diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/timeouts.go b/test/e2e/framework/timeouts.go
index 93e17332de2..5819c54738e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/timeouts.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/timeouts.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const (
 	pvReclaimTimeout           = 3 * time.Minute
 	pvBoundTimeout             = 3 * time.Minute
 	pvDeleteTimeout            = 3 * time.Minute
+	pvDeleteSlowTimeout        = 20 * time.Minute
 	snapshotCreateTimeout      = 5 * time.Minute
 	snapshotDeleteTimeout      = 5 * time.Minute
 )
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@ type TimeoutContext struct {
 	// PVDelete is how long PVs have to become deleted.
 	PVDelete time.Duration
 
+	// PVDeleteSlow is the same as PVDelete, but slower.
+	PVDeleteSlow time.Duration
+
 	// SnapshotCreate is how long for snapshot to create snapshotContent.
 	SnapshotCreate time.Duration
 
@@ -88,6 +92,7 @@ func NewTimeoutContextWithDefaults() *TimeoutContext {
 		PVReclaim:           pvReclaimTimeout,
 		PVBound:             pvBoundTimeout,
 		PVDelete:            pvDeleteTimeout,
+		PVDeleteSlow:        pvDeleteSlowTimeout,
 		SnapshotCreate:      snapshotCreateTimeout,
 		SnapshotDelete:      snapshotDeleteTimeout,
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go
index 40fb4b22aab..387d34437f8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go
+++ b/test/e2e/storage/testsuites/provisioning.go
@@ -383,11 +383,11 @@ func (t StorageClassTest) TestDynamicProvisioning() *v1.PersistentVolume {
 	// it's expected for the caller to do it.) Technically, the first few delete
 	// attempts may fail, as the volume is still attached to a node because
 	// kubelet is slowly cleaning up the previous pod, however it should succeed
-	// in a couple of minutes. Wait 20 minutes to recover from random cloud
-	// hiccups.
+	// in a couple of minutes. Wait 20 minutes (or whatever custom value is specified in
+	// t.Timeouts.PVDeleteSlow) to recover from random cloud hiccups.
 	if pv != nil && pv.Spec.PersistentVolumeReclaimPolicy == v1.PersistentVolumeReclaimDelete {
 		ginkgo.By(fmt.Sprintf("deleting the claim's PV %q", pv.Name))
-		framework.ExpectNoError(e2epv.WaitForPersistentVolumeDeleted(client, pv.Name, 5*time.Second, 20*time.Minute))
+		framework.ExpectNoError(e2epv.WaitForPersistentVolumeDeleted(client, pv.Name, 5*time.Second, t.Timeouts.PVDeleteSlow))
 	}
 
 	return pv