diff --git a/roles/calibre/templates/calibre-serve.service.j2 b/roles/calibre/templates/calibre-serve.service.j2
index 524845b6e..97e10d6d3 100644
--- a/roles/calibre/templates/calibre-serve.service.j2
+++ b/roles/calibre/templates/calibre-serve.service.j2
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ After=syslog.target network.target local-fs.target
 [Service]
 Type=forking
 PIDFile=/var/run/calibre.pid
+TimeoutStartSec=400
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/calibre-server --daemonize --log=/var/log/calibre.log --pidfile=/var/run/calibre.pid --port={{ calibre_port }} {{ calibre_dbpath }}
 
 [Install]