diff --git a/lib/ipmi_client.robot b/lib/ipmi_client.robot
index 5c12ac5..a9cd0f2 100755
--- a/lib/ipmi_client.robot
+++ b/lib/ipmi_client.robot
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ${cmdByte}=            ${EMPTY}
 ${arrayByte}=          array:byte:
 ${IPMI_USER_OPTIONS}   ${EMPTY}
-${IPMI_INBAND_CMD}=    ipmitool -C ${IPMI_CIPHER_LEVEL} -p ${IPMI_PORT}
+${IPMI_INBAND_CMD}=    ipmitool -C ${IPMI_CIPHER_LEVEL} -N ${IPMI_TIMEOUT} -p ${IPMI_PORT}
 ${HOST}=               -H
 ${RAW}=                raw