diff --git a/lib/MDB2/Driver/sqlite3.php b/lib/MDB2/Driver/sqlite3.php
index aef0eab9bf..693ceffa01 100644
--- a/lib/MDB2/Driver/sqlite3.php
+++ b/lib/MDB2/Driver/sqlite3.php
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class MDB2_Driver_sqlite3 extends MDB2_Driver_Common
         $php_errormsg = '';
 		$this->connection = new SQLite3($database_file);
 		if(is_callable(array($this->connection, 'busyTimeout'))) {//busy timout is only available in php>=5.3
-			$this->connection->busyTimeout(100);
+			$this->connection->busyTimeout(60000);
 		}
         $this->_lasterror = $this->connection->lastErrorMsg();
         if (!$this->connection) {