diff --git a/test/shell/etcd-three-hosts-reversed.sh b/test/shell/etcd-three-hosts-reversed.sh
index 23fb822e..4a329b14 100755
--- a/test/shell/etcd-three-hosts-reversed.sh
+++ b/test/shell/etcd-three-hosts-reversed.sh
@@ -5,31 +5,31 @@
 # run empty graphs, we're just testing etcd clustering
 $TIMEOUT "$MGMT" run --hostname h1 --tmp-prefix empty &
 pid1=$!
-sleep 15s	# let it startup
+sleep 45s	# let it startup
 
 $TIMEOUT "$MGMT" run --hostname h2 --seeds http://127.0.0.1:2379 --client-urls http://127.0.0.1:2381 --server-urls http://127.0.0.1:2382 --tmp-prefix empty &
 pid2=$!
-sleep 15s
+sleep 45s
 
 $TIMEOUT "$MGMT" run --hostname h3 --seeds http://127.0.0.1:2379 --client-urls http://127.0.0.1:2383 --server-urls http://127.0.0.1:2384 --tmp-prefix empty &
 pid3=$!
-sleep 15s
+sleep 45s
 
-$(sleep 15s && kill -SIGINT $pid1)&	# send ^C to exit 1st mgmt (reversed!)
+$(sleep 45s && kill -SIGINT $pid1)&	# send ^C to exit 1st mgmt (reversed!)
 wait $pid1
 e=$?
 if [ $e -ne 0 ]; then
 	exit $e
 fi
 
-$(sleep 15s && kill -SIGINT $pid2)&	# send ^C to exit 2nd mgmt
+$(sleep 45s && kill -SIGINT $pid2)&	# send ^C to exit 2nd mgmt
 wait $pid2
 e=$?
 if [ $e -ne 0 ]; then
 	exit $e
 fi
 
-$(sleep 15s && kill -SIGINT $pid3)&	# send ^C to exit 3rd mgmt (reversed!)
+$(sleep 45s && kill -SIGINT $pid3)&	# send ^C to exit 3rd mgmt (reversed!)
 wait $pid3	# get exit status
 # if pid3 exits because of a timeout, then it blocked, and this is a bug!
 exit $?