diff --git a/providers/dns/cloudflare/cloudflare.go b/providers/dns/cloudflare/cloudflare.go
index d0067e22..894cf088 100644
--- a/providers/dns/cloudflare/cloudflare.go
+++ b/providers/dns/cloudflare/cloudflare.go
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ func NewDNSProviderCredentials(email, key string) (*DNSProvider, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// Timeout returns the timeout and interval to use when checking for DNS
+// propagation. Adjusting here to cope with spikes in propagation times.
+func (c *DNSProvider) Timeout() (timeout, interval time.Duration) {
+	return 120 * time.Second, 2 * time.Second
+}
+
 // Present creates a TXT record to fulfil the dns-01 challenge
 func (c *DNSProvider) Present(domain, token, keyAuth string) error {
 	fqdn, value, _ := acme.DNS01Record(domain, keyAuth)