diff --git a/lib/resource.robot b/lib/resource.robot
index 401cbe9..4d8ba43 100755
--- a/lib/resource.robot
+++ b/lib/resource.robot
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 ${IPMI_COMMAND}    External
 # IPMI chipher default.
 ${IPMI_CIPHER_LEVEL}  ${17}
+# IPMI timeout default.
+${IPMI_TIMEOUT}       ${3}
 
 # PDU related parameters
 ${PDU_TYPE}         ${EMPTY}