diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/python-utils-r1.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/python-utils-r1.eclass
index abb55bd2e9..3af3cbdb07 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/python-utils-r1.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/python-utils-r1.eclass
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 # @ECLASS: python-utils-r1.eclass
@@ -1296,6 +1296,16 @@ _python_check_occluded_packages() {
 # parameter, when calling epytest.  The listed files will be entirely
 # skipped from test collection.
 
+# @ECLASS_VARIABLE: EPYTEST_TIMEOUT
+# @DEFAULT_UNSET
+# @DESCRIPTION:
+# If set to a non-empty value, enables pytest-timeout plugin and sets
+# test timeout to the specified value.  This variable can be either set
+# in ebuilds that are known to hang, or by user to prevent hangs
+# in automated test environments.  If this variable is set prior
+# to calling distutils_enable_tests in distutils-r1, a test dependency
+# on dev-python/pytest-timeout is added automatically.
+
 # @ECLASS_VARIABLE: EPYTEST_XDIST
 # @DEFAULT_UNSET
 # @DESCRIPTION:
@@ -1344,6 +1354,11 @@ epytest() {
 		# count is more precise when we're dealing with a large number
 		# of tests
 		-o console_output_style=count
+		# minimize the temporary directory retention, the test suites
+		# of some packages can grow them pretty large and normally
+		# we don't need to preserve them
+		-o tmp_path_retention_count=0
+		-o tmp_path_retention_policy=failed
 	)
 
 	if [[ ! ${PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD} ]]; then
@@ -1376,6 +1391,18 @@ epytest() {
 		)
 	fi
 
+	if [[ -n ${EPYTEST_TIMEOUT} ]]; then
+		if [[ ${PYTEST_PLUGINS} != *pytest_timeout* ]]; then
+			args+=(
+				-p timeout
+			)
+		fi
+
+		args+=(
+			"--timeout=${EPYTEST_TIMEOUT}"
+		)
+	fi
+
 	if [[ ${EPYTEST_XDIST} ]]; then
 		local jobs=${EPYTEST_JOBS:-$(makeopts_jobs)}
 		if [[ ${jobs} -gt 1 ]]; then