diff --git a/tests/p_dovecot/dovecot_imap_login.sh b/tests/p_dovecot/dovecot_imap_login.sh
index bba4a75..94b4891 100755
--- a/tests/p_dovecot/dovecot_imap_login.sh
+++ b/tests/p_dovecot/dovecot_imap_login.sh
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ chown -R imaptest:imaptest /home/imaptest/mail/.imap/INBOX
 ret_val=1
 
 t_Log "Dovecot IMAP login test"
-echo -e "01 LOGIN imaptest imaptest\n" | nc localhost 143 | grep -q "Logged in."
+echo -e "01 LOGIN imaptest imaptest\n" | nc -w 5 localhost 143 | grep -q "Logged in."
 ret_val=$?
 
 if [ $ret_val == 1 ]
   then
   t_Log "Sometimes the first login fails (reason yet unknown to me)"
   t_Log "Trying a second time, as this seems to work, if not somethings really not working"
-  echo -e "01 LOGIN imaptest imaptest\n" | nc localhost 143 | grep -q "Logged in."
+  echo -e "01 LOGIN imaptest imaptest\n" | nc -w 5 localhost 143 | grep -q "Logged in."
   ret_val=$?
 fi
 
diff --git a/tests/p_dovecot/dovecot_pop3_login.sh b/tests/p_dovecot/dovecot_pop3_login.sh
index 49da1c1..4ac3320 100755
--- a/tests/p_dovecot/dovecot_pop3_login.sh
+++ b/tests/p_dovecot/dovecot_pop3_login.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ mkdir -m 700 -p /home/pop3test/mail/.imap/INBOX
 chown -R pop3test:pop3test /home/pop3test/mail/.imap/INBOX
 
 t_Log "Dovecot POP3 login test"
-echo -e "user pop3test\npass pop3test\n" | nc localhost 110 | grep -q "+OK Logged in."
+echo -e "user pop3test\npass pop3test\n" | nc -w 5 localhost 110 | grep -q "+OK Logged in."
 
 t_CheckExitStatus $?