diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index 8c579305..f320e7cb 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@
 #   in the command line between 'glance-manage' and 'db sync'.
 #   Defaults to ''
 #
+# [*db_sync_timeout*]
+#   (Optional) Timeout for the execution of the db_sync
+#   Defaults to 300
+#
 class glance::db::sync(
-  $extra_params = '',
+  $extra_params    = '',
+  $db_sync_timeout = 300,
 ) {
 
   include glance::deps
@@ -22,6 +27,7 @@ class glance::db::sync(
     refreshonly => true,
     try_sleep   => 5,
     tries       => 10,
+    timeout     => $db_sync_timeout,
     logoutput   => on_failure,
     subscribe   => [
       Anchor['glance::install::end'],
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-bdc2f73a51104c30.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-bdc2f73a51104c30.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..233445f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-bdc2f73a51104c30.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Adds db_sync_timeout parameter to db sync.
diff --git a/spec/classes/glance_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/glance_db_sync_spec.rb
index 78bdb190..2ebaeeef 100644
--- a/spec/classes/glance_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/glance_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ describe 'glance::db::sync' do
         :refreshonly => 'true',
         :try_sleep   => 5,
         :tries       => 10,
+        :timeout     => 300,
         :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
         :subscribe   => ['Anchor[glance::install::end]',
                          'Anchor[glance::config::end]',
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ describe 'glance::db::sync' do
     describe "overriding extra_params" do
       let :params do
         {
-          :extra_params => '--config-file /etc/glance/glance.conf',
+          :extra_params    => '--config-file /etc/glance/glance.conf',
+          :db_sync_timeout => 750,
         }
       end
 
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ describe 'glance::db::sync' do
         :refreshonly => 'true',
         :try_sleep   => 5,
         :tries       => 10,
+        :timeout     => 750,
         :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
         :subscribe   => ['Anchor[glance::install::end]',
                          'Anchor[glance::config::end]',