diff --git a/src/libckpool.c b/src/libckpool.c
index b445bc47..c7fc64ef 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.c
+++ b/src/libckpool.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ int connect_socket(char *url, char *port)
 		 * we can connect to quickly. */
 		noblock_socket(sockd);
 		if (connect(sockd, p->ai_addr, p->ai_addrlen) == -1) {
-			struct timeval tv_timeout = {1, 0};
+			struct timeval tv_timeout = {5, 0};
 			int selret;
 			fd_set rw;