diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_test/setup.py b/src/python/grpcio_test/setup.py
index a6203cae2da26e4dbf266fec2edf30bd5f409487..898ea204acf0140aaf151df6ade4a4076c520637 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_test/setup.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_test/setup.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ _SETUP_REQUIRES = (
     'pytest>=2.6',
     'pytest-cov>=2.0',
     'pytest-xdist>=1.11',
+    'pytest-timeout>=0.5',
 )
 
 _INSTALL_REQUIRES = (
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_python.sh b/tools/run_tests/run_python.sh
index 6fdca93fd5ffe86a2803766de092b3752f7837e1..858f30080098ccdefea53056063fee571579c190 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_python.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_python.sh
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ source "python"$PYVER"_virtual_environment"/bin/activate
 "python"$PYVER -m grpc_test._core_over_links_base_interface_test
 "python"$PYVER -m grpc_test.framework.core._base_interface_test
 
-"python"$PYVER $GRPCIO_TEST/setup.py test -a "-n8 --cov=grpc --junitxml=./report.xml"
+"python"$PYVER $GRPCIO_TEST/setup.py test -a "-n8 --cov=grpc --junitxml=./report.xml --timeout=300"