diff --git a/templates/promtail/promtail.container b/templates/promtail/promtail.container
index a80334f..0e35623 100644
--- a/templates/promtail/promtail.container
+++ b/templates/promtail/promtail.container
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Wants=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 StateDirectory=%P
+TimeoutStartSec=7m
 
 [Container]
 Image=docker.io/grafana/promtail:2.9.4