diff --git a/scripts/gcloud.sh b/scripts/gcloud.sh
index 8b3c13999..fbf602096 100644
--- a/scripts/gcloud.sh
+++ b/scripts/gcloud.sh
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ gcloud_PrepInstancesForSsh() {
 
       # Try to ping the machine first.  There can be a delay between when the
       # instance is reported as RUNNING and when it's reachable over the network
-      timeout 30s bash -c "set -o pipefail; until ping -c 3 $publicIp | tr - _; do echo .; done"
+      timeout 60s bash -c "set -o pipefail; until ping -c 3 $publicIp | tr - _; do echo .; done"
 
       gcloud compute ssh --zone "$zone" "$name" -- "
         set -x;