diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index dec51252..5c483b2a 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -10,9 +10,14 @@
 #   to the gnocchi-db-sync command.
 #   Defaults to undef
 #
+# [*db_sync_timeout*]
+#   (Optional) Timeout for the execution of the db_sync
+#   Defaults to 300
+#
 class gnocchi::db::sync (
-  $user       = 'gnocchi',
-  $extra_opts = undef,
+  $user            = 'gnocchi',
+  $extra_opts      = undef,
+  $db_sync_timeout = 300,
 ){
 
   include gnocchi::deps
@@ -24,6 +29,7 @@ class gnocchi::db::sync (
     user        => $user,
     try_sleep   => 5,
     tries       => 10,
+    timeout     => $db_sync_timeout,
     logoutput   => on_failure,
     subscribe   => [
       Anchor['gnocchi::install::end'],
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-8363be2e21ddc1e8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-8363be2e21ddc1e8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..233445f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add_db_sync_timeout-8363be2e21ddc1e8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Adds db_sync_timeout parameter to db sync.
diff --git a/spec/classes/gnocchi_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/gnocchi_db_sync_spec.rb
index 29c3d659..05d086cc 100644
--- a/spec/classes/gnocchi_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/gnocchi_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ describe 'gnocchi::db::sync' do
         :refreshonly => 'true',
         :try_sleep   => 5,
         :tries       => 10,
+        :timeout     => 300,
         :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
         :subscribe   => ['Anchor[gnocchi::install::end]',
                          'Anchor[gnocchi::config::end]',
@@ -22,10 +23,11 @@ describe 'gnocchi::db::sync' do
         :tag         => 'openstack-db',
       )
     end
-    describe "overriding extra_opts" do
+    describe "overriding params" do
         let :params do
             {
-              :extra_opts => '--skip-storage',
+              :extra_opts      => '--skip-storage',
+              :db_sync_timeout => 750,
             }
         end
         it { is_expected.to contain_exec('gnocchi-db-sync').with(
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ describe 'gnocchi::db::sync' do
             :refreshonly => 'true',
             :try_sleep   => 5,
             :tries       => 10,
+            :timeout     => 750,
             :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
             :subscribe   => ['Anchor[gnocchi::install::end]',
                              'Anchor[gnocchi::config::end]',