diff --git a/prow.sh b/prow.sh
index 6d68fd9f..1ae3ec97 100755
--- a/prow.sh
+++ b/prow.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_GINKGO_VERSION v1.7.0 "Ginkgo"
 
 # Ginkgo runs the E2E test in parallel. The default is based on the number
 # of CPUs, but typically this can be set to something higher in the job.
-configvar CSI_PROW_GINKO_PARALLEL "-p" "Ginko parallelism parameter(s)"
+configvar CSI_PROW_GINKGO_PARALLEL "-p" "Ginkgo parallelism parameter(s)"
+
+# Timeout value for the overall ginkgo test suite.
+configvar CSI_PROW_GINKGO_TIMEOUT "1h" "Ginkgo timeout"
 
 # Enables building the code in the repository. On by default, can be
 # disabled in jobs which only use pre-built components.
@@ -1018,10 +1021,10 @@ run_e2e () (
 
     if [ "${name}" == "local" ]; then
         cd "${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" &&
-        run_with_loggers env KUBECONFIG="$KUBECONFIG" KUBE_TEST_REPO_LIST="$(if [ -e "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list" ]; then echo "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list"; fi)" ginkgo -v "$@" "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-local.test" -- -report-dir "${ARTIFACTS}" -report-prefix local
+        run_with_loggers env KUBECONFIG="$KUBECONFIG" KUBE_TEST_REPO_LIST="$(if [ -e "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list" ]; then echo "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list"; fi)" ginkgo --timeout="${CSI_PROW_GINKGO_TIMEOUT}" -v "$@" "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-local.test" -- -report-dir "${ARTIFACTS}" -report-prefix local
     else
         cd "${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" &&
-        run_with_loggers env KUBECONFIG="$KUBECONFIG" KUBE_TEST_REPO_LIST="$(if [ -e "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list" ]; then echo "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list"; fi)" ginkgo -v "$@" "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e.test" -- -report-dir "${ARTIFACTS}" -storage.testdriver="${CSI_PROW_WORK}/test-driver.yaml"
+        run_with_loggers env KUBECONFIG="$KUBECONFIG" KUBE_TEST_REPO_LIST="$(if [ -e "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list" ]; then echo "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list"; fi)" ginkgo --timeout="${CSI_PROW_GINKGO_TIMEOUT}" -v "$@" "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e.test" -- -report-dir "${ARTIFACTS}" -storage.testdriver="${CSI_PROW_WORK}/test-driver.yaml"
     fi
 )
 
@@ -1310,7 +1313,7 @@ main () {
                 if tests_enabled "parallel"; then
                     # Ignore: Double quote to prevent globbing and word splitting.
                     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-                    if ! run_e2e parallel ${CSI_PROW_GINKO_PARALLEL} \
+                    if ! run_e2e parallel ${CSI_PROW_GINKGO_PARALLEL} \
                          -focus="$focus" \
                          -skip="$(regex_join "${CSI_PROW_E2E_SERIAL}" "${CSI_PROW_E2E_ALPHA}" "${CSI_PROW_E2E_SKIP}")"; then
                         warn "E2E parallel failed"
@@ -1320,7 +1323,7 @@ main () {
                     # Run tests that are feature tagged, but non-alpha
                     # Ignore: Double quote to prevent globbing and word splitting.
                     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-                    if ! run_e2e parallel-features ${CSI_PROW_GINKO_PARALLEL} \
+                    if ! run_e2e parallel-features ${CSI_PROW_GINKGO_PARALLEL} \
                          -focus="$focus.*($(regex_join "${CSI_PROW_E2E_FOCUS}"))" \
                          -skip="$(regex_join "${CSI_PROW_E2E_SERIAL}")"; then
                         warn "E2E parallel features failed"
@@ -1368,7 +1371,7 @@ main () {
                 if tests_enabled "parallel-alpha"; then
                     # Ignore: Double quote to prevent globbing and word splitting.
                     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-                    if ! run_e2e parallel-alpha ${CSI_PROW_GINKO_PARALLEL} \
+                    if ! run_e2e parallel-alpha ${CSI_PROW_GINKGO_PARALLEL} \
                          -focus="$focus.*($(regex_join "${CSI_PROW_E2E_ALPHA}"))" \
                          -skip="$(regex_join "${CSI_PROW_E2E_SERIAL}" "${CSI_PROW_E2E_SKIP}")"; then
                         warn "E2E parallel alpha failed"