diff --git a/tests/vm/basevm.py b/tests/vm/basevm.py
index 6d41ac7574..9e879e966a 100644
--- a/tests/vm/basevm.py
+++ b/tests/vm/basevm.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class BaseVM(object):
     # command to halt the guest, can be overridden by subclasses
     poweroff = "poweroff"
     # Time to wait for shutdown to finish.
-    shutdown_timeout_default = 30
+    shutdown_timeout_default = 90
     # enable IPv6 networking
     ipv6 = True
     # This is the timeout on the wait for console bytes.