diff --git a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
index 640a890781..95f01a5feb 100644
--- a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@
     ignore_errors: true
     when: nonagios is not defined or not nonagios
 
+  # With drive firmware and sometimes needed to poke things, make this 30m
   - name: reboot the virthost
-    reboot:
+    reboot: reboot_timeout=1800
 
   - name: wait for libvirtd to come back on the virthost
     wait_for: path=/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock state=present