diff --git a/cmd/helm/install.go b/cmd/helm/install.go
index d987d300f..38c87dba6 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/install.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/install.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func addInstallFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, f *pflag.FlagSet, client *action.Instal
 	f.BoolVar(&client.Force, "force", false, "force resource updates through a replacement strategy")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.DisableHooks, "no-hooks", false, "prevent hooks from running during install")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.Replace, "replace", false, "re-use the given name, only if that name is a deleted release which remains in the history. This is unsafe in production")
-	f.DurationVar(&client.Timeout, "timeout", 300*time.Second, "time to wait for any individual Kubernetes operation (like Jobs for hooks)")
+	f.DurationVar(&client.Timeout, "timeout", 300*time.Second, "time to wait for any individual Kubernetes operation (like Jobs and CRDs for hooks)")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.Wait, "wait", false, "if set, will wait until all Pods, PVCs, Services, and minimum number of Pods of a Deployment, StatefulSet, or ReplicaSet are in a ready state before marking the release as successful. It will wait for as long as --timeout")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.WaitForJobs, "wait-for-jobs", false, "if set and --wait enabled, will wait until all Jobs have been completed before marking the release as successful. It will wait for as long as --timeout")
 	f.BoolVarP(&client.GenerateName, "generate-name", "g", false, "generate the name (and omit the NAME parameter)")
diff --git a/pkg/action/install.go b/pkg/action/install.go
index e3538a4f5..f0dac0be6 100644
--- a/pkg/action/install.go
+++ b/pkg/action/install.go
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ const notesFileSuffix = "NOTES.txt"
 
 const defaultDirectoryPermission = 0755
 
+// Default timeout for CRD
+const defaultTimeout = 60 * time.Second
+
 // Install performs an installation operation.
 type Install struct {
 	cfg *Configuration
@@ -173,8 +176,15 @@ func (i *Install) installCRDs(crds []chart.CRD) error {
 		totalItems = append(totalItems, res...)
 	}
 	if len(totalItems) > 0 {
+		// If the timeout provided is greater than the default timeout
+		// use the provided timeout as the maximum timeout.
+		crdMaxTimeout := defaultTimeout
+		if i.Timeout > defaultTimeout {
+			crdMaxTimeout = i.Timeout
+		}
+
 		// Give time for the CRD to be recognized.
-		if err := i.cfg.KubeClient.Wait(totalItems, 60*time.Second); err != nil {
+		if err := i.cfg.KubeClient.Wait(totalItems, crdMaxTimeout); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}