diff --git a/gnu/services/guix.scm b/gnu/services/guix.scm
index 413bf51ad83..ad7b020b692 100644
--- a/gnu/services/guix.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/guix.scm
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ ca-certificates.crt file in the system profile."
                 #:group #$group
                 #:pid-file "/var/run/guix-data-service/pid"
                 ;; Allow time for migrations to run
-                #:pid-file-timeout 60
+                #:pid-file-timeout 120
                 #:environment-variables
                 `(,(string-append
                     "GUIX_LOCPATH=" #$glibc-utf8-locales "/lib/locale")