diff --git a/tests/test_attachp.py b/tests/test_attachp.py
index 0dfa5836c..bb79e0497 100644
--- a/tests/test_attachp.py
+++ b/tests/test_attachp.py
@@ -89,6 +89,6 @@ def test_attachp_command_nonexistent_procname():
 
 
 def test_attachp_command_no_pids():
-    result = run_gdb_with_script(pyafter='attachp 99999999')  # No chance there is a PID like this
+    result = run_gdb_with_script(pyafter='attachp 99999999', timeout=5)  # No chance there is a PID like this
     assert 'Error: ptrace: No such process.' in result
 
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 85f01d0b7..054a1213f 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import subprocess
 launched_locally = not (os.environ.get('PWNDBG_GITHUB_ACTIONS_TEST_RUN'))
 
 
-def run_gdb_with_script(binary='', core='', pybefore=None, pyafter=None):
+def run_gdb_with_script(binary='', core='', pybefore=None, pyafter=None, timeout=None):
     """
     Runs GDB with given commands launched before and after loading of gdbinit.py
     Returns GDB output.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def run_gdb_with_script(binary='', core='', pybefore=None, pyafter=None):
     command += ['--eval-command', 'quit']
 
     print("Launching command: %s" % command)
-    output = subprocess.check_output(command, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    output = subprocess.check_output(command, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, timeout=timeout)
 
     # Python 3 returns bytes-like object so lets have it consistent
     output = codecs.decode(output, 'utf8')