diff --git a/lib/tempest b/lib/tempest
index d1e56a4c4d..6bfa8890b6 100644
--- a/lib/tempest
+++ b/lib/tempest
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ function configure_tempest {
         iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG baremetal driver_enabled True
         iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG baremetal unprovision_timeout $BUILD_TIMEOUT
         iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG baremetal active_timeout $BUILD_TIMEOUT
+        iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG baremetal deploywait_timeout $BUILD_TIMEOUT
         iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG baremetal deploy_img_dir $FILES
         iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG baremetal node_uuid $IRONIC_NODE_UUID
         iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG compute-feature-enabled change_password False