diff --git a/tests/ftpserver.pl b/tests/ftpserver.pl
index d546bae8f95bd90400e4f0c5937c1c3f86e750a0..1334e90681c31da98040f45915033adc5f3cd008 100644
--- a/tests/ftpserver.pl
+++ b/tests/ftpserver.pl
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ while(1) {
     my $input;
     eval {
         local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "alarm\n" };
-        alarm 5; # just in case things go bad
+        alarm 360; # just in case things go REALLY bad
         $input = <STDIN>;
         alarm 0;
     };