diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libopus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libopus/default.nix
index 679de601aa7..b2b095f5607 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libopus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libopus/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./fix-pkg-config-paths.patch
+    # Some tests time out easily on slower machines
+    ./test-timeout.patch
     # Fix meson build for arm64. Remove with next release
     # https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/opus/-/merge_requests/59
     (fetchpatch {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libopus/test-timeout.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libopus/test-timeout.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e20f12cc1d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libopus/test-timeout.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
+index 5f3ac9d..74b2de7 100644
+--- a/tests/meson.build
++++ b/tests/meson.build
+@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+ # Tests that link to libopus
+ opus_tests = [
+-  ['test_opus_api'],
+-  ['test_opus_decode', [], 60],
+-  ['test_opus_encode', 'opus_encode_regressions.c', 120],
++  ['test_opus_api', [], 60],
++  ['test_opus_decode', [], 120],
++  ['test_opus_encode', 'opus_encode_regressions.c', 240],
+   ['test_opus_padding'],
+   ['test_opus_projection'],
+ ]