diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index b459e1a291..e0dfe8844d 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -2100,7 +2100,7 @@ static void stop_timer_thread(void)
 	if (timer_event)
 		SetEvent(timer_event);	/* tell thread to terminate */
 	if (timer_thread) {
-		int rc = WaitForSingleObject(timer_thread, 1000);
+		int rc = WaitForSingleObject(timer_thread, 10000);
 		if (rc == WAIT_TIMEOUT)
 			error("timer thread did not terminate timely");
 		else if (rc != WAIT_OBJECT_0)