diff --git a/general/external.mk b/general/external.mk
index 5cb2e18b..9b9a205f 100644
--- a/general/external.mk
+++ b/general/external.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ EXTERNAL_VENDOR := $(BR2_EXTERNAL)/../br-ext-chip-$(OPENIPC_SOC_VENDOR)
 OPENIPC_TOOLCHAIN := latest/$(shell $(BR2_EXTERNAL)/scripts/show_toolchains.sh $(BR2_DEFCONFIG))
 OPENIPC_KERNEL := $(OPENIPC_SOC_VENDOR)-$(OPENIPC_SOC_FAMILY)
 
-export WGET := wget -q --show-progress --passive-ftp -nd -t3 -T3
+export WGET := wget -q --show-progress --passive-ftp -nd -t3 -T5
 
 include $(sort $(wildcard $(BR2_EXTERNAL)/package/*/*.mk))