diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 4bca0796f..072547d74 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -88,9 +88,25 @@ class ServerlessPlugin {
             if (f.runtime === 'provided') {
                 throw new this.serverless.classes.Error(`Bref 1.0 layers are not compatible with the "provided" runtime.\nTo upgrade to Bref 1.0, you have to switch to "provided.al2" in serverless.yml for the function "${name}".\nMore details here: https://bref.sh/docs/news/01-bref-1.0.html#amazon-linux-2`);
             }
+
+            this.defineBrefFpmTimeout(name)
         }
     }
 
+    defineBrefFpmTimeout(name) {
+        const timeout = this.serverless.service.functions[name].timeout ??
+            this.serverless.service.provider?.environment?.timeout ??
+            29 // We assume API Gateway Limit.
+
+        const environment = this.serverless.service.functions[name].environment ?? {}
+
+        // Here we subtract one second so that FPM can timeout before lambda crashes
+        // That will give the Lambda execution enough time to flush out logs.
+        environment.BREF_FPM_TIMEOUT = (timeout - 1) * 1000
+
+        this.serverless.service.functions[name].environment = environment;
+    }
+
     addCustomIamRoleForVendorArchiveDownload() {
         this.serverless.service.custom = this.serverless.service.custom ? this.serverless.service.custom : {};
         this.serverless.service.custom.bref = this.serverless.service.custom.bref ? this.serverless.service.custom.bref : {};
diff --git a/runtime/layers/fpm/bootstrap b/runtime/layers/fpm/bootstrap
index 78a1a9b22..648586d08 100755
--- a/runtime/layers/fpm/bootstrap
+++ b/runtime/layers/fpm/bootstrap
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@ if (! is_file($handlerFile)) {
     $lambdaRuntime->failInitialization("Handler `$handlerFile` doesn't exist");
 }
 
+$timeout = getenv('BREF_FPM_TIMEOUT');
+
 $phpFpm = new FpmHandler($handlerFile);
+
+$phpFpm->setTimeout((int) $timeout);
+
 try {
     $phpFpm->start();
 } catch (\Throwable $e) {
diff --git a/src/Event/Http/FpmHandler.php b/src/Event/Http/FpmHandler.php
index d31783bbd..99bfb0f9b 100644
--- a/src/Event/Http/FpmHandler.php
+++ b/src/Event/Http/FpmHandler.php
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ final class FpmHandler extends HttpHandler
     private $configFile;
     /** @var Process|null */
     private $fpm;
+    /** @var int */
+    private $timeout = 900000;
 
     public function __construct(string $handler, string $configFile = self::CONFIG)
     {
@@ -55,6 +57,11 @@ public function __construct(string $handler, string $configFile = self::CONFIG)
         $this->configFile = $configFile;
     }
 
+    public function setTimeout(int $timeout)
+    {
+        $this->timeout = $timeout;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Start the PHP-FPM process.
      */
@@ -83,7 +90,7 @@ public function start(): void
         });
 
         $this->client = new Client;
-        $this->connection = new UnixDomainSocket(self::SOCKET, 1000, 900000);
+        $this->connection = new UnixDomainSocket(self::SOCKET, 1000, $this->timeout);
 
         $this->waitUntilReady();
     }