diff --git a/installers/40-deploy-osm.sh b/installers/40-deploy-osm.sh
index ecd17d5..ee12c8f 100755
--- a/installers/40-deploy-osm.sh
+++ b/installers/40-deploy-osm.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 # Generate helm values to be passed with --set
 OSM_HELM_OPTS=""
 # OSM_HELM_OPTS="${OSM_HELM_OPTS} --set nbi.useOsmSecret=false"
+[ -n "${OSM_HELM_TIMEOUT}" ] && OSM_HELM_OPTS="${OSM_HELM_OPTS} --timeout ${OSM_HELM_TIMEOUT}"
 
 # TODO: review if next line is really needed or should be conditional to DOCKER_REGISTRY_URL not empty
 # [ -n "${DOCKER_REGISTRY_URL}" ] && OSM_HELM_OPTS="${OSM_HELM_OPTS} --set global.image.repository=${DOCKER_REGISTRY_URL}${DOCKER_USER}"