diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/monit/kubelet b/cluster/saltbase/salt/monit/kubelet
index eb3211b06a3..1c807081ae7 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/monit/kubelet
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/monit/kubelet
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 check process kubelet with pidfile /var/run/kubelet.pid
 group kubelet
-start program = "/etc/init.d/kubelet start"
+start program = "/etc/init.d/kubelet start" with timeout 60 seconds
 stop program = "/etc/init.d/kubelet stop"
 if does not exist then restart
 if failed