diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-deploy-nodes-dynamic/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-deploy-nodes-dynamic/defaults/main.yml
index a2422d74e..896c4e294 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-deploy-nodes-dynamic/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-deploy-nodes-dynamic/defaults/main.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ noauth_mode: true
 # Ironic to show the instance in Active state.
 wait_for_node_deploy: false
 wait_timeout: 1800
+
+# Timeout for gathering facts.
+fact_gather_timeout: "{{ lookup('config', 'DEFAULT_GATHER_TIMEOUT', on_missing='skip') | default(omit, true) }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-deploy-nodes-dynamic/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-deploy-nodes-dynamic/tasks/main.yml
index de58c6483..798c53dae 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-deploy-nodes-dynamic/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-deploy-nodes-dynamic/tasks/main.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 # to be inspected.
 - name: "Obtain setup facts"
   setup:
+    gather_timeout: "{{ fact_gather_timeout }}"
 
 - name: "If in noauth mode, unset authentication parameters."
   set_fact:
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
index cd69d292d..1e76231a1 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
@@ -287,3 +287,6 @@ ironic_inspector:
 # NOTE(hwoarang): openSUSE distros may come with recent pip versions so
 # upgrade only what's necessary
 pip_opts: "{{ ((ansible_os_family | lower == 'suse') or (enable_venv | bool)) | ternary('--upgrade-strategy only-if-needed', '--force-reinstall') }}"
+
+# Timeout for gathering facts.
+fact_gather_timeout: "{{ lookup('config', 'DEFAULT_GATHER_TIMEOUT', on_missing='skip') | default(omit, true) }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml
index cde9070fa..fd0aac875 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
 # NOTE(pas-ha) needed to e.g. pick up new interfaces after libvirt install
 - name: "Refresh facts"
   setup:
+    gather_timeout: "{{ fact_gather_timeout }}"
 
 - name: "Generate ironic Configuration"
   include: ironic_config.yml
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ironic-enroll-dynamic/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/ironic-enroll-dynamic/defaults/main.yml
index 87892e464..753e4c3ca 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ironic-enroll-dynamic/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ironic-enroll-dynamic/defaults/main.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ ipa_kernel_url: "{{ ipa_file_protocol }}://{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansi
 ipa_ramdisk_url: "{{ ipa_file_protocol }}://{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_' + network_interface | replace('-', '_')]['ipv4']['address'] }}:{{file_url_port}}/ipa.initramfs"
 
 noauth_mode: true
+
+# Timeout for gathering facts.
+fact_gather_timeout: "{{ lookup('config', 'DEFAULT_GATHER_TIMEOUT', on_missing='skip') | default(omit, true) }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ironic-enroll-dynamic/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/ironic-enroll-dynamic/tasks/main.yml
index 3051bf60e..5cfe34218 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ironic-enroll-dynamic/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ironic-enroll-dynamic/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 ---
 - name: "Collect facts"
   setup:
+    gather_timeout: "{{ fact_gather_timeout }}"
 
 - name: "If in noauth mode, unset authentication parameters."
   set_fact:
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/defaults/main.yml
index 436e04e5f..5c9d3a249 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ inspection_wait_timeout: 1800
 inventory_dhcp: false
 inventory_dhcp_static_ip: true
 inventory_dns: false
+
+# Timeout for gathering facts.
+fact_gather_timeout: "{{ lookup('config', 'DEFAULT_GATHER_TIMEOUT', on_missing='skip') | default(omit, true) }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/tasks/main.yml
index 88273d1de..5ffaf3d4b 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ironic-inspect-node/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 ---
 - name: "Collect facts"
   setup:
+    gather_timeout: "{{ fact_gather_timeout }}"
 
 - name: "If in noauth mode, unset authentication parameters."
   set_fact: