diff --git a/js/client/modules/@arangodb/process-utils.js b/js/client/modules/@arangodb/process-utils.js
index 4626f85d00..fc8b1a15af 100755
--- a/js/client/modules/@arangodb/process-utils.js
+++ b/js/client/modules/@arangodb/process-utils.js
@@ -646,7 +646,8 @@ function executeAndWait (cmd, args, options, valgrindTest, rootDir, circumventCo
       instanceInfo.exitStatus = res;
     }
   } else {
-    res = executeExternalAndWait(cmd, args, false, timeout);
+    // V8 executeExternalAndWait thinks that timeout is in ms, so *100
+    res = executeExternalAndWait(cmd, args, false, timeout*100);
     instanceInfo.pid = res.pid;
     instanceInfo.exitStatus = res;
   }