(self):
         super(TestWalkMigrationsMysql, self).test_walk_versions()