diff --git a/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql.pp b/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql.pp
index c74c444b0..d3902d373 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql.pp
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@
 #   (Optional) Maximum value for open-files-limit
 #   Defaults to 16384
 #
+# [*promote_timeout*]
+#   (Optional) Maximum time in second for starting up a galera server
+#   before pacemaker considers the operation timed out.
+#   Defaults to 300
+#
 class tripleo::profile::pacemaker::database::mysql (
   $bootstrap_node                 = hiera('mysql_short_bootstrap_node_name'),
   $bind_address                   = $::hostname,
@@ -113,6 +118,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::pacemaker::database::mysql (
   $step                           = Integer(hiera('step')),
   $pcs_tries                      = hiera('pcs_tries', 20),
   $open_files_limit               = 16384,
+  $promote_timeout                = 300,
 ) {
   if $bootstrap_node and $::hostname == downcase($bootstrap_node) {
     $pacemaker_master = true
@@ -252,7 +258,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::pacemaker::database::mysql (
     if $pacemaker_master {
       pacemaker::resource::ocf { 'galera' :
         ocf_agent_name  => 'heartbeat:galera',
-        op_params       => 'promote timeout=300s on-fail=block',
+        op_params       => "promote timeout=${promote_timeout}s on-fail=block",
         master_params   => '',
         meta_params     => "master-max=${galera_nodes_count} ordered=true",
         resource_params => "additional_parameters='--open-files-limit=${open_files_limit}' enable_creation=true wsrep_cluster_address='gcomm://${galera_nodes}' cluster_host_map='${cluster_host_map}'",
diff --git a/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql_bundle.pp b/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql_bundle.pp
index c7225cdb3..fbd02c4a9 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql_bundle.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql_bundle.pp
@@ -145,9 +145,15 @@
 #   (Optional) Maximum value for open-files-limit
 #   Defaults to 16384
 #
+# [*promote_timeout*]
+#   (Optional) Maximum time in second for starting up a galera server
+#   before pacemaker considers the operation timed out.
+#   Defaults to 300
+#
 # [*force_ocf*]
 #   (optional) Use --force when creating the ocf resource via pcs
 #   Defaults to false
+#
 class tripleo::profile::pacemaker::database::mysql_bundle (
   $mysql_docker_image             = undef,
   $control_port                   = 3123,
@@ -175,6 +181,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::pacemaker::database::mysql_bundle (
   $pcs_tries                      = hiera('pcs_tries', 20),
   $step                           = Integer(hiera('step')),
   $open_files_limit               = 16384,
+  $promote_timeout                = 300,
   $force_ocf                      = false,
 ) {
   if $bootstrap_node and $::hostname == downcase($bootstrap_node) {
@@ -483,7 +490,7 @@ MYSQL_HOST=localhost\n",
         ocf_agent_name  => 'heartbeat:galera',
         master_params   => '',
         meta_params     => "master-max=${galera_nodes_count} ordered=true container-attribute-target=host",
-        op_params       => 'promote timeout=300s on-fail=block',
+        op_params       => "promote timeout=${promote_timeout}s on-fail=block",
         resource_params => "log='/var/log/mysql/mysqld.log' additional_parameters='--open-files-limit=${open_files_limit}' enable_creation=true wsrep_cluster_address='gcomm://${galera_nodes}' cluster_host_map='${cluster_host_map_string}'",
         tries           => $pcs_tries,
         location_rule   => {