diff --git a/scripts/build.check.icc.bash b/scripts/build.check.icc.bash
index a6a27996c14..8b03249dea7 100755
--- a/scripts/build.check.icc.bash
+++ b/scripts/build.check.icc.bash
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ export VALGRIND=$VALGRIND
 # setup VGRIND
 if [ $dovalgrind = 0 ] ; then export VGRIND=""; fi
 
-# limit execution time to 1 hour
-ulimit -t 3600
+# limit execution time to 2 hours
+ulimit -t 7200
 
 build $bdb