diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 4514334bb7271..c1b13d9063ede 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@
 # the blacklist will be resolved enabling this feature.
 default['datadog']['windows_blacklist_silent_fail'] = false
 
+# Attribute to specify timeout in seconds on MSI operations (install/uninstall)
+# Default should suffice, but provides a knob in case instances with limited resources timeout.
+default['datadog']['windows_msi_timeout'] = 900
+
 # Agent installer checksum
 # Expected checksum to validate correct agent installer is downloaded (Windows only)
 default['datadog']['windows_agent_checksum'] = nil
diff --git a/recipes/_install-windows.rb b/recipes/_install-windows.rb
index 734eab03d0d87..2b7320f03a2d5 100644
--- a/recipes/_install-windows.rb
+++ b/recipes/_install-windows.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 
 package 'Datadog Agent removal' do
   package_name 'Datadog Agent'
+  timeout node['datadog']['windows_msi_timeout']
   action :nothing
 end
 
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@
   source temp_file
   installer_type installer_type
   options install_options
+  timeout node['datadog']['windows_msi_timeout']
   action :install
   # Before 3.0.0, we adviced users to use the windows cookbook ~> 1.38.0,
   # we should probably keep the compatibilty for some time.