diff --git a/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Controller/AjaxController.php b/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Controller/AjaxController.php
index f1708bf4435..7fceb0668ab 100644
--- a/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Controller/AjaxController.php
+++ b/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Controller/AjaxController.php
@@ -565,6 +565,13 @@ public function updateDatabaseMigrationAction(Request $request)
             $application = new Application($this->get('kernel'));
             $application->setAutoExit(false);
             $output = new BufferedOutput();
+
+            $minExecutionTime = 300;
+            $maxExecutionTime = (int) ini_get('max_execution_time');
+            if ($maxExecutionTime > 0 && $maxExecutionTime < $minExecutionTime) {
+                ini_set('max_execution_time', $minExecutionTime);
+            }
+
             $result = $application->run($input, $output);
         }
 
diff --git a/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Controller/UpdateController.php b/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Controller/UpdateController.php
index d045836794a..64cb7a1f9a6 100644
--- a/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Controller/UpdateController.php
+++ b/app/bundles/CoreBundle/Controller/UpdateController.php
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ public function schemaAction()
             $application = new Application($this->get('kernel'));
             $application->setAutoExit(false);
             $output = new BufferedOutput();
+
+            $minExecutionTime = 300;
+            $maxExecutionTime = (int) ini_get('max_execution_time');
+            if ($maxExecutionTime > 0 && $maxExecutionTime < $minExecutionTime) {
+                ini_set('max_execution_time', $minExecutionTime);
+            }
+
             $result = $application->run($input, $output);
 
             $outputBuffer = $output->fetch();
diff --git a/upgrade.php b/upgrade.php
index ca02cc0ce76..9be6e8344c5 100644
--- a/upgrade.php
+++ b/upgrade.php
@@ -540,6 +540,12 @@ function apply_critical_migrations()
 
     $success = true;
 
+    $minExecutionTime = 300;
+    $maxExecutionTime = (int) ini_get('max_execution_time');
+    if ($maxExecutionTime > 0 && $maxExecutionTime < $minExecutionTime) {
+        ini_set('max_execution_time', $minExecutionTime);
+    }
+
     if ($criticalMigrations) {
         foreach ($criticalMigrations as $version) {
             if (!run_symfony_command('doctrine:migrations:migrate', ['--no-interaction', '--env=prod', '--no-debug', $version])) {
@@ -558,6 +564,12 @@ function apply_critical_migrations()
  */
 function apply_migrations()
 {
+    $minExecutionTime = 300;
+    $maxExecutionTime = (int) ini_get('max_execution_time');
+    if ($maxExecutionTime > 0 && $maxExecutionTime < $minExecutionTime) {
+        ini_set('max_execution_time', $minExecutionTime);
+    }
+
     return run_symfony_command('doctrine:migrations:migrate', ['--no-interaction', '--env=prod', '--no-debug']);
 }