diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/ext/rope/pthread7-rope.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/ext/rope/pthread7-rope.cc
index 9a870d1fc2e..b0b92adcfa9 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/ext/rope/pthread7-rope.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/ext/rope/pthread7-rope.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 // { dg-do run }
 // { dg-options "-pthread"  }
 // { dg-require-effective-target pthread }
+// { dg-timeout-factor 2 }
 
 #include <ext/rope>
 #include <cstring>
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ typedef __gnu_cxx::rope<char, std::allocator<char> > rope_type;
 rope_type foo2;
 rope_type foo4;
 
-void* thread_main(void *) 
+void* thread_main(void *)
 {
   // To see a problem with gcc 3.3 and before, set a break point here.
   // Single step through c_str implementation, call sched_yield after