diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 166bcf585..c22f9041c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ before_install:
 install:
 - gometalinter --install
 
+env:
+  - GOMETALINTER_DEADLINE="600s"
+
 script:
 - vendor/github.com/kubernetes/repo-infra/verify/verify-boilerplate.sh --rootdir=$(pwd)
 - vendor/github.com/kubernetes/repo-infra/verify/verify-go-src.sh -v --rootdir $(pwd)