diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
index f75e5fbff0f9cd..0b0947308be3d0 100644
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ tasks:
       -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86 -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="mlir" \
       -DLLVM_PARALLEL_LINK_JOBS=1 -DLLVM_PARALLEL_COMPILE_JOBS=$(nproc) -DLLVM_USE_LINKER=gold
       ln -s /workspace/llvm-project/build/compile_commands.json .
-      cmake --build /workspace/llvm-project/build/
+      timeout 45m cmake --build /workspace/llvm-project/build/ || true
 
 image:
   file: .gitpod.Dockerfile