diff --git a/packager/react-packager/src/SocketInterface/index.js b/packager/react-packager/src/SocketInterface/index.js
index f3dce21a0..eab83fa4f 100644
--- a/packager/react-packager/src/SocketInterface/index.js
+++ b/packager/react-packager/src/SocketInterface/index.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const tmpdir = require('os').tmpdir();
 const {spawn} = require('child_process');
 
-const CREATE_SERVER_TIMEOUT = 60000;
+const CREATE_SERVER_TIMEOUT = 5 * 60 * 1000;
 
 const SocketInterface = {
   getOrCreateSocketFor(options) {