diff --git a/playbooks/setup-openstack-iscsi-multipath-storpool/pre.yaml b/playbooks/setup-openstack-iscsi-multipath-storpool/pre.yaml
index 8034c12..106b8ec 100644
--- a/playbooks/setup-openstack-iscsi-multipath-storpool/pre.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/setup-openstack-iscsi-multipath-storpool/pre.yaml
@@ -285,6 +285,16 @@
         content: "{{ storpool_conf }}"
         dest: /home/ubuntu/ansible/storpool.conf
 
+    - name: Populate ansible.cfg
+      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+        line: "{{ item }}"
+        path: /home/ubuntu/ansible/ansible.cfg
+        insertafter: EOF
+        create: yes
+      loop:
+        - "[defaults]"
+        - "timeout = 30"
+
     - name: Deploy StorPool
       ansible.builtin.command:
         argv: ["ansible-playbook", "playbook.yml", "-i", "inventory.yaml", "--skip-tags", "perform-tests"]