diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index de77fb0..70c8880 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@
 #   to the cloudkitty-dbsync command.
 #   Defaults to undef
 #
+# [*db_sync_timeout*]
+#   (Optional) Timeout for the execution of the db_sync
+#   Defaults to 300
+#
 class cloudkitty::db::sync(
-  $extra_params  = undef,
+  $extra_params    = undef,
+  $db_sync_timeout = 300,
 ) {
 
   include cloudkitty::deps
@@ -21,6 +26,7 @@ class cloudkitty::db::sync(
     refreshonly => true,
     try_sleep   => 5,
     tries       => 10,
+    timeout     => $db_sync_timeout,
     logoutput   => on_failure,
     subscribe   => [
       Anchor['cloudkitty::install::end'],
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-897cabe1c636bffd.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-897cabe1c636bffd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..233445f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-897cabe1c636bffd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Adds db_sync_timeout parameter to db sync.
diff --git a/spec/classes/cloudkitty_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cloudkitty_db_sync_spec.rb
index db29420..5f59402 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cloudkitty_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cloudkitty_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ describe 'cloudkitty::db::sync' do
         :user        => 'cloudkitty',
         :try_sleep   => 5,
         :tries       => 10,
+        :timeout     => 300,
         :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
         :subscribe   => ['Anchor[cloudkitty::install::end]',
                          'Anchor[cloudkitty::config::end]',
@@ -23,6 +24,32 @@ describe 'cloudkitty::db::sync' do
       )
     end
 
+    describe "overriding db_sync_timeout" do
+      let :params do
+        {
+          :db_sync_timeout => 750,
+        }
+      end
+
+      it {
+        is_expected.to contain_exec('cloudkitty-db-sync').with(
+          :command     => 'cloudkitty-dbsync upgrade ',
+          :path        => [ '/bin', '/usr/bin', ],
+          :refreshonly => 'true',
+          :user        => 'cloudkitty',
+          :try_sleep   => 5,
+          :tries       => 10,
+          :timeout     => 750,
+          :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
+          :subscribe   => ['Anchor[cloudkitty::install::end]',
+                           'Anchor[cloudkitty::config::end]',
+                           'Anchor[cloudkitty::dbsync::begin]'],
+          :notify      => 'Anchor[cloudkitty::dbsync::end]',
+          :tag         => 'openstack-db',
+        )
+        }
+      end
+
   end
 
   on_supported_os({