diff --git a/bin/tests/system/mirror/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/mirror/tests.sh
index 98bd22dbce..1171ef7693 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/mirror/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/mirror/tests.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 SYSTEMTESTTOP=..
 . $SYSTEMTESTTOP/conf.sh
 
-DIGOPTS="-p ${PORT} -b 10.53.0.1 +dnssec +time=1 +tries=1 +multi"
+DIGOPTS="-p ${PORT} -b 10.53.0.1 +dnssec +time=2 +tries=1 +multi"
 RNDCCMD="$RNDC -c $SYSTEMTESTTOP/common/rndc.conf -p ${CONTROLPORT} -s"
 
 # Wait until the transfer of the given zone to ns3 either completes successfully