diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
index 925a84ee7a..d13c26dfab 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ func CreateControllerContext(s *config.CompletedConfig, rootClientBuilder, clien
 
 	// If apiserver is not running we should wait for some time and fail only then. This is particularly
 	// important when we start apiserver and controller manager at the same time.
-	if err := genericcontrollermanager.WaitForAPIServer(versionedClient, 10*time.Second); err != nil {
+	if err := genericcontrollermanager.WaitForAPIServer(versionedClient, 120*time.Second); err != nil {
 		return ControllerContext{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to wait for apiserver being healthy: %v", err)
 	}