diff --git a/src/kibana/services/es.js b/src/kibana/services/es.js
index 121de0599a818..d4bd360a5ac49 100644
--- a/src/kibana/services/es.js
+++ b/src/kibana/services/es.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ define(function (require) {
       es = esFactory({
         host: configFile.elasticsearch,
         log: 'info',
+        requestTimeout: 0
       });
 
       return es;