diff --git a/setup/unix-ci.py b/setup/unix-ci.py
index 4140170190cf..e06d7f61a531 100644
--- a/setup/unix-ci.py
+++ b/setup/unix-ci.py
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ def install_env():
         setenv('CALIBRE_QT_PREFIX', '$SW/qt')
 
 
-def run(*args):
+def run(*args, timeout=600):
     if len(args) == 1:
         args = shlex.split(args[0])
     print(' '.join(args), flush=True)
     p = subprocess.Popen(args)
     try:
-        ret = p.wait(timeout=600)
+        ret = p.wait(timeout=timeout)
     except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as err:
         ret = 1
         print(err, file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def main():
         install_env()
         get_tx()
         os.environ['TX'] = os.path.abspath('tx')
-        run(sys.executable, 'setup.py', 'pot')
+        run(sys.executable, 'setup.py', 'pot', timeout=30 * 60)
     elif action == 'test':
         os.environ['CI'] = 'true'
         os.environ['OPENSSL_MODULES'] = os.path.join(SW, 'lib', 'ossl-modules')