diff --git a/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl b/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
index 225ea391c7..d81bf02291 100644
--- a/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
+++ b/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, AllowSingleTileEngineInstancedSubDevices, false, "C
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, EnablePrivateBO, false, "Enable PRELIM_I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_VM_PRIVATE extension creating VM_PRIVATE BOs")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, UseDeprecatedClDeviceIpVersion, false, "When enabled, the deprecated ip version scheme distinguishing between families and integrated devices will be queried in OCL")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, EnableAIL, true, "Enables AIL")
+DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int64_t, VmBindWaitUserFenceTimeout, -1, "-1: default, >0: time in ns for wait function timeout")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, ForceRunAloneContext, -1, "Control creation of run-alone HW context, -1:default, 0:disable, 1:enable")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, AddClGlSharing, -1, "Add cl-gl extension")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, EnableKernelTunning, -1, "Perform a tunning of enqueue kernel, -1:default(disabled), 0:disable, 1:enable simple kernel tunning, 2:enable full kernel tunning")
diff --git a/shared/source/os_interface/linux/xe/ioctl_helper_xe.cpp b/shared/source/os_interface/linux/xe/ioctl_helper_xe.cpp
index 21f8c5dc1f..9037b332b2 100644
--- a/shared/source/os_interface/linux/xe/ioctl_helper_xe.cpp
+++ b/shared/source/os_interface/linux/xe/ioctl_helper_xe.cpp
@@ -1301,10 +1301,13 @@ int IoctlHelperXe::xeVmBind(const VmBindParams &vmBindParams, bool isBind) {
             return ret;
         }
 
-        constexpr auto oneSecTimeout = 1000000000;
+        constexpr auto oneSecTimeout = 1000000000ll;
         constexpr auto infiniteTimeout = -1;
         bool debuggingEnabled = drm.getRootDeviceEnvironment().executionEnvironment.isDebuggingEnabled();
-        auto timeout = debuggingEnabled ? infiniteTimeout : oneSecTimeout;
+        uint64_t timeout = debuggingEnabled ? infiniteTimeout : oneSecTimeout;
+        if (debugManager.flags.VmBindWaitUserFenceTimeout.get() != -1) {
+            timeout = debugManager.flags.VmBindWaitUserFenceTimeout.get();
+        }
         return xeWaitUserFence(bind.exec_queue_id, DRM_XE_UFENCE_WAIT_OP_EQ,
                                sync[0].addr,
                                sync[0].timeline_value, timeout,
diff --git a/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config b/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config
index d181f4d6be..ad3fbd548a 100644
--- a/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config
+++ b/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ UseUmKmDataTranslator = 0
 EnableUserFenceForCompletionWait = -1
 EnableResourceTags = 0
 SetKmdWaitTimeout = -1
+VmBindWaitUserFenceTimeout = -1
 OverrideNotifyEnableForTagUpdatePostSync = -1
 OverrideUseKmdWaitFunction = -1
 EventWaitOnHost = -1
diff --git a/shared/test/unit_test/os_interface/linux/xe/ioctl_helper_xe_tests.cpp b/shared/test/unit_test/os_interface/linux/xe/ioctl_helper_xe_tests.cpp
index 5bcfefa747..b1c4c9b450 100644
--- a/shared/test/unit_test/os_interface/linux/xe/ioctl_helper_xe_tests.cpp
+++ b/shared/test/unit_test/os_interface/linux/xe/ioctl_helper_xe_tests.cpp
@@ -1550,6 +1550,62 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(,
                          IoctlHelperXeFenceWaitTest,
                          ::testing::Bool());
 
+TEST(IoctlHelperXeTest, givenVmBindWaitUserFenceTimeoutWhenCallingVmBindThenWaitUserFenceIsCalledWithSpecificTimeout) {
+    DebugManagerStateRestore restorer;
+    debugManager.flags.VmBindWaitUserFenceTimeout.set(5000000000ll);
+    auto executionEnvironment = std::make_unique<MockExecutionEnvironment>();
+
+    DrmMockXe drm{*executionEnvironment->rootDeviceEnvironments[0]};
+    auto xeIoctlHelper = std::make_unique<MockIoctlHelperXe>(drm);
+
+    uint64_t fenceAddress = 0x4321;
+    uint64_t fenceValue = 0x789;
+
+    BindInfo mockBindInfo{};
+    mockBindInfo.handle = 0x1234;
+    xeIoctlHelper->bindInfo.push_back(mockBindInfo);
+
+    VmBindExtUserFenceT vmBindExtUserFence{};
+
+    xeIoctlHelper->fillVmBindExtUserFence(vmBindExtUserFence, fenceAddress, fenceValue, 0u);
+
+    VmBindParams vmBindParams{};
+    vmBindParams.handle = mockBindInfo.handle;
+    xeIoctlHelper->setVmBindUserFence(vmBindParams, vmBindExtUserFence);
+
+    drm.vmBindInputs.clear();
+    drm.syncInputs.clear();
+    drm.waitUserFenceInputs.clear();
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(0u, vmBindParams.flags);
+    vmBindParams.flags = 0x12345; // set non-zero to check if flags are passed
+    auto expectedFlags = vmBindParams.flags;
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, xeIoctlHelper->vmBind(vmBindParams));
+    EXPECT_EQ(1u, drm.vmBindInputs.size());
+    EXPECT_EQ(1u, drm.syncInputs.size());
+    EXPECT_EQ(1u, drm.waitUserFenceInputs.size());
+    auto expectedMask = std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max();
+    auto expectedTimeout = 5000000000ll;
+    {
+        auto &sync = drm.syncInputs[0];
+
+        EXPECT_EQ(fenceAddress, sync.addr);
+        EXPECT_EQ(fenceValue, sync.timeline_value);
+
+        auto &waitUserFence = drm.waitUserFenceInputs[0];
+
+        EXPECT_EQ(fenceAddress, waitUserFence.addr);
+        EXPECT_EQ(static_cast<uint16_t>(DRM_XE_UFENCE_WAIT_OP_EQ), waitUserFence.op);
+        EXPECT_EQ(0u, waitUserFence.flags);
+        EXPECT_EQ(fenceValue, waitUserFence.value);
+        EXPECT_EQ(expectedMask, waitUserFence.mask);
+        EXPECT_EQ(expectedTimeout, waitUserFence.timeout);
+        EXPECT_EQ(0u, waitUserFence.exec_queue_id);
+
+        EXPECT_EQ(expectedFlags, drm.vmBindInputs[0].bind.flags);
+    }
+}
+
 TEST(IoctlHelperXeTest, whenGemVmBindFailsThenErrorIsPropagated) {
     DebugManagerStateRestore restorer;
     auto executionEnvironment = std::make_unique<MockExecutionEnvironment>();