diff --git a/config/config-sample.ini b/config/config-sample.ini
index 7e400c0..030e70e 100644
--- a/config/config-sample.ini
+++ b/config/config-sample.ini
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ logo = /logo-header-opera.png
 ; " < $gt;
 footer = 'Developed by <a href="https://www.opera.com/">Opera Software</a>.'
 
+[general]
+; Use timeout --version to find out the current version
+; used on e.g. debian
+timeout_util = GNU coreutils
+; used on e.g. alpine
+; timeout_util = BusyBox
+
 [security]
 ; It is important that SKA is able to verify that it has connected to the
 ; server that it expected to connect to (otherwise it could be tricked into
diff --git a/scripts/sync-common.php b/scripts/sync-common.php
index ce7284b..766236c 100644
--- a/scripts/sync-common.php
+++ b/scripts/sync-common.php
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ class SyncProcess {
 	* @param Request $request object that triggered this sync
 	*/
 	public function __construct($command, $args, $request = null) {
+		global $config;
+		$timeout_util = $config['general']['timeout_util'];
+
 		$this->request = $request;
 		$this->output = '';
 		$descriptorspec = array(
@@ -40,7 +43,13 @@ public function __construct($command, $args, $request = null) {
 			2 => array("pipe", "w"),  // stderr
 			3 => array("pipe", "w")   //
 		);
-		$commandline = '/usr/bin/timeout 60s '.$command.' '.implode(' ', array_map('escapeshellarg', $args));
+		switch ($timeout_util) {
+			case "BusyBox":
+				$commandline = '/usr/bin/timeout -t 60 '.$command.' '.implode(' ', array_map('escapeshellarg', $args));
+				break;
+			default:
+				$commandline = '/usr/bin/timeout 60s '.$command.' '.implode(' ', array_map('escapeshellarg', $args));
+		}
 
 		$this->handle = proc_open($commandline, $descriptorspec, $this->pipes);
 		stream_set_blocking($this->pipes[1], 0);