diff --git a/packages/runner/src/suite.ts b/packages/runner/src/suite.ts
index 231048970e4f..0ab84ab18d72 100644
--- a/packages/runner/src/suite.ts
+++ b/packages/runner/src/suite.ts
@@ -67,11 +67,12 @@ function createSuiteCollector(name: string, factory: SuiteFactory = () => { }, m
     if (typeof options === 'number')
       options = { timeout: options }
 
-    // inherit repeats and retry from suite
+    // inherit repeats, retry, timeout from suite
     if (typeof suiteOptions === 'object') {
       options = {
         repeats: suiteOptions.repeats,
         retry: suiteOptions.retry,
+        timeout: suiteOptions.timeout,
         ...options,
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/core/test/timeout.spec.ts b/test/core/test/timeout.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..321f01ea721b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/test/timeout.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
+
+describe('suite timeout', () => {
+  test('true is true after 5100ms', async () => {
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 5100))
+    expect(true).toBe(true)
+  })
+}, {
+  timeout: 6000,
+})
+
+describe('suite timeout simple input', () => {
+  test('true is true after 5100ms', async () => {
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 5100))
+    expect(true).toBe(true)
+  })
+}, 6000)
diff --git a/test/fails/fixtures/test-timeout.test.ts b/test/fails/fixtures/test-timeout.test.ts
index 8b90a52359ae..f67add79b8b4 100644
--- a/test/fails/fixtures/test-timeout.test.ts
+++ b/test/fails/fixtures/test-timeout.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
-import { test } from 'vitest'
+import { suite, test } from 'vitest'
 
 test('hi', async () => {
   await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000))
 }, 10)
+
+suite('suite timeout', () => {
+  test('hi', async () => {
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 500))
+  })
+}, {
+  timeout: 100,
+})
+
+suite('suite timeout simple input', () => {
+  test('hi', async () => {
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 500))
+  })
+}, 200)
diff --git a/test/fails/test/__snapshots__/runner.test.ts.snap b/test/fails/test/__snapshots__/runner.test.ts.snap
index 867a4673307f..ac8c44666374 100644
--- a/test/fails/test/__snapshots__/runner.test.ts.snap
+++ b/test/fails/test/__snapshots__/runner.test.ts.snap
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ TypeError: failure
 TypeError: failure"
 `;
 
-exports[`should fail test-timeout.test.ts > test-timeout.test.ts 1`] = `"Error: Test timed out in 10ms."`;
+exports[`should fail test-timeout.test.ts > test-timeout.test.ts 1`] = `
+"Error: Test timed out in 200ms.
+Error: Test timed out in 100ms.
+Error: Test timed out in 10ms."
+`;
 
 exports[`should fail unhandled.test.ts > unhandled.test.ts 1`] = `
 "Error: some error