diff --git a/dom/indexedDB/test/test_writer_starvation.html b/dom/indexedDB/test/test_writer_starvation.html
index dafc9240a2c6..c4e6ceebcc27 100644
--- a/dom/indexedDB/test/test_writer_starvation.html
+++ b/dom/indexedDB/test/test_writer_starvation.html
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
       finishTest();
       yield;
     }
+    SimpleTest.requestLongerTimeout(5); // see bug 580875
   </script>
   <script type="text/javascript;version=1.7" src="helpers.js"></script>