diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index ed8a7ffb9..5020bc504 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config, logger log.Logger) (*Ethere
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	config.BodyDownloadTimeoutSeconds = 30
+	config.BodyDownloadTimeoutSeconds = 60
 
 	var txPoolRPC txpool_proto.TxpoolServer
 	var miningRPC txpool_proto.MiningServer
diff --git a/eth/ethconfig/config.go b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
index 0ba1b7b49..825e19335 100644
--- a/eth/ethconfig/config.go
+++ b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ var Defaults = Config{
 	GPO:         FullNodeGPO,
 	RPCTxFeeCap: 1, // 1 ether
 
-	BodyDownloadTimeoutSeconds: 30,
+	BodyDownloadTimeoutSeconds: 60,
 }
 
 func init() {