diff --git a/tools/travis_before_install.sh b/tools/travis_before_install.sh
index 55046243..2dcb6d20 100755
--- a/tools/travis_before_install.sh
+++ b/tools/travis_before_install.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set -ex
 
 export WHEELHOUSE="--no-index --find-links=http://travis-wheels.scikit-image.org/"
 export COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN=7LdFN9232ZbSY3oaXHbQIzLazrSf6w2pQ
+export PIP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=60
 
 
 retry () {