--- a/make/RunTests.gmk	Tue Sep 10 09:08:52 2019 -0700
+++ b/make/RunTests.gmk	Tue Sep 10 09:12:08 2019 -0700
@@ -98,13 +98,15 @@
 JTREG_FAILURE_HANDLER_DIR := $(TEST_IMAGE_DIR)/failure_handler
 JTREG_FAILURE_HANDLER := $(JTREG_FAILURE_HANDLER_DIR)/jtregFailureHandler.jar
 
+JTREG_FAILURE_HANDLER_TIMEOUT ?= 0
+
 ifneq ($(wildcard $(JTREG_FAILURE_HANDLER)), )
   JTREG_FAILURE_HANDLER_OPTIONS := \
       -timeoutHandlerDir:$(JTREG_FAILURE_HANDLER) \
       -observerDir:$(JTREG_FAILURE_HANDLER) \
       -timeoutHandler:jdk.test.failurehandler.jtreg.GatherProcessInfoTimeoutHandler \
       -observer:jdk.test.failurehandler.jtreg.GatherDiagnosticInfoObserver \
-      -timeoutHandlerTimeout:0
+      -timeoutHandlerTimeout:$(JTREG_FAILURE_HANDLER_TIMEOUT)
 endif
 
 GTEST_LAUNCHER_DIRS := $(patsubst %/gtestLauncher, %, \
@@ -276,10 +278,11 @@
 
 $(eval $(call SetTestOpt,JOBS,JTREG))
 $(eval $(call SetTestOpt,TIMEOUT_FACTOR,JTREG))
+$(eval $(call SetTestOpt,FAILURE_HANDLER_TIMEOUT,JTREG))
 
 $(eval $(call ParseKeywordVariable, JTREG, \
-    SINGLE_KEYWORDS := JOBS TIMEOUT_FACTOR TEST_MODE ASSERT VERBOSE RETAIN \
-        MAX_MEM RUN_PROBLEM_LISTS, \
+    SINGLE_KEYWORDS := JOBS TIMEOUT_FACTOR FAILURE_HANDLER_TIMEOUT \
+        TEST_MODE ASSERT VERBOSE RETAIN MAX_MEM RUN_PROBLEM_LISTS, \
     STRING_KEYWORDS := OPTIONS JAVA_OPTIONS VM_OPTIONS KEYWORDS \
         EXTRA_PROBLEM_LISTS AOT_MODULES, \
 ))