diff --git a/metadata/org.xbmc.kodi.yml b/metadata/org.xbmc.kodi.yml
index 47e71cbc54..dfc05538b1 100644
--- a/metadata/org.xbmc.kodi.yml
+++ b/metadata/org.xbmc.kodi.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Builds:
   - versionName: '18.0'
     versionCode: 1800000
     commit: 18.0-Leia
+    timeout: 10800
     sudo:
       - apt-get update || apt-get update
       - apt-get install -y build-essential default-jdk gawk lib32stdc++6 lib32z1 lib32z1-dev