diff --git a/test/intern.js b/test/intern.js
index 0edb44c67713..661b74037e15 100644
--- a/test/intern.js
+++ b/test/intern.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ define(function (require) {
     excludeInstrumentation: /.*/,
 
     defaultTimeout: 90000,
+    defaultTryTimeout: 40000, // tryForTime could include multiple 'find timeouts'
     defaultFindTimeout: 10000  // this is how long we try to find elements on page
   }, serverConfig);
 });
diff --git a/test/support/index.js b/test/support/index.js
index 2d63ee8da05b..d044231ba3d4 100644
--- a/test/support/index.js
+++ b/test/support/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ exports.bdd = kbnInternVars.bdd;
 exports.intern = kbnInternVars.intern;
 exports.config = exports.intern.config;
 exports.defaultTimeout = exports.config.defaultTimeout;
+exports.defaultTryTimeout = exports.config.defaultTryTimeout;
 exports.defaultFindTimeout = exports.config.defaultFindTimeout;
 exports.scenarioManager = new ScenarioManager(url.format(exports.config.servers.elasticsearch));
 
diff --git a/test/support/pages/common.js b/test/support/pages/common.js
index 0b6f32f77f8d..169b190059a6 100644
--- a/test/support/pages/common.js
+++ b/test/support/pages/common.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { common, config, defaultFindTimeout, remote, shieldPage } from '../';
+import { common, config, defaultTryTimeout, defaultFindTimeout, remote, shieldPage } from '../';
 
 export default (function () {
   var Promise = require('bluebird');
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export default (function () {
     },
 
     try(block) {
-      return this.tryForTime(defaultFindTimeout, block);
+      return this.tryForTime(defaultTryTimeout, block);
     },
 
     log(...args) {