diff --git a/docs/source/cli/graph-construction/distributed/gspartition/ec2-clusters.rst b/docs/source/cli/graph-construction/distributed/gspartition/ec2-clusters.rst
index 8d10753978..a338e51ab5 100644
--- a/docs/source/cli/graph-construction/distributed/gspartition/ec2-clusters.rst
+++ b/docs/source/cli/graph-construction/distributed/gspartition/ec2-clusters.rst
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ The arguments that ``graphstorm.gpartition.dist_partition_graph`` accepts are th
 * ``--ip-config str``: A file storing a list of IPs, one line for each instance of the partition cluster.
 * ``--partition-assignment-only``: Only generate partition assignments for nodes, the process will not build the partitioned DGL graph.
 * ``--logging-level str``: The logging level. The possible values: debug, info, warning, error. The default value is info. (default: info)
+* ``--process-group-timeout``: Timeout[seconds] for operations executed against the process group. The default value is 1800.
 * ``--use-graphbolt "true"/"false"``: ``New in v0.4``. Whether to convert the partitioned data to the GraphBolt format after creating the DistDGL graph.
   Requires installed DGL version to be at least ``2.1.0``. See :ref:`using-graphbolt-ref` for an example.
   (default: ``"false"``)
diff --git a/python/graphstorm/gpartition/dist_partition_graph.py b/python/graphstorm/gpartition/dist_partition_graph.py
index fffddbe738..11c5ff7440 100644
--- a/python/graphstorm/gpartition/dist_partition_graph.py
+++ b/python/graphstorm/gpartition/dist_partition_graph.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ def run_build_dglgraph(
         output_path,
         metadata_filename,
         dgl_tool_path,
-        ssh_port):
+        ssh_port,
+        process_group_timeout):
     """ Build DistDGL Graph
 
     Parameters
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ def run_build_dglgraph(
         The filename for the graph partitioning metadata file we'll use to determine data sources.
     ssh_port: int
         SSH port
+    process_group_timeout: int
+        Timeout[seconds] for operations executed against the process group.
     """
     # Get the python interpreter used right now.
     # If we can not get it we go with the default `python3`
@@ -84,6 +87,7 @@ def run_build_dglgraph(
         "--ssh-port", f"{ssh_port}",
         "--python-path", f"{python_bin}",
         "--log-level", logging.getLevelName(logging.root.getEffectiveLevel()),
+        "--process-group-timeout", str(process_group_timeout),
         "--save-orig-nids",
         "--save-orig-eids"]
 
@@ -153,7 +157,8 @@ def main():
             os.path.join(output_path, "dist_graph"),
             args.metadata_filename,
             args.dgl_tool_path,
-            args.ssh_port)
+            args.ssh_port,
+            args.process_group_timeout)
 
         logging.info("DGL graph building took %f sec", dgl_graph_start - time.time())
 
@@ -236,6 +241,9 @@ def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
                            default="false",
                            help=("Whether to convert the partitioned data to the GraphBolt format "
                                "after creating the DistDGL graph."))
+    argparser.add_argument("--process-group-timeout", type=int, default=1800,
+                           help="Timeout[seconds] for operations executed "
+                                "against the process group.")
 
     return argparser.parse_args()
 
diff --git a/tests/end2end-tests/graphbolt-gs-integration/graphbolt-graph-construction.sh b/tests/end2end-tests/graphbolt-gs-integration/graphbolt-graph-construction.sh
index 4e32aed053..c73f197b82 100644
--- a/tests/end2end-tests/graphbolt-gs-integration/graphbolt-graph-construction.sh
+++ b/tests/end2end-tests/graphbolt-gs-integration/graphbolt-graph-construction.sh
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ python3 -m graphstorm.gpartition.dist_partition_graph \
     --num-parts 2 \
     --output-path "$DIST_GRAPHBOLT_PATH" \
     --ssh-port 2222 \
-    --use-graphbolt "true"
+    --use-graphbolt "true" \
+    --process-group-timeout 3600
 
 # Ensure GraphBolt files were created by GSPartition
 for i in $(seq 0 1); do