diff --git a/docs/resources/virtual_environment_vm.md b/docs/resources/virtual_environment_vm.md
index 44b0fb4c..aba96266 100644
--- a/docs/resources/virtual_environment_vm.md
+++ b/docs/resources/virtual_environment_vm.md
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ output "ubuntu_vm_public_key" {
     - `path_in_datastore` - (Optional) The in-datastore path to the disk image.
       ***Experimental.***Use to attach another VM's disks,
       or (as root only) host's filesystem paths (`datastore_id` empty string).
-      See "*Example: Attached disks*". 
+      See "*Example: Attached disks*".
     - `discard` - (Optional) Whether to pass discard/trim requests to the
       underlying storage. Supported values are `on`/`ignore` (defaults
       to `ignore`).
@@ -454,6 +454,8 @@ output "ubuntu_vm_public_key" {
 - `template` - (Optional) Whether to create a template (defaults to `false`).
 - `timeout_clone` - (Optional) Timeout for cloning a VM in seconds (defaults to
   1800).
+- `timeout_create` - (Optional) Timeout for creating a VM in seconds (defaults to
+  1800).
 - `timeout_move_disk` - (Optional) Timeout for moving the disk of a VM in
   seconds (defaults to 1800).
 - `timeout_migrate` - (Optional) Timeout for migrating the VM (defaults to
@@ -536,7 +538,6 @@ attaching one disk to multiple VM will cause errors or even data corruption.
 Do *not* move or resize `data_vm` disks.
 (Resource `data_user_vm` should reject attempts to move or resize non-owned disks.)
 
-
 ```terraform
 resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_vm" "data_vm" {
   node_name = "first-node"
diff --git a/proxmoxtf/resource/vm.go b/proxmoxtf/resource/vm.go
index 0d981239..4caf6d9b 100644
--- a/proxmoxtf/resource/vm.go
+++ b/proxmoxtf/resource/vm.go
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ const (
 	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTabletDevice                      = true
 	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTemplate                          = false
 	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTimeoutClone                      = 1800
+	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTimeoutCreate                     = 1800
 	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTimeoutMoveDisk                   = 1800
 	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTimeoutMigrate                    = 1800
 	dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTimeoutReboot                     = 1800
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ const (
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTags                              = "tags"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTemplate                          = "template"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTimeoutClone                      = "timeout_clone"
+	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTimeoutCreate                     = "timeout_create"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTimeoutMoveDisk                   = "timeout_move_disk"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTimeoutMigrate                    = "timeout_migrate"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTimeoutReboot                     = "timeout_reboot"
@@ -284,8 +286,6 @@ const (
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMVGAType                           = "type"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMVMID                              = "vm_id"
 	mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMSCSIHardware                      = "scsi_hardware"
-
-	vmCreateTimeoutSeconds = 10
 )
 
 // VM returns a resource that manages VMs.
@@ -1398,6 +1398,12 @@ func VM() *schema.Resource {
 				Optional:    true,
 				Default:     dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTimeoutClone,
 			},
+			mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTimeoutCreate: {
+				Type:        schema.TypeInt,
+				Description: "Create VM timeout",
+				Optional:    true,
+				Default:     dvResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTimeoutCreate,
+			},
 			mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTimeoutMoveDisk: {
 				Type:        schema.TypeInt,
 				Description: "MoveDisk timeout",
@@ -2607,7 +2613,9 @@ func vmCreateCustom(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{})
 		createBody.PoolID = &poolID
 	}
 
-	err = api.Node(nodeName).VM(0).CreateVM(ctx, createBody, vmCreateTimeoutSeconds)
+	createTimeout := d.Get(mkResourceVirtualEnvironmentVMTimeoutClone).(int)
+
+	err = api.Node(nodeName).VM(0).CreateVM(ctx, createBody, createTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return diag.FromErr(err)
 	}