diff --git a/src/hydra-queue-runner/queue-monitor.cc b/src/hydra-queue-runner/queue-monitor.cc
--- a/src/hydra-queue-runner/queue-monitor.cc
+++ b/src/hydra-queue-runner/queue-monitor.cc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void State::queueMonitorLoop()

         /* Sleep until we get notification from the database about an
            event. */
         if (done && !quit) {
-            conn->await_notification();
+            conn->await_notification(5*60, 0);
             nrQueueWakeups++;
         } else