diff --git a/docker/test/unit/run.sh b/docker/test/unit/run.sh
index abc35fa40d2..a4784466e27 100644
--- a/docker/test/unit/run.sh
+++ b/docker/test/unit/run.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 set -x
 
 service zookeeper start && sleep 7 && /usr/share/zookeeper/bin/zkCli.sh -server localhost:2181 -create create /clickhouse_test '';
-gdb -q  -ex 'set print inferior-events off' -ex 'set confirm off' -ex 'set print thread-events off' -ex run -ex bt -ex quit --args ./unit_tests_dbms | tee test_output/test_result.txt
+timeout 40m gdb -q  -ex 'set print inferior-events off' -ex 'set confirm off' -ex 'set print thread-events off' -ex run -ex bt -ex quit --args ./unit_tests_dbms | tee test_output/test_result.txt
 ./process_unit_tests_result.py  || echo -e "failure\tCannot parse results" > /test_output/check_status.tsv