diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -154,3 +154,7 @@ end
 
 require 'capybara/poltergeist'
 Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist
+Capybara.configure do |config|
+  # bump from the default of 2 seconds because travis can be slow
+  config.default_max_wait_time = 5
+end
Work around travis integration test timeouts