--- a/eric6/Plugins/VcsPlugins/vcsMercurial/HgClient.py	Thu Feb 06 19:19:19 2020 +0100
+++ b/eric6/Plugins/VcsPlugins/vcsMercurial/HgClient.py	Fri Feb 07 18:49:32 2020 +0100
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         prepareProcess(self.__server, self.__encoding)
         
         self.__server.start('hg', self.__serverArgs)
-        serverStarted = self.__server.waitForStarted(5000)
+        serverStarted = self.__server.waitForStarted(15000)
         if not serverStarted:
             return False, self.tr(
                 'The process {0} could not be started. '