diff --git a/cmd/tetra/common/client.go b/cmd/tetra/common/client.go
index 447b8ac51e8..7ae5d28629d 100644
--- a/cmd/tetra/common/client.go
+++ b/cmd/tetra/common/client.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/api/v1/tetragon"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/logger"
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ func CliRunErr(fn func(ctx context.Context, cli tetragon.FineGuidanceSensorsClie
 	ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	connCtx, connCancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Second)
+	connCtx, connCancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, viper.GetDuration(KeyTimeout))
 	defer connCancel()
 	conn, err := grpc.DialContext(connCtx, viper.GetString(KeyServerAddress), grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()), grpc.WithBlock())
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/tetra/common/flags.go b/cmd/tetra/common/flags.go
index 178972230d6..4aedd327081 100644
--- a/cmd/tetra/common/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/tetra/common/flags.go
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ const (
 	KeyDebug         = "debug"          // bool
 	KeyOutput        = "output"         // string
 	KeyServerAddress = "server-address" // string
+	KeyTimeout       = "timeout"        // duration
 )
diff --git a/cmd/tetra/main.go b/cmd/tetra/main.go
index d3c7c2758e5..7decf19c838 100644
--- a/cmd/tetra/main.go
+++ b/cmd/tetra/main.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/cmd/tetra/common"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/logger"
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ func new() *cobra.Command {
 	flags := rootCmd.PersistentFlags()
 	flags.BoolP(common.KeyDebug, "d", false, "Enable debug messages")
 	flags.String(common.KeyServerAddress, "localhost:54321", "gRPC server address")
+	flags.Duration(common.KeyTimeout, 10*time.Second, "Connection timeout")
 	viper.BindPFlags(flags)
 	return rootCmd
 }