1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/NPTest.pm b/NPTest.pm
index 54a535e7..a2cad192 100644
--- a/NPTest.pm
+++ b/NPTest.pm
@@ -615,7 +615,10 @@ sub testCmd {
         my $class = shift;
         my $command = shift or die "No command passed to testCmd";
         my $object = $class->new;
-        
+
+        local $SIG{'ALRM'} = sub { die("timeout in command: $command"); };
+        alarm(120); # no test should take longer than 120 seconds
+
         my $output = `$command`;
         $object->return_code($? >> 8);
         $_ = $? & 127;
@@ -625,6 +628,8 @@ sub testCmd {
         chomp $output;
         $object->output($output);
 
+        alarm(0);
+
         my ($pkg, $file, $line) = caller(0);
         print "Testing: $command", $/;
         if ($ENV{'NPTEST_DEBUG'}) {