diff --git a/packages/backend/ormconfig.js b/packages/backend/ormconfig.js
index 229e5bf1f..c88b3b3d6 100644
--- a/packages/backend/ormconfig.js
+++ b/packages/backend/ormconfig.js
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ export default new DataSource({
 	username: config.db.user,
 	password: config.db.pass,
 	database: config.db.db,
-	extra: config.db.extra,
+	extra: {
+		...config.db.extra,
+		// migrations may be very slow, give them longer to run (that 10*1000 comes from postgres.ts)
+		statement_timeout: (config.db.extra?.statement_timeout ?? 1000 * 10) * 10,
+	},
 	entities: entities,
 	migrations: ['migration/*.js'],
 });