diff --git a/src/ci/docker/run.sh b/src/ci/docker/run.sh
index e42b4748fdc..b1dacf79d26 100755
--- a/src/ci/docker/run.sh
+++ b/src/ci/docker/run.sh
@@ -70,8 +70,13 @@ if [ -f "$docker_dir/$image/Dockerfile" ]; then
       echo "Attempting to download $url"
       rm -f /tmp/rustci_docker_cache
       set +e
-      retry curl -y 30 -Y 10 --connect-timeout 30 -f -L -C - -o /tmp/rustci_docker_cache "$url"
-      loaded_images=$(docker load -i /tmp/rustci_docker_cache | sed 's/.* sha/sha/')
+      retry curl --max-time 600 -y 30 -Y 10 --connect-timeout 30 -f -L -C - \
+        -o /tmp/rustci_docker_cache "$url"
+      echo "Loading images into docker"
+      # docker load sometimes hangs in the CI, so time out after 10 minutes with TERM,
+      # KILL after 12 minutes
+      loaded_images=$(/usr/bin/timeout -k 720 600 docker load -i /tmp/rustci_docker_cache \
+        | sed 's/.* sha/sha/')
       set -e
       echo "Downloaded containers:\n$loaded_images"
     fi