diff --git a/etcdserver/config.go b/etcdserver/config.go
index e83680ad0..f405effc4 100644
--- a/etcdserver/config.go
+++ b/etcdserver/config.go
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ type ServerConfig struct {
 	NewCluster      bool
 	ForceNewCluster bool
 	Transport       *http.Transport
+
+	// Only for testing purpose
+	ElectionTimeoutTicks int
 }
 
 // VerifyBootstrapConfig sanity-checks the initial config and returns an error
diff --git a/etcdserver/server.go b/etcdserver/server.go
index 4aa180750..f172712ae 100644
--- a/etcdserver/server.go
+++ b/etcdserver/server.go
@@ -870,8 +870,12 @@ func startNode(cfg *ServerConfig, ids []types.ID) (id types.ID, n raft.Node, s *
 	}
 	id = member.ID
 	log.Printf("etcdserver: start member %s in cluster %s", id, cfg.Cluster.ID())
+	election := cfg.ElectionTimeoutTicks
+	if election == 0 {
+		election = 10
+	}
 	s = raft.NewMemoryStorage()
-	n = raft.StartNode(uint64(id), peers, 10, 1, s)
+	n = raft.StartNode(uint64(id), peers, election, 1, s)
 	return
 }
 
@@ -884,13 +888,17 @@ func restartNode(cfg *ServerConfig, snapshot *raftpb.Snapshot) (types.ID, raft.N
 	cfg.Cluster.SetID(cid)
 
 	log.Printf("etcdserver: restart member %s in cluster %s at commit index %d", id, cfg.Cluster.ID(), st.Commit)
+	election := cfg.ElectionTimeoutTicks
+	if election == 0 {
+		election = 10
+	}
 	s := raft.NewMemoryStorage()
 	if snapshot != nil {
 		s.ApplySnapshot(*snapshot)
 	}
 	s.SetHardState(st)
 	s.Append(ents)
-	n := raft.RestartNode(uint64(id), 10, 1, s)
+	n := raft.RestartNode(uint64(id), election, 1, s)
 	return id, n, s, w
 }
 
diff --git a/integration/cluster_test.go b/integration/cluster_test.go
index c64d9392b..cacd55621 100644
--- a/integration/cluster_test.go
+++ b/integration/cluster_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -49,9 +50,18 @@ const (
 	requestTimeout = 2 * time.Second
 )
 
+var (
+	electionTicks = 10
+)
+
 func init() {
 	// open microsecond-level time log for integration test debugging
 	log.SetFlags(log.Ltime | log.Lmicroseconds | log.Lshortfile)
+	if t := os.Getenv("ETCD_ELECTION_TIMEOUT_TICKS"); t != "" {
+		if i, err := strconv.ParseInt(t, 10, 64); err == nil {
+			electionTicks = int(i)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func TestClusterOf1(t *testing.T) { testCluster(t, 1) }
@@ -298,8 +308,9 @@ func (c *cluster) RemoveMember(t *testing.T, id uint64) {
 			select {
 			case <-m.s.StopNotify():
 				m.Terminate(t)
-			case <-time.After(time.Second):
-				t.Fatalf("failed to remove member %s in one second", m.s.ID())
+			// stop delay / election timeout + 1s disk and network delay
+			case <-time.After(time.Duration(electionTicks)*tickDuration + time.Second):
+				t.Fatalf("failed to remove member %s in time", m.s.ID())
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -431,6 +442,7 @@ func mustNewMember(t *testing.T, name string) *member {
 	}
 	m.NewCluster = true
 	m.Transport = mustNewTransport(t)
+	m.ElectionTimeoutTicks = electionTicks
 	return m
 }
 
@@ -460,6 +472,7 @@ func (m *member) Clone(t *testing.T) *member {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	mm.Transport = mustNewTransport(t)
+	mm.ElectionTimeoutTicks = m.ElectionTimeoutTicks
 	return mm
 }
 
diff --git a/test b/test
index 444f77c95..27e192eb8 100755
--- a/test
+++ b/test
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ split=(${TEST// / })
 TEST=${split[@]/#/${REPO_PATH}/}
 
 echo "Running tests..."
-go test -timeout 60s ${COVER} $@ ${TEST} --race
+go test -timeout 3m ${COVER} $@ ${TEST} --race
 
 echo "Checking gofmt..."
 fmtRes=$(gofmt -l $FMT)