diff --git a/src/test/utils/CordTestServer.py b/src/test/utils/CordTestServer.py
index 4f097b0..e529219 100644
--- a/src/test/utils/CordTestServer.py
+++ b/src/test/utils/CordTestServer.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
     onos_cord = None
 
-    def __restart_onos(self, node = None, config = None):
+    def __restart_onos(self, node = None, config = None, timeout = 10):
         if self.onos_cord:
             onos_config = '{}/network-cfg.json'.format(OnosCord.onos_config_dir)
         else:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         if self.onos_cord:
             self.onos_cord.start(restart = True, network_cfg = config)
         else:
-            Onos.restart_node(node = node, network_cfg = config)
+            Onos.restart_node(node = node, network_cfg = config, timeout = timeout)
         return 'DONE'
 
     def restart_onos(self, kwargs):
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@
     return rpc_server_instance().restart_onos(kwargs)
 
 @nottest
-def cord_test_onos_restart(node = None, config = None):
+def cord_test_onos_restart(node = None, config = None, timeout = 10):
     '''Send ONOS restart to server'''
-    data = __cord_test_onos_restart(node = node, config = config)
+    data = __cord_test_onos_restart(node = node, config = config, timeout = timeout)
     if data == 'DONE':
         return True
     return False