diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/pldm/pldm_%.bbappend b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/pldm/pldm_%.bbappend
index 3280976..b57abd8 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/pldm/pldm_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/pldm/pldm_%.bbappend
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG += "oem-ibm"
 PACKAGECONFIG[oem-ibm] = "-Doem-ibm=enabled, -Doem-ibm=disabled, , squashfs-tools"
 
+EXTRA_OEMESON_append = " \
+    -Dresponse-time-out=4800 \
+"
+
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'oem-ibm', 'pldm-create-phyp-nvram.service pldm-create-phyp-nvram-cksum.service', '', d)}"