diff --git a/ceph/python-cephclient/python-cephclient/cephclient/client.py b/ceph/python-cephclient/python-cephclient/cephclient/client.py
index f8d47c8a..3955658a 100644
--- a/ceph/python-cephclient/python-cephclient/cephclient/client.py
+++ b/ceph/python-cephclient/python-cephclient/cephclient/client.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ CEPH_MON_RESTFUL_USER = 'admin'
 CEPH_MON_RESTFUL_SERVICE = 'restful'
 CEPH_CLIENT_RETRY_COUNT = 2
 CEPH_CLIENT_RETRY_TIMEOUT_SEC = 5
-CEPH_CLI_TIMEOUT_SEC = 5
+CEPH_CLI_TIMEOUT_SEC = 15
 API_SUPPORTED_RESPONSE_FORMATS = [
     'text', 'json', 'xml', 'binary'
 ]