diff --git a/autoware_launch/config/localization/ndt_scan_matcher.param.yaml b/autoware_launch/config/localization/ndt_scan_matcher.param.yaml
index 4c29059581..3a99927b41 100644
--- a/autoware_launch/config/localization/ndt_scan_matcher.param.yaml
+++ b/autoware_launch/config/localization/ndt_scan_matcher.param.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
     # The number of particles to estimate initial pose
     initial_estimate_particles_num: 100
 
+    # Tolerance of timestamp difference between current time and sensor pointcloud. [sec]
+    lidar_topic_timeout_sec: 1.0
+
     # Tolerance of timestamp difference between initial_pose and sensor pointcloud. [sec]
     initial_pose_timeout_sec: 1.0