diff --git a/clamav.changes b/clamav.changes
index aa822f7..c45309a 100644
--- a/clamav.changes
+++ b/clamav.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct 25 14:53:06 UTC 2019 - Reinhard Max <max@suse.com>
+
+- bsc#1151839: Increase the startup timeout of clamd to 5 minutes
+  to cater for the grown virus database as a workaround until
+  clamd has learned to talk to systemd to extend the timeout as
+  long as needed.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep  4 19:12:01 UTC 2019 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/service.clamd b/service.clamd
index 1b0a76d..70b1aa6 100644
--- a/service.clamd
+++ b/service.clamd
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Requires=freshclam.service
 [Service]
 Type=forking
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/clamd
+TimeoutStartSec=5min
 ;User=vscan
 ;Group=vscan
 ;PrivateTmp=yes