diff --git a/tdutils/td/utils/Time.h b/tdutils/td/utils/Time.h
index 5151b818e..ece822d41 100644
--- a/tdutils/td/utils/Time.h
+++ b/tdutils/td/utils/Time.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ class Timestamp {
   }
 
   friend bool operator==(Timestamp a, Timestamp b);
+  friend Timestamp &operator+=(Timestamp &a, double b);
 
  private:
   double at_{0};
@@ -122,6 +123,11 @@ inline bool operator<(const Timestamp &a, const Timestamp &b) {
   return a.at() < b.at();
 }
 
+inline Timestamp &operator+=(Timestamp &a, double b) {
+  a.at_ += b;
+  return a;
+}
+
 template <class StorerT>
 void store(const Timestamp &timestamp, StorerT &storer) {
   storer.store_binary(timestamp.at() - Time::now() + Clocks::system());
diff --git a/validator/impl/collator.cpp b/validator/impl/collator.cpp
index c36acb41f..2030b345e 100644
--- a/validator/impl/collator.cpp
+++ b/validator/impl/collator.cpp
@@ -1823,6 +1823,17 @@ bool Collator::init_utime() {
   CHECK(config_);
   // consider unixtime and lt from previous block(s) of the same shardchain
   prev_now_ = prev_state_utime_;
+  // Extend collator timeout if previous block is too old
+  td::Timestamp new_timeout = td::Timestamp::in(std::min(30.0, (td::Clocks::system() - (double)prev_now_) / 2));
+  if (timeout < new_timeout) {
+    double add = new_timeout.at() - timeout.at();
+    timeout = new_timeout;
+    queue_cleanup_timeout_ += add;
+    soft_timeout_ += add;
+    medium_timeout_ += add;
+    alarm_timestamp() = timeout;
+  }
+
   auto prev = std::max<td::uint32>(config_->utime, prev_now_);
   now_ = std::max<td::uint32>(prev + 1, (unsigned)std::time(nullptr));
   if (now_ > now_upper_limit_) {