diff --git a/cmake/cpplint.cmake b/cmake/cpplint.cmake
index 9342399d3f15c119b3fd1fddeb4fe741fa8dc999..30f125900088e662e140b531bbd9804c3b373ec8 100644
--- a/cmake/cpplint.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cpplint.cmake
@@ -77,5 +77,5 @@ function(ADD_TEST_CPPLINT)
     COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CPPLINT_COMMAND} ${CPPLINT_OUTPUT} ${CPPLINT_ARGS}
     ${ADD_TEST_CPPLINT_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}
     )
-  set_tests_properties(${ADD_TEST_CPPLINT_NAME} PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 20.0)
+  set_tests_properties(${ADD_TEST_CPPLINT_NAME} PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 100.0)
 endfunction()