diff --git a/trytond/CHANGELOG b/trytond/CHANGELOG
index e35b520cef..45c5c28454 100644
--- a/trytond/CHANGELOG
+++ b/trytond/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+* Add configuration of select timeout for cache channels
 * Add color as type of icon and image
 * Add color widget to form view
 * Limit access to database from the same series
diff --git a/trytond/doc/topics/configuration.rst b/trytond/doc/topics/configuration.rst
index 555f7021cd..211735728e 100644
--- a/trytond/doc/topics/configuration.rst
+++ b/trytond/doc/topics/configuration.rst
@@ -412,6 +412,15 @@ channels if the back-end supports them.
 
 Default: ``300``
 
+.. _config-cache.select_timeout:
+
+select_timeout
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The timeout duration of the select call when using channels.
+
+Default: ``60``
+
 .. _config-cache.count_timeout:
 
 count_timeout
diff --git a/trytond/trytond/cache.py b/trytond/trytond/cache.py
index b37494cf45..5c16513bb4 100644
--- a/trytond/trytond/cache.py
+++ b/trytond/trytond/cache.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from trytond.transaction import Transaction
 
 __all__ = ['BaseCache', 'Cache', 'LRUDict', 'LRUDictTransaction']
 _clear_timeout = config.getint('cache', 'clean_timeout', default=5 * 60)
+_select_timeout = config.getint('cache', 'select_timeout')
 _default_size_limit = config.getint('cache', 'default')
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@ class MemoryCache(BaseCache):
 
             selector.register(conn, selectors.EVENT_READ)
             while cls._listener.get((pid, dbname)) == current_thread:
-                selector.select(timeout=60)
+                selector.select(timeout=_select_timeout)
                 conn.poll()
                 while conn.notifies:
                     notification = conn.notifies.pop()
diff --git a/trytond/trytond/config.py b/trytond/trytond/config.py
index abe651f05b..c23506451f 100644
--- a/trytond/trytond/config.py
+++ b/trytond/trytond/config.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class TrytonConfigParser(configparser.ConfigParser):
         self.set('cache', 'default', '1024')
         self.set('cache', 'ir.message', '10240')
         self.set('cache', 'ir.translation', '10240')
+        self.set('cache', 'select_timeout', '60')
         self.add_section('queue')
         self.set('queue', 'worker', 'False')
         self.add_section('ssl')