diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/README.md b/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/README.md
index a1bfa5a84..f33bd66c1 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/README.md
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ noauth_mode: Controls if the module is called in noauth mode.
 
 cloud_name: Optional: String value defining a clouds.yaml entry for
             the ansible module to leverage.
+inspection_wait_timeout: Integer value in seconds, defaults to 1800.
+                         This value may need to be adjusted if the underlying
+                         shade library's default timeout is insufficent for
+                         a node to perform an inspection sequence with.
+                         The timeout assumption in the library was
+                         based upon there being three phases to complete
+                         an inspection sequence, BIOS POST, (i)PXE,
+                         and then booting of the ramdisk and IPA.
+                         In most cases, each phase should be completed
+                         under 300 seconds, although that will vary based
+                         upon the hardware configuration.
 
 Dependencies
 ------------
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/defaults/main.yml
index 7e350926e..88ffdfd0f 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 # defaults file for ironic-inspect-node
 noauth_mode: true
+inspection_wait_timeout: 1800
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/tasks/main.yml
index b0a2f572c..038acdb27 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/tasks/main.yml
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@
     auth: "{{ auth | default(omit) }}"
     ironic_url: "{{ ironic_url | default(omit) }}"
     uuid: "{{ uuid }}"
+    timeout: "{{ inspection_wait_timeout }}"
   delegate_to: localhost
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/introspection-timeout-parameter-8e86afffd2f1d947.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/introspection-timeout-parameter-8e86afffd2f1d947.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dd637ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/introspection-timeout-parameter-8e86afffd2f1d947.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - Some users have encountered issues with introspection
+    periodically timing out for systems. As a result, we have
+    added a new parameter ``inspection_wait_timeout`` that is
+    now defaulted to ``1800`` seconds.