diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 80997e8f70..e2c6a41303 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-12-16  Sebastian Dröge  <sebastian.droege@collabora.co.uk>
+
+	* tests/check/elements/interleave.c: (interleave_suite):
+	Increase timeout to 3 minutes to prevent timeouts.
+
 2008-12-16  Stefan Kost  <ensonic@users.sf.net>
 
 	* gst/avi/gstavimux.c:
diff --git a/tests/check/elements/interleave.c b/tests/check/elements/interleave.c
index 6b4760462c..e2fb55880f 100644
--- a/tests/check/elements/interleave.c
+++ b/tests/check/elements/interleave.c
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ interleave_suite (void)
   TCase *tc_chain = tcase_create ("general");
 
   suite_add_tcase (s, tc_chain);
+  tcase_set_timeout (tc_chain, 180);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_create_and_unref);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_request_pads);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_interleave_2ch);