diff --git a/test/function/arithmetic/multiply.test.js b/test/function/arithmetic/multiply.test.js
index 3be677d27..f186adc03 100644
--- a/test/function/arithmetic/multiply.test.js
+++ b/test/function/arithmetic/multiply.test.js
@@ -1061,6 +1061,8 @@ describe('multiply', function() {
     });
 
     it('should multiply matrix x matrix 1220 x 1220, Matrix Market, crs x dense matrix', function (done) {
+      // increment test timeout, TODO: improve algorithm performance!
+      this.timeout(4000);
       // import matrix
       market.import('tools/matrices/fpga_dcop_01.tar.gz', ['fpga_dcop_01/fpga_dcop_01.mtx'])
         .then(function (matrices) {