diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index 616c80fe6..6e6a8b9bc 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@
 #   'upgrade heads'.
 #   Defaults to ''
 #
+# [*db_sync_timeout*]
+#   (optional) Timeout for the execution of the db_sync
+#   Defaults to 300
+#
+#
 class neutron::db::sync(
-  $extra_params = '',
+  $extra_params    = '',
+  $db_sync_timeout = 300,
 ) {
 
   include ::neutron::deps
@@ -23,6 +29,7 @@ class neutron::db::sync(
     refreshonly => true,
     try_sleep   => 5,
     tries       => 10,
+    timeout     => $db_sync_timeout,
     logoutput   => on_failure,
     subscribe   => [
       Anchor['neutron::install::end'],
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-d9f8a809ca76ac67.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-d9f8a809ca76ac67.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e40087d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-d9f8a809ca76ac67.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Adds db_sync_timeout parameter to neutron db sync
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/classes/neutron_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/neutron_db_sync_spec.rb
index dc07e58a1..7bbf798c9 100644
--- a/spec/classes/neutron_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/neutron_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ describe 'neutron::db::sync' do
         :refreshonly => 'true',
         :try_sleep   => 5,
         :tries       => 10,
+        :timeout     => 300,
         :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
         :subscribe   => ['Anchor[neutron::install::end]',
                          'Anchor[neutron::config::end]',
@@ -33,6 +34,31 @@ describe 'neutron::db::sync' do
           :refreshonly => 'true',
           :try_sleep   => 5,
           :tries       => 10,
+          :timeout     => 300,
+          :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
+          :subscribe   => ['Anchor[neutron::install::end]',
+                           'Anchor[neutron::config::end]',
+                           'Anchor[neutron::dbsync::begin]'],
+          :notify      => 'Anchor[neutron::dbsync::end]',
+        )
+    }
+    end
+
+    describe "overriding db_sync_timeout" do
+      let :params do
+        {
+          :db_sync_timeout => 750,
+        }
+      end
+
+      it {
+        is_expected.to contain_exec('neutron-db-sync').with(
+          :command     => 'neutron-db-manage  upgrade heads',
+          :path        => '/usr/bin',
+          :refreshonly => 'true',
+          :try_sleep   => 5,
+          :tries       => 10,
+          :timeout     => 750,
           :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
           :subscribe   => ['Anchor[neutron::install::end]',
                            'Anchor[neutron::config::end]',