diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/run_node.sh
index 3a82c04a8ef..bfbe82b867f 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_node.sh
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ root=`pwd`
 
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$root/libs/$CONFIG
 
-$root/src/node/node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha $root/src/node/test
+$root/src/node/node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha --timeout 4000 $root/src/node/test