diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/BUILD b/test/e2e/framework/BUILD
index eba25b2c3aa..40ccfeceafe 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/BUILD
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ go_library(
         "resource_usage_gatherer.go",
         "size.go",
         "test_context.go",
+        "timeouts.go",
         "util.go",
     ],
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework",
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
index 8073f80aa43..63e85fc485a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ type Framework struct {
 
 	// Place to keep ClusterAutoscaler metrics from before test in order to compute delta.
 	clusterAutoscalerMetricsBeforeTest e2emetrics.Collection
+
+	// Timeouts contains the custom timeouts used during the test execution.
+	Timeouts *TimeoutContext
 }
 
 // AfterEachActionFunc is a function that can be called after each test
@@ -138,6 +141,13 @@ type Options struct {
 	GroupVersion *schema.GroupVersion
 }
 
+// NewFrameworkWithCustomTimeouts makes a framework with with custom timeouts.
+func NewFrameworkWithCustomTimeouts(baseName string, timeouts *TimeoutContext) *Framework {
+	f := NewDefaultFramework(baseName)
+	f.Timeouts = timeouts
+	return f
+}
+
 // NewDefaultFramework makes a new framework and sets up a BeforeEach/AfterEach for
 // you (you can write additional before/after each functions).
 func NewDefaultFramework(baseName string) *Framework {
@@ -155,6 +165,7 @@ func NewFramework(baseName string, options Options, client clientset.Interface)
 		AddonResourceConstraints: make(map[string]ResourceConstraint),
 		Options:                  options,
 		ClientSet:                client,
+		Timeouts:                 NewTimeoutContextWithDefaults(),
 	}
 
 	f.AddAfterEach("dumpNamespaceInfo", func(f *Framework, failed bool) {
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/pv/pv.go b/test/e2e/framework/pv/pv.go
index 64e6dbbe360..4a4c4f9b9e6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/pv/pv.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/pv/pv.go
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ package framework
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/utils"
 	"time"
 
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/storage/utils"
+
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -38,18 +39,6 @@ const (
 	pdRetryTimeout  = 5 * time.Minute
 	pdRetryPollTime = 5 * time.Second
 
-	// PVBindingTimeout is how long PVs have to become bound.
-	PVBindingTimeout = 3 * time.Minute
-
-	// ClaimBindingTimeout is how long claims have to become bound.
-	ClaimBindingTimeout = 3 * time.Minute
-
-	// PVReclaimingTimeout is how long PVs have to beome reclaimed.
-	PVReclaimingTimeout = 3 * time.Minute
-
-	// PVDeletingTimeout is how long PVs have to become deleted.
-	PVDeletingTimeout = 3 * time.Minute
-
 	// VolumeSelectorKey is the key for volume selector.
 	VolumeSelectorKey = "e2e-pv-pool"
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/timeouts.go b/test/e2e/framework/timeouts.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93e17332de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/timeouts.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package framework
+
+import "time"
+
+const (
+	// Default timeouts to be used in TimeoutContext
+	podStartTimeout            = 5 * time.Minute
+	podStartShortTimeout       = 2 * time.Minute
+	podStartSlowTimeout        = 15 * time.Minute
+	podDeleteTimeout           = 5 * time.Minute
+	claimProvisionTimeout      = 5 * time.Minute
+	claimProvisionShortTimeout = 1 * time.Minute
+	claimBoundTimeout          = 3 * time.Minute
+	pvReclaimTimeout           = 3 * time.Minute
+	pvBoundTimeout             = 3 * time.Minute
+	pvDeleteTimeout            = 3 * time.Minute
+	snapshotCreateTimeout      = 5 * time.Minute
+	snapshotDeleteTimeout      = 5 * time.Minute
+)
+
+// TimeoutContext contains timeout settings for several actions.
+type TimeoutContext struct {
+	// PodStart is how long to wait for the pod to be started.
+	PodStart time.Duration
+
+	// PodStartShort is same as `PodStart`, but shorter.
+	// Use it in a case-by-case basis, mostly when you are sure pod start will not be delayed.
+	PodStartShort time.Duration
+
+	// PodStartSlow is same as `PodStart`, but longer.
+	// Use it in a case-by-case basis, mostly when you are sure pod start will take longer than usual.
+	PodStartSlow time.Duration
+
+	// PodDelete is how long to wait for the pod to be deleted.
+	PodDelete time.Duration
+
+	// ClaimProvision is how long claims have to become dynamically provisioned.
+	ClaimProvision time.Duration
+
+	// ClaimProvisionShort is the same as `ClaimProvision`, but shorter.
+	ClaimProvisionShort time.Duration
+
+	// ClaimBound is how long claims have to become bound.
+	ClaimBound time.Duration
+
+	// PVReclaim is how long PVs have to become reclaimed.
+	PVReclaim time.Duration
+
+	// PVBound is how long PVs have to become bound.
+	PVBound time.Duration
+
+	// PVDelete is how long PVs have to become deleted.
+	PVDelete time.Duration
+
+	// SnapshotCreate is how long for snapshot to create snapshotContent.
+	SnapshotCreate time.Duration
+
+	// SnapshotDelete is how long for snapshot to delete snapshotContent.
+	SnapshotDelete time.Duration
+}
+
+// NewTimeoutContextWithDefaults returns a TimeoutContext with default values.
+func NewTimeoutContextWithDefaults() *TimeoutContext {
+	return &TimeoutContext{
+		PodStart:            podStartTimeout,
+		PodStartShort:       podStartShortTimeout,
+		PodStartSlow:        podStartSlowTimeout,
+		PodDelete:           podDeleteTimeout,
+		ClaimProvision:      claimProvisionTimeout,
+		ClaimProvisionShort: claimProvisionShortTimeout,
+		ClaimBound:          claimBoundTimeout,
+		PVReclaim:           pvReclaimTimeout,
+		PVBound:             pvBoundTimeout,
+		PVDelete:            pvDeleteTimeout,
+		SnapshotCreate:      snapshotCreateTimeout,
+		SnapshotDelete:      snapshotDeleteTimeout,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/util.go b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
index 2931e3eaaa9..6cac730eb5b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
@@ -71,9 +71,23 @@ import (
 	e2epod "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/pod"
 )
 
+const (
+	// Minimal number of nodes for the cluster to be considered large.
+	largeClusterThreshold = 100
+
+	// TODO(justinsb): Avoid hardcoding this.
+	awsMasterIP = "172.20.0.9"
+
+	// AllContainers specifies that all containers be visited
+	// Copied from pkg/api/v1/pod to avoid pulling extra dependencies
+	AllContainers = InitContainers | Containers | EphemeralContainers
+)
+
+// DEPRECATED constants. Use the timeouts in framework.Framework instead.
 const (
 	// PodListTimeout is how long to wait for the pod to be listable.
 	PodListTimeout = time.Minute
+
 	// PodStartTimeout is how long to wait for the pod to be started.
 	PodStartTimeout = 5 * time.Minute
 
@@ -136,16 +150,6 @@ const (
 
 	// SnapshotDeleteTimeout is how long for snapshot to delete snapshotContent.
 	SnapshotDeleteTimeout = 5 * time.Minute
-
-	// Minimal number of nodes for the cluster to be considered large.
-	largeClusterThreshold = 100
-
-	// TODO(justinsb): Avoid hardcoding this.
-	awsMasterIP = "172.20.0.9"
-
-	// AllContainers specifies that all containers be visited
-	// Copied from pkg/api/v1/pod to avoid pulling extra dependencies
-	AllContainers = InitContainers | Containers | EphemeralContainers
 )
 
 var (