diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index ef7166d0..0fa39261 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@
 #   to append to the ceilometer-upgrade command.
 #   Defaults to undef.
 #
+# [*db_sync_timeout*]
+#   (Optional) Timeout for the execution of the db_sync
+#   Defaults to 300
+#
 class ceilometer::db::sync(
-  $extra_params = undef,
+  $extra_params    = undef,
+  $db_sync_timeout = 300,
 ) {
 
   include ceilometer::deps
@@ -23,6 +28,7 @@ class ceilometer::db::sync(
     refreshonly => true,
     try_sleep   => 5,
     tries       => 10,
+    timeout     => $db_sync_timeout,
     logoutput   => on_failure,
     subscribe   => [
       Anchor['ceilometer::install::end'],
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-9ecc1051400aa393.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-9ecc1051400aa393.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..233445f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-9ecc1051400aa393.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Adds db_sync_timeout parameter to db sync.
diff --git a/spec/classes/ceilometer_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ceilometer_db_sync_spec.rb
index b9f8c781..c96f79ea 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ceilometer_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ceilometer_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ describe 'ceilometer::db::sync' do
         :user        => 'ceilometer',
         :try_sleep   => 5,
         :tries       => 10,
+        :timeout     => 300,
         :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
         :subscribe   => ['Anchor[ceilometer::install::end]',
                          'Anchor[ceilometer::config::end]',
@@ -23,20 +24,22 @@ describe 'ceilometer::db::sync' do
       )
     end
 
-    describe 'overriding extra_params' do
+    describe 'overriding params' do
       let :params do
         {
-          :extra_params => '--config-file=/etc/ceilometer/ceilometer_01.conf',
+          :extra_params    => '--config-file=/etc/ceilometer/ceilometer_01.conf',
+          :db_sync_timeout => 750,
         }
       end
 
       it { is_expected.to contain_exec('ceilometer-upgrade').with(
-        :command    => 'ceilometer-upgrade --config-file=/etc/ceilometer/ceilometer_01.conf',
-        :path       => '/usr/bin',
-        :user       => 'ceilometer',
+        :command     => 'ceilometer-upgrade --config-file=/etc/ceilometer/ceilometer_01.conf',
+        :path        => '/usr/bin',
+        :user        => 'ceilometer',
         :refreshonly => 'true',
         :try_sleep   => 5,
         :tries       => 10,
+        :timeout     => 750,
         :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
         :subscribe   => ['Anchor[ceilometer::install::end]',
                          'Anchor[ceilometer::config::end]',