diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index 8e79bbc..f7b839e 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 #
 # Class to execute placement-manage db sync
 #
-class placement::db::sync {
+# ==Parameters
+#
+# [*db_sync_timeout*]
+#   (Optional) Timeout for the execution of the db_sync
+#   Defaults to 300
+#
+class placement::db::sync(
+  $db_sync_timeout = 300,
+) {
 
   include placement::deps
 
@@ -12,6 +20,7 @@ class placement::db::sync {
     refreshonly => true,
     try_sleep   => 5,
     tries       => 10,
+    timeout     => $db_sync_timeout,
     logoutput   => on_failure,
     subscribe   => [
       Anchor['placement::install::end'],
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-9752b1d54915498c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-9752b1d54915498c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..233445f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-9752b1d54915498c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Adds db_sync_timeout parameter to db sync.
diff --git a/spec/classes/placement_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/placement_db_sync_spec.rb
index c3356df..25d4a29 100644
--- a/spec/classes/placement_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/placement_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ describe 'placement::db::sync' do
       :refreshonly => 'true',
       :try_sleep   => 5,
       :tries       => 10,
+      :timeout     => 300,
       :user        => 'placement',
       :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
       :subscribe   => ['Anchor[placement::install::end]',