diff --git a/gnocchi/storage/ceph.py b/gnocchi/storage/ceph.py
index 69a0f223a..de0e47539 100644
--- a/gnocchi/storage/ceph.py
+++ b/gnocchi/storage/ceph.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     cfg.StrOpt('ceph_secret', help='Ceph key', secret=True),
     cfg.StrOpt('ceph_keyring', help='Ceph keyring path.'),
     cfg.StrOpt('ceph_timeout',
-               default="30",
+               default="60",
                help='Ceph connection timeout in seconds'),
     cfg.StrOpt('ceph_conffile',
                default='/etc/ceph/ceph.conf',