diff --git a/cmd/tk/install.go b/cmd/tk/install.go
index f7244987..ee3df1b1 100644
--- a/cmd/tk/install.go
+++ b/cmd/tk/install.go
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 var installCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ func installCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	timeout := time.Minute * 5
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
@@ -77,8 +76,8 @@ func installCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	fmt.Println(`✚`, "verifying installation...")
 	for _, deployment := range []string{"source-controller", "kustomize-controller"} {
-		command = fmt.Sprintf("kubectl -n %s rollout status deployment %s --timeout=2m",
-			namespace, deployment)
+		command = fmt.Sprintf("kubectl -n %s rollout status deployment %s --timeout=%s",
+			namespace, deployment, timeout.String())
 		c = exec.CommandContext(ctx, "/bin/sh", "-c", command)
 		c.Stdout = io.MultiWriter(os.Stdout, &stdoutBuf)
 		c.Stderr = io.MultiWriter(os.Stderr, &stderrBuf)
diff --git a/cmd/tk/main.go b/cmd/tk/main.go
index af1e8423..c0ceb44c 100644
--- a/cmd/tk/main.go
+++ b/cmd/tk/main.go
@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 )
 
 var VERSION = "0.0.1"
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 var (
 	kubeconfig string
 	namespace  string
+	timeout    time.Duration
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -37,6 +40,8 @@ func init() {
 	}
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&namespace, "namespace", "", "gitops-system",
 		"the namespace scope for this operation")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().DurationVarP(&timeout, "timeout", "", 5*time.Minute,
+		"timeout for this operation")
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/cmd/tk/uninstall.go b/cmd/tk/uninstall.go
index 9062bb2b..1459d011 100644
--- a/cmd/tk/uninstall.go
+++ b/cmd/tk/uninstall.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/manifoldco/promptui"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func uninstallCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	timeout := time.Minute * 5
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
@@ -61,8 +59,8 @@ func uninstallCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		kinds += ",crds"
 	}
 
-	command := fmt.Sprintf("kubectl delete %s -l app.kubernetes.io/instance=%s %s",
-		kinds, namespace, dryRun)
+	command := fmt.Sprintf("kubectl delete %s -l app.kubernetes.io/instance=%s --timeout=%s %s",
+		kinds, namespace, timeout.String(), dryRun)
 	c := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "/bin/sh", "-c", command)
 
 	var stdoutBuf, stderrBuf bytes.Buffer