diff --git a/docs/cmd/tkn_pipeline_start.md b/docs/cmd/tkn_pipeline_start.md
index 8f80dfb67..02dd33549 100644
--- a/docs/cmd/tkn_pipeline_start.md
+++ b/docs/cmd/tkn_pipeline_start.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ two parameters (foo and bar)
   -s, --serviceaccount string         pass the serviceaccount name
       --showlog                       show logs right after starting the pipeline
       --task-serviceaccount strings   pass the service account corresponding to the task
+      --timeout string                timeout for pipelinerun (default "1h")
       --use-pipelinerun string        use this pipelinerun values to re-run the pipeline. 
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/man/man1/tkn-pipeline-start.1 b/docs/man/man1/tkn-pipeline-start.1
index 8c56342d2..0e6a6f98c 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/tkn-pipeline-start.1
+++ b/docs/man/man1/tkn-pipeline-start.1
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ Parameters, at least those that have no default value
 \fB\-\-task\-serviceaccount\fP=[]
     pass the service account corresponding to the task
 
+.PP
+\fB\-\-timeout\fP="1h"
+    timeout for pipelinerun
+
 .PP
 \fB\-\-use\-pipelinerun\fP=""
     use this pipelinerun values to re\-run the pipeline.
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pipeline/start.go b/pkg/cmd/pipeline/start.go
index 1cd6ed936..5bd4b20b1 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pipeline/start.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pipeline/start.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2"
 	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2/terminal"
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ type startOptions struct {
 	DryRun             bool
 	Output             string
 	PrefixName         string
+	TimeOut            string
 }
 
 type resourceOptionsFilter struct {
@@ -161,6 +163,7 @@ like cat,foo,bar
 	c.Flags().BoolVarP(&opt.DryRun, "dry-run", "", false, "preview pipelinerun without running it")
 	c.Flags().StringVarP(&opt.Output, "output", "", "", "format of pipelinerun dry-run (yaml or json)")
 	c.Flags().StringVarP(&opt.PrefixName, "prefix-name", "", "", "specify a prefix for the pipelinerun name (must be lowercase alphanumeric characters)")
+	c.Flags().StringVarP(&opt.TimeOut, "timeout", "", "1h", "timeout for pipelinerun")
 
 	_ = c.MarkZshCompPositionalArgumentCustom(1, "__tkn_get_pipeline")
 
@@ -413,6 +416,12 @@ func (opt *startOptions) startPipeline(pName string) error {
 		},
 	}
 
+	timeoutDuration, err := time.ParseDuration(opt.TimeOut)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	pr.Spec.Timeout = &metav1.Duration{Duration: timeoutDuration}
+
 	cs, err := opt.cliparams.Clients()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -485,7 +494,7 @@ func (opt *startOptions) startPipeline(pName string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	fmt.Fprintf(opt.stream.Out, "Showing logs...\n")
+	fmt.Fprintf(opt.stream.Out, "Waiting for logs to be available...\n")
 	runLogOpts := &options.LogOptions{
 		PipelineName:    pName,
 		PipelineRunName: prCreated.Name,
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pipeline/testdata/TestPipelineStart_ExecuteCommand-Dry_Run_with_only_--dry-run_specified.golden b/pkg/cmd/pipeline/testdata/TestPipelineStart_ExecuteCommand-Dry_Run_with_only_--dry-run_specified.golden
index 61834caa2..5f8046f5f 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pipeline/testdata/TestPipelineStart_ExecuteCommand-Dry_Run_with_only_--dry-run_specified.golden
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pipeline/testdata/TestPipelineStart_ExecuteCommand-Dry_Run_with_only_--dry-run_specified.golden
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ spec:
     resourceRef:
       name: scaffold-git
   serviceAccountName: svc1
+  timeout: 1h0m0s
 status: {}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pipeline/testdata/TestPipelineStart_ExecuteCommand-Dry_Run_with_output=json.golden b/pkg/cmd/pipeline/testdata/TestPipelineStart_ExecuteCommand-Dry_Run_with_output=json.golden
index 6633945c2..0e9f7d2c1 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pipeline/testdata/TestPipelineStart_ExecuteCommand-Dry_Run_with_output=json.golden
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pipeline/testdata/TestPipelineStart_ExecuteCommand-Dry_Run_with_output=json.golden
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 				"value": "value1"
 			}
 		],
-		"serviceAccountName": "svc1"
+		"serviceAccountName": "svc1",
+		"timeout": "1h0m0s"
 	},
 	"status": {}
 }