Index: dejagnu/baseboards/qemu.exp
===================================================================
--- dejagnu.orig/baseboards/qemu.exp
+++ dejagnu/baseboards/qemu.exp
@@ -200,11 +200,15 @@ proc qemu_load { dest prog args } {
     global qemu
     global timeout
     global test_timeout
+    global test_timeout_factor
 
     set wait_timeout $timeout
     if {[info exists test_timeout]} {
 	set wait_timeout $test_timeout
     }
+    if {[info exists test_timeout_factor]} {
+	set wait_timeout [expr $wait_timeout * $test_timeout_factor]
+    }
 
     verbose -log "Executing on $dest: $prog (timeout = $wait_timeout)" 2
 
Index: dejagnu/config/gdb-comm.exp
===================================================================
--- dejagnu.orig/config/gdb-comm.exp
+++ dejagnu/config/gdb-comm.exp
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ proc gdb_comm_load { dest prog args } {
     global GDBFLAGS
     global gdb_prompt
     global test_timeout
+    global test_timeout_factor
     set argnames { "command-line arguments" "input file" "output file" }
 
     for { set x 0 } { $x < [llength $args] } { incr x } {
@@ -274,6 +275,9 @@ proc gdb_comm_load { dest prog args } {
     } else {
 	set testcase_timeout 300
     }
+    if {[info exists test_timeout_factor]} {
+	set testcase_timeout [expr $testcase_timeout * $test_timeout_factor]
+    }
 
     verbose -log "Executing on $dest: $prog (timeout = $testcase_timeout)" 2
 
Index: dejagnu/config/gdb_stub.exp
===================================================================
--- dejagnu.orig/config/gdb_stub.exp
+++ dejagnu/config/gdb_stub.exp
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ proc gdb_stub_wait { dest timeout } {
 }
 
 proc gdb_stub_load { dest prog args } {
+    global test_timeout_factor
     global test_timeout
     global gdb_prompt
     set argnames { "command-line arguments" "input file" "output file" }
@@ -485,6 +486,9 @@ proc gdb_stub_load { dest prog args } {
     if {[info exists test_timeout]} {
 	set wait_timeout $test_timeout
     }
+    if {[info exists test_timeout_factor]} {
+	set wait_timeout [expr $wait_timeout * $test_timeout_factor]
+    }
 
     verbose -log "Executing on $dest: $prog (timeout = $wait_timeout)" 2
 
Index: dejagnu/config/sim.exp
===================================================================
--- dejagnu.orig/config/sim.exp
+++ dejagnu/config/sim.exp
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ proc sim_wait { dest timeout } {
 }
 
 proc sim_load { dest prog args } {
+    global test_timeout_factor
     global test_timeout
 
     set inpfile ""
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ proc sim_load { dest prog args } {
     } else {
 	set sim_time_limit 240
     }
+    if {[info exists test_timeout_factor]} {
+	set sim_time_limit [expr $sim_time_limit * $test_timeout_factor]
+    }
 
     set output ""
 
Index: dejagnu/config/unix.exp
===================================================================
--- dejagnu.orig/config/unix.exp
+++ dejagnu/config/unix.exp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ load_lib remote.exp
 
 
 proc unix_load { dest prog args } {
+    global test_timeout_factor
     global ld_library_path
     global test_timeout
     set output ""
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ proc unix_load { dest prog args } {
     if {[info exists test_timeout]} {
 	set wait_timeout $test_timeout
     }
+    if {[info exists test_timeout_factor]} {
+	set wait_timeout [expr $wait_timeout * $test_timeout_factor]
+    }
 
     if { [llength $args] > 0 } {
 	set parg [lindex $args 0]
Index: dejagnu/doc/dejagnu.texi
===================================================================
--- dejagnu.orig/doc/dejagnu.texi
+++ dejagnu/doc/dejagnu.texi
@@ -1363,11 +1363,19 @@ by DejaGnu itself for cross testing, but
 to manipulate these itself.
 
 @vindex test_timeout
+@vindex test_timeout_factor
 The local @file{site.exp} may also set Tcl variables such as
 @code{test_timeout} which can control the amount of time (in seconds)
 to wait for a remote test to complete.  If not specified,
 @code{test_timeout} defaults to 120 or 300 seconds, depending on the
-communication protocol.
+communication protocol.  Additionally if @code{test_timeout_factor}
+Tcl variable has been set, then the amount of time to wait will be
+further multiplied by the value of this variable.  This multiplier
+will typically be set on a test case by test case basis though rather
+than in a configuration file, so that particularly slow test cases
+can be given a chance to complete while preventing excessive wait
+time from affecting the duration of a testsuite run if other test
+cases do fail to complete.
 
 @node Board configuration file, Remote host testing, Local configuration file, Customizing DejaGnu
 @section Board configuration file
