diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/sl/sl_driver.conf b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/sl/sl_driver.conf
index d88848b408..d46d84367d 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/sl/sl_driver.conf
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/sl/sl_driver.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Regions extracted from http://www.softlayer.com/data-centers
+timeout: 120
 regions:
     default:
         region_name: sjc01
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/sl/sl_driver.rb b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/sl/sl_driver.rb
index cf2dc7fbf8..d60945377f 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/sl/sl_driver.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/sl/sl_driver.rb
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ class SLDriver
 
         client_cred[:endpoint_url]=@region['endpoint'] if @region['endpoint']
 
+        client_cred[:timeout] = public_cloud_sl_conf['timeout'] || 120
+
 
         @sl_client = SoftLayer::Client.new(client_cred)
     end