diff --git a/buildroot-external/kernel/hassos.config b/buildroot-external/kernel/hassos.config
index 74dd1f4a0..ec2070fd1 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/kernel/hassos.config
+++ b/buildroot-external/kernel/hassos.config
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4=y
 CONFIG_CMDLINE=""
+CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT=5
 
 CONFIG_ZRAM=y
 CONFIG_ZSMALLOC=y