diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e784d23f..ce377af1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ RELEASE=2.0
 
 VERSION=2.0
 PACKAGE=qemu-server
-PKGREL=26
+PKGREL=27
 
 DESTDIR=
 PREFIX=/usr
diff --git a/changelog.Debian b/changelog.Debian
index cebaba17..2d4e6602 100644
--- a/changelog.Debian
+++ b/changelog.Debian
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+qemu-server (2.0-27) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * make startall wait up to 10 seconds for quorum
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:32:53 +0100
+
 qemu-server (2.0-26) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * fix bug 109: use scsi inquiry to test if we can use the scsi-block
diff --git a/qm b/qm
index a1c30b66..b299078f 100755
--- a/qm
+++ b/qm
@@ -235,11 +235,15 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
     code => sub {
 	my ($param) = @_;
 
+	# wait up to 10 seconds for quorum
+	for (my $i = 10; $i >= 0; $i--) {
+	    last if PVE::Cluster::check_cfs_quorum($i != 0 ? 1 : 0);
+	    sleep(1);
+	}
+
 	my $vzlist = PVE::QemuServer::vzlist();
 	my $storecfg = PVE::Storage::config();
 
-	PVE::Cluster::check_cfs_quorum();
-
 	my $count = 0;
 	foreach my $vmid (keys %$vzlist) {
 	    next if $vzlist->{$vmid}->{pid}; # already running