diff --git a/homeassistant/components/media_player/mpd.py b/homeassistant/components/media_player/mpd.py
index 8953215f44e..b5eecd3d403 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/media_player/mpd.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/media_player/mpd.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class MpdDevice(MediaPlayerDevice):
 
         # set up MPD client
         self._client = mpd.MPDClient()
-        self._client.timeout = 5
+        self._client.timeout = 30
         self._client.idletimeout = None
 
     def _connect(self):