diff --git a/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.json b/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.json
--- a/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.json
+++ b/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.json
@@ -1,71 +1,94 @@
 {
     "build-asan": {
-        "script": "builds/build-asan.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-asan.sh",
+        "timeout": 1800
     },
     "build-autotools": {
-        "script": "builds/build-autotools.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-autotools.sh",
+        "timeout": 1200
     },
     "build-bench": {
-        "script": "builds/build-bench.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-bench.sh",
+        "timeout": 1200
     },
     "build-clang-10": {
-        "script": "builds/build-clang-10.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-clang-10.sh",
+        "timeout": 1200
     },
     "build-clang-tidy": {
-        "script": "builds/build-clang-tidy.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-clang-tidy.sh",
+        "timeout": 600
     },
     "build-coverage": {
-        "script": "builds/build-coverage.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-coverage.sh",
+        "timeout": 3600
     },
     "build-diff": {
-        "script": "builds/build-diff.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-diff.sh",
+        "timeout": 1200
     },
     "build-ibd": {
-        "script": "builds/build-ibd.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-ibd.sh",
+        "timeout": 14400
     },
     "build-ibd-no-assumevalid-checkpoint": {
-        "script": "builds/build-ibd-no-assumevalid-checkpoint.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-ibd-no-assumevalid-checkpoint.sh",
+        "timeout": 21600
     },
     "build-linux64": {
-        "script": "builds/build-linux64.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-linux64.sh",
+        "timeout": 1200
     },
     "build-linux-aarch64": {
-        "script": "builds/build-linux-aarch64.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-linux-aarch64.sh",
+        "timeout": 1800
     },
     "build-linux-arm": {
-        "script": "builds/build-linux-arm.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-linux-arm.sh",
+        "timeout": 1800
     },
     "build-make-generator": {
-        "script": "builds/build-make-generator.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-make-generator.sh",
+        "timeout": 1200
     },
     "build-master": {
-        "script": "builds/build-master.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-master.sh",
+        "timeout": 4800
     },
     "build-osx": {
-        "script": "builds/build-osx.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-osx.sh",
+        "timeout": 600
     },
     "build-secp256k1": {
-        "script": "builds/build-secp256k1.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-secp256k1.sh",
+        "timeout": 900
     },
     "build-tsan": {
-        "script": "builds/build-tsan.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-tsan.sh",
+        "timeout": 1800
     },
     "build-ubsan": {
-        "script": "builds/build-ubsan.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-ubsan.sh",
+        "timeout": 1800
     },
     "build-win64": {
-        "script": "builds/build-win64.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-win64.sh",
+        "timeout": 1200
     },
     "build-without-cli": {
-        "script": "builds/build-without-cli.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-without-cli.sh",
+        "timeout": 1200
     },
     "build-without-wallet": {
-        "script": "builds/build-without-wallet.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-without-wallet.sh",
+        "timeout": 1200
     },
     "build-without-zmq": {
-        "script": "builds/build-without-zmq.sh"
+        "script": "builds/build-without-zmq.sh",
+        "timeout": 1800
     },
     "check-seeds": {
-        "script": "builds/check-seeds.sh"
+        "script": "builds/check-seeds.sh",
+        "timeout": 600
     }
 }
diff --git a/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.py b/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.py
--- a/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.py
+++ b/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.py
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@
 import json
 import os
 from pathlib import Path, PurePath
+import signal
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
+# Default timeout value in seconds. Should be overridden by the
+# configuration file.
+DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 1 * 60 * 60
+
 if sys.version_info < (3, 6):
     raise SystemError("This script requires python >= 3.6")
 
@@ -107,9 +112,23 @@
             check=True,
             cwd=build_directory,
             env={**os.environ, **environment_variables},
+            timeout=build.get("timeout", DEFAULT_TIMEOUT),
+        )
+    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as e:
+        print(
+            "Build {} timed out after {:.1f}s".format(
+                args.build, round(e.timeout, 1)
+            )
         )
+        # Make sure to kill all the child processes, as subprocess only kills
+        # the one we started. It will also kill this python script !
+        # The return code is 128 + 9 (SIGKILL) = 137.
+        os.killpg(os.getpgid(os.getpid()), signal.SIGKILL)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-        print("Build failed with exit code {}".format(e.returncode))
+        print(
+            "Build {} failed with exit code {}".format(
+                args.build,
+                e.returncode))
         sys.exit(e.returncode)