diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 693e017c13..a0638a01f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ Apache 2 Licensed. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/terraform-aws-modules/terraf
 | <a name="input_permissions_boundary"></a> [permissions\_boundary](#input\_permissions\_boundary) | If provided, all IAM roles will be created with this permissions boundary attached. | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_subnets"></a> [subnets](#input\_subnets) | A list of subnets to place the EKS cluster and workers within. | `list(string)` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_tags"></a> [tags](#input\_tags) | A map of tags to add to all resources. Tags added to launch configuration or templates override these values for ASG Tags only. | `map(string)` | `{}` | no |
+| <a name="input_timeouts"></a> [timeouts](#input\_timeouts) | A map of timeouts for create/update/delete operations. | `map(string)` | `{}` | no |
 | <a name="input_vpc_id"></a> [vpc\_id](#input\_vpc\_id) | VPC where the cluster and workers will be deployed. | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_wait_for_cluster_timeout"></a> [wait\_for\_cluster\_timeout](#input\_wait\_for\_cluster\_timeout) | A timeout (in seconds) to wait for cluster to be available. | `number` | `300` | no |
 | <a name="input_worker_additional_security_group_ids"></a> [worker\_additional\_security\_group\_ids](#input\_worker\_additional\_security\_group\_ids) | A list of additional security group ids to attach to worker instances | `list(string)` | `[]` | no |
diff --git a/local.tf b/local.tf
index 7f4799d418..6064876f86 100644
--- a/local.tf
+++ b/local.tf
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ locals {
     additional_ebs_volumes            = []                          # A list of additional volumes to be attached to the instances on this Auto Scaling group. Each volume should be an object with the following: block_device_name (required), volume_size, volume_type, iops, throughput, encrypted, kms_key_id (only on launch-template), delete_on_termination. Optional values are grabbed from root volume or from defaults
     additional_instance_store_volumes = []                          # A list of additional instance store (local disk) volumes to be attached to the instances on this Auto Scaling group. Each volume should be an object with the following: block_device_name (required), virtual_name.
     warm_pool                         = null                        # If this block is configured, add a Warm Pool to the specified Auto Scaling group.
+    timeouts                          = {}                          # A map of timeouts for create/update/delete operations
 
     # Settings for launch templates
     root_block_device_name               = concat(data.aws_ami.eks_worker.*.root_device_name, [""])[0]         # Root device name for Linux workers. If not provided, will assume default Linux AMI was used.
diff --git a/modules/node_groups/README.md b/modules/node_groups/README.md
index 1ac6612eab..4811e1a709 100644
--- a/modules/node_groups/README.md
+++ b/modules/node_groups/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ The role ARN specified in `var.default_iam_role_arn` will be used by default. In
 | subnets | Subnets to contain workers | list(string) | `var.workers_group_defaults[subnets]` |
 | version | Kubernetes version | string | Provider default behavior |
 | taints | Kubernetes node taints | list(map) | empty |
+| timeouts | A map of timeouts for create/update/delete operations. | `map(string)` | Provider default behavior |
 | update_default_version | Whether or not to set the new launch template version the Default | bool | `true` |
 
 <!-- BEGINNING OF PRE-COMMIT-TERRAFORM DOCS HOOK -->
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ No modules.
 | <a name="input_node_groups"></a> [node\_groups](#input\_node\_groups) | Map of maps of `eks_node_groups` to create. See "`node_groups` and `node_groups_defaults` keys" section in README.md for more details | `any` | `{}` | no |
 | <a name="input_node_groups_defaults"></a> [node\_groups\_defaults](#input\_node\_groups\_defaults) | map of maps of node groups to create. See "`node_groups` and `node_groups_defaults` keys" section in README.md for more details | `any` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_tags"></a> [tags](#input\_tags) | A map of tags to add to all resources | `map(string)` | n/a | yes |
+| <a name="input_timeouts"></a> [timeouts](#input\_timeouts) | A map of timeouts for create/update/delete operations. | `map(string)` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_worker_additional_security_group_ids"></a> [worker\_additional\_security\_group\_ids](#input\_worker\_additional\_security\_group\_ids) | A list of additional security group ids to attach to worker instances | `list(string)` | `[]` | no |
 | <a name="input_worker_security_group_id"></a> [worker\_security\_group\_id](#input\_worker\_security\_group\_id) | If provided, all workers will be attached to this security group. If not given, a security group will be created with necessary ingress/egress to work with the EKS cluster. | `string` | `""` | no |
 | <a name="input_workers_group_defaults"></a> [workers\_group\_defaults](#input\_workers\_group\_defaults) | Workers group defaults from parent | `any` | n/a | yes |
diff --git a/modules/node_groups/locals.tf b/modules/node_groups/locals.tf
index da8d20e582..6d40e03808 100644
--- a/modules/node_groups/locals.tf
+++ b/modules/node_groups/locals.tf
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ locals {
       pre_userdata                  = var.workers_group_defaults["pre_userdata"]
       additional_security_group_ids = var.workers_group_defaults["additional_security_group_ids"]
       taints                        = []
+      timeouts                      = var.workers_group_defaults["timeouts"]
       update_default_version        = true
       ebs_optimized                 = null
     },
diff --git a/modules/node_groups/node_groups.tf b/modules/node_groups/node_groups.tf
index 4e3bf596ad..865f3ae634 100644
--- a/modules/node_groups/node_groups.tf
+++ b/modules/node_groups/node_groups.tf
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ resource "aws_eks_node_group" "workers" {
     }
   }
 
+  timeouts {
+    create = lookup(each.value["timeouts"], "create", null)
+    update = lookup(each.value["timeouts"], "update", null)
+    delete = lookup(each.value["timeouts"], "delete", null)
+  }
+
   version = lookup(each.value, "version", null)
 
   labels = merge(
diff --git a/modules/node_groups/variables.tf b/modules/node_groups/variables.tf
index 52209e5ef0..d881968b06 100644
--- a/modules/node_groups/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/node_groups/variables.tf
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ variable "tags" {
   type        = map(string)
 }
 
+variable "timeouts" {
+  description = "A map of timeouts for create/update/delete operations."
+  type        = map(string)
+}
+
 variable "node_groups_defaults" {
   description = "map of maps of node groups to create. See \"`node_groups` and `node_groups_defaults` keys\" section in README.md for more details"
   type        = any
diff --git a/node_groups.tf b/node_groups.tf
index ec483b8f02..2a3580828a 100644
--- a/node_groups.tf
+++ b/node_groups.tf
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module "node_groups" {
   worker_security_group_id             = local.worker_security_group_id
   worker_additional_security_group_ids = var.worker_additional_security_group_ids
   tags                                 = var.tags
+  timeouts                             = var.timeouts
   node_groups_defaults                 = var.node_groups_defaults
   node_groups                          = var.node_groups
   ebs_optimized_not_supported          = local.ebs_optimized_not_supported
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 064243605f..b2019fafc4 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ variable "cluster_tags" {
   default     = {}
 }
 
+variable "timeouts" {
+  description = "A map of timeouts for create/update/delete operations."
+  type        = map(string)
+  default     = {}
+}
+
 variable "vpc_id" {
   description = "VPC where the cluster and workers will be deployed."
   type        = string
@@ -404,4 +410,5 @@ variable "openid_connect_audiences" {
   description = "List of OpenID Connect audience client IDs to add to the IRSA provider."
   type        = list(string)
   default     = []
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+