diff --git a/bin/ebuild-ipc.py b/bin/ebuild-ipc.py
index 59ff735..9bee845 100755
--- a/bin/ebuild-ipc.py
+++ b/bin/ebuild-ipc.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ portage._disable_legacy_globals()
 
 class EbuildIpc(object):
 
-	_COMMUNICATE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 40
+	_COMMUNICATE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 400
 	_BUFSIZE = 4096
 
 	def __init__(self):