diff --git a/src/lfx/README.md b/src/lfx/README.md
index 96dfaad6ff..6182886345 100644
--- a/src/lfx/README.md
+++ b/src/lfx/README.md
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ To view the LFX server's API docs and schema, see the `/docs` endpoint at `http:
 | `--flow-dir` | Directory for filesystem-backed flow storage shared across workers (e.g. `/tmp/lfx-flows` for single-pod, or a PVC mount for cross-pod). Defaults to in-memory only when omitted. |
 | `--max-requests` | Recycle each worker after this many requests (gunicorn, Unix-only, `--workers > 1`); `1` gives per-request recycling. Default: unset (workers are never recycled). |
 | `--limit-concurrency` | Max in-flight requests per worker (`--workers > 1`); excess get HTTP 503. Default: unset (unlimited). |
+| `--timeout` | Worker timeout in seconds (gunicorn, Unix, `--workers > 1`): a worker that doesn't finish a request in this many seconds is killed and restarted. Raise it for long flows, especially with `--sync-workers`. Default: `120`. No effect on Windows. |
 | `--no-env-fallback` / `--env-fallback` | Disable the `os.environ` fallback for credential variables; variables not supplied via `global_vars` per request resolve to `None` instead of reading the process environment. Default: `--env-fallback` (fallback enabled). |
 | `--reset-environ` / `--no-reset-environ` | Snapshot `os.environ` before each flow run and restore it afterward, so a flow's environment mutations (or request-scoped credentials) cannot leak into the next request served by the same warm worker. Default: `--no-reset-environ` (off). |
 | `--sync-workers` / `--no-sync-workers` | Multi-worker only (`--workers > 1`, Unix). Use gunicorn's blocking `sync` worker so the kernel routes each request to an idle worker instead of queueing it behind an in-flight request on a busy async worker. Requires the `a2wsgi` package (`pip install a2wsgi`). Default: `--no-sync-workers` (async worker). |
diff --git a/src/lfx/src/lfx/cli/_running_commands.py b/src/lfx/src/lfx/cli/_running_commands.py
index 0412aafa1d..4a336a6df0 100644
--- a/src/lfx/src/lfx/cli/_running_commands.py
+++ b/src/lfx/src/lfx/cli/_running_commands.py
@@ -157,6 +157,16 @@ def register(app: typer.Typer) -> None:
                 "strict cross-request isolation. Default (unset) means unlimited concurrency."
             ),
         ),
+        timeout: int = typer.Option(
+            120,
+            "--timeout",
+            help=(
+                "Worker timeout in seconds (gunicorn, Unix, --workers > 1): a worker that does not "
+                "complete a request within this many seconds is killed and restarted. Raise it for "
+                "long-running flows, especially with --sync-workers (a blocking sync worker cannot "
+                "heartbeat mid-request). Default: 120. No effect on Windows (uvicorn fallback)."
+            ),
+        ),
         *,
         stdin: bool = typer.Option(
             False,
@@ -222,4 +232,5 @@ def register(app: typer.Typer) -> None:
             limit_concurrency=limit_concurrency,
             reset_environ=reset_environ,
             sync_workers=sync_workers,
+            timeout=timeout,
         )
diff --git a/src/lfx/src/lfx/cli/commands.py b/src/lfx/src/lfx/cli/commands.py
index 04dcaa20a5..a9188e926a 100644
--- a/src/lfx/src/lfx/cli/commands.py
+++ b/src/lfx/src/lfx/cli/commands.py
@@ -201,6 +201,16 @@ def serve_command(
             "strict cross-request isolation. Default (unset) means unlimited concurrency."
         ),
     ),
+    timeout: int = typer.Option(
+        120,
+        "--timeout",
+        help=(
+            "Worker timeout in seconds (gunicorn, Unix, --workers > 1): a worker that does not "
+            "complete a request within this many seconds is killed and restarted. Raise it for "
+            "long-running flows, especially with --sync-workers (a blocking sync worker cannot "
+            "heartbeat mid-request). Default: 120. No effect on Windows (uvicorn fallback)."
+        ),
+    ),
     *,
     stdin: bool = typer.Option(
         False,  # noqa: FBT003
@@ -404,6 +414,7 @@ def serve_command(
                     limit_concurrency=limit_concurrency,
                     reset_environ=reset_environ,
                     sync_workers=sync_workers,
+                    timeout=timeout,
                 )
             else:
                 from lfx.cli.serve_app import _SERVE_RESET_ENVIRON_ENV
@@ -442,6 +453,7 @@ def _launch_workers(
     limit_concurrency: int | None,
     reset_environ: bool = False,
     sync_workers: bool = False,
+    timeout: int = 120,
 ) -> None:
     """Launch ``workers`` worker processes for ``lfx serve --workers N``.
 
@@ -469,7 +481,9 @@ def _launch_workers(
     around every flow run (see ``guarded_execute``). ``sync_workers``
     (``--sync-workers``, Unix only) swaps the async worker for gunicorn's blocking
     ``sync`` worker wrapped by an a2wsgi ASGI->WSGI bridge, so the kernel routes each
-    request to an idle worker. Both default off.
+    request to an idle worker. Both default off. ``timeout`` (``--timeout``, default
+    120s) sets gunicorn's worker timeout — raise it for long flows, especially under
+    ``--sync-workers``.
     """
     from lfx.cli.serve_app import (
         _SERVE_FLOW_DIR_ENV,
@@ -569,9 +583,10 @@ def _launch_workers(
                     "max_requests": max_requests if max_requests is not None else 0,
                     "max_requests_jitter": 0,
                     "loglevel": log_level,
-                    # Sized for long synchronous flows; gunicorn's default 30s timeout
-                    # would kill long LLM flows. Expose --timeout later if needed.
-                    "timeout": 120,
+                    # Worker timeout (--timeout, default 120). gunicorn's own default is 30s,
+                    # which would kill long LLM flows — especially under --sync-workers, where a
+                    # blocking worker cannot heartbeat mid-request.
+                    "timeout": timeout,
                 },
             ).run()
     finally:
diff --git a/src/lfx/tests/unit/cli/test_serve_process_model.py b/src/lfx/tests/unit/cli/test_serve_process_model.py
index 60c2474f32..3f37b329c7 100644
--- a/src/lfx/tests/unit/cli/test_serve_process_model.py
+++ b/src/lfx/tests/unit/cli/test_serve_process_model.py
@@ -557,3 +557,15 @@ def test_launch_workers_reset_environ_off_by_default(monkeypatch):
 
     captured = _capture_gunicorn_launch(monkeypatch)
     assert captured["env"].get(_SERVE_RESET_ENVIRON_ENV) == "0"
+
+
+def test_launch_workers_timeout_defaults_to_120(monkeypatch):
+    """Without --timeout, gunicorn's worker timeout is 120s (long-flow safe default)."""
+    captured = _capture_gunicorn_launch(monkeypatch)
+    assert captured["options"]["timeout"] == 120
+
+
+def test_launch_workers_timeout_propagates(monkeypatch):
+    """--timeout N is forwarded to gunicorn's worker timeout."""
+    captured = _capture_gunicorn_launch(monkeypatch, timeout=600)
+    assert captured["options"]["timeout"] == 600