diff --git a/ansible/disable-selinux.yml b/ansible/disable-selinux.yml
index 5a1e93987..e5f3cad8d 100644
--- a/ansible/disable-selinux.yml
+++ b/ansible/disable-selinux.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
   hosts: controllers:seed
   roles:
     - role: disable-selinux
+      disable_selinux_reboot_timeout: "{{ 600 if ansible_virtualization_role == 'host' else 300 }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/disable-selinux/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/disable-selinux/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..979f3f93a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/disable-selinux/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+# Number of seconds to wait for hosts to become accessible via SSH after being
+# rebooted.
+disable_selinux_reboot_timeout:
diff --git a/ansible/roles/disable-selinux/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/disable-selinux/tasks/main.yml
index 5d0055904..f101e60c8 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/disable-selinux/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/disable-selinux/tasks/main.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     state: started
     # Wait for 10 seconds before polling to ensure the node has shutdown.
     delay: 10
+    timeout: "{{ disable_selinux_reboot_timeout }}"
   when:
     - "{{ selinux_result | changed }}"
     - "{{ not is_local | bool }}"