diff --git a/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_ingress_v1.go b/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_ingress_v1.go
index 94aea11f0d..e126dcb996 100644
--- a/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_ingress_v1.go
+++ b/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_ingress_v1.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/diag"
 	networking "k8s.io/api/networking/v1"
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ func resourceKubernetesIngressV1() *schema.Resource {
 			StateContext: schema.ImportStatePassthroughContext,
 		},
 		Schema: resourceKubernetesIngressV1Schema(),
+		Timeouts: &schema.ResourceTimeout{
+			Create: schema.DefaultTimeout(20 * time.Minute),
+			Delete: schema.DefaultTimeout(20 * time.Minute),
+		},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_ingress_v1_test.go b/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_ingress_v1_test.go
index bd0719d24c..ebe1944c51 100644
--- a/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_ingress_v1_test.go
+++ b/kubernetes/resource_kubernetes_ingress_v1_test.go
@@ -414,6 +414,9 @@ func testAccKubernetesIngressV1Config_serviceBackend(name string) string {
       }
     }
   }
+  timeouts {
+    create = "45m"
+  }
 }`, name)
 }
 
@@ -641,6 +644,9 @@ resource "kubernetes_ingress_v1" "test" {
     }
   }
   wait_for_load_balancer = true
+  timeouts {
+    create = "45m"
+  }
 }`, name, name, name, name, name, name, name)
 }
 
diff --git a/website/docs/r/ingress_v1.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/ingress_v1.html.markdown
index 884976eacc..ca30268e2b 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/ingress_v1.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/ingress_v1.html.markdown
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ description: |-
 
 Ingress is a collection of rules that allow inbound connections to reach the endpoints defined by a backend. An Ingress can be configured to give services externally-reachable urls, load balance traffic, terminate SSL, offer name based virtual hosting etc.
 
-
 ## Example Usage
 
 ```hcl
@@ -306,6 +305,13 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 * `ip` -  IP is set for load-balancer ingress points that are IP based (typically GCE or OpenStack load-balancers).
 * `hostname` - Hostname is set for load-balancer ingress points that are DNS based (typically AWS load-balancers).
 
+## Timeouts
+
+The following [Timeout](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/plugin/sdkv2/resources/retries-and-customizable-timeouts) 
+configuration options are available for the `kubernetes_ingress_v1` resource:
+
+* `create` - ingress load balancer creation timeout (default `20 minutes`).
+* `delete` - ingress load balancer deletion timeout (default `20 minutes`).
 
 ## Import