diff --git a/src/cli/onefuzz/templates/libfuzzer.py b/src/cli/onefuzz/templates/libfuzzer.py
index abc8a4a794..24ead19dfe 100644
--- a/src/cli/onefuzz/templates/libfuzzer.py
+++ b/src/cli/onefuzz/templates/libfuzzer.py
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ def qemu_user(
                     handle.write(
                         "#!/bin/bash\n"
                         "set -ex\n"
-                        "sudo apt-get install -y qemu-user g++-aarch64-linux-gnu libasan5-arm64-cross\n"
+                        "sudo apt-get -o DPkg::Lock::Timeout=600 install -y qemu-user g++-aarch64-linux-gnu libasan5-arm64-cross\n"
                         'cd $(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")\n'
                         "mkdir -p sysroot\n"
                         "tar -C sysroot -zxvf %s\n" % sysroot_filename