diff --git a/test/common.js b/test/common.js
index aef6bacfe1..489502d4dd 100644
--- a/test/common.js
+++ b/test/common.js
@@ -22,3 +22,12 @@ module.exports.FULL_TEST =
   process.env.FULL_TEST === '1' &&
   process.release.name === 'node' &&
   semver.prerelease(process.version) === null
+
+module.exports.platformTimeout = (def, obj) => {
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(obj)) {
+    if (process.platform === key) {
+      return value * 60 * 1000
+    }
+  }
+  return def * 60 * 1000
+}
diff --git a/test/test-addon.js b/test/test-addon.js
index b8d90b65bb..1f4d95ed7e 100644
--- a/test/test-addon.js
+++ b/test/test-addon.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const fs = require('graceful-fs')
 const os = require('os')
 const cp = require('child_process')
 const util = require('../lib/util')
+const { platformTimeout } = require('./common')
 
 const addonPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules', 'hello_world')
 const nodeGyp = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'bin', 'node-gyp.js')
@@ -41,9 +42,9 @@ function checkCharmapValid () {
 }
 
 describe('addon', function () {
-  this.timeout(300000)
-
   it('build simple addon', async function () {
+    this.timeout(platformTimeout(1, { win32: 5 }))
+
     // Set the loglevel otherwise the output disappears when run via 'npm test'
     const cmd = [nodeGyp, 'rebuild', '-C', addonPath, '--loglevel=verbose']
     const [err, logLines] = await execFile(cmd)
@@ -69,15 +70,14 @@ describe('addon', function () {
       return this.skip('no need to test')
     }
 
-    this.timeout(300000)
+    this.timeout(platformTimeout(1, { win32: 5 }))
 
     let data
     const configPath = path.join(addonPath, 'build', 'config.gypi')
     try {
       data = fs.readFileSync(configPath, 'utf8')
     } catch (err) {
-      assert.fail(err)
-      return
+      return assert.fail(err)
     }
     const config = JSON.parse(data.replace(/#.+\n/, ''))
     const nodeDir = config.variables.nodedir
@@ -89,11 +89,9 @@ describe('addon', function () {
       switch (err.code) {
         case 'EEXIST': break
         case 'EPERM':
-          assert.fail(err, null, 'Please try to running console as an administrator')
-          return
+          return assert.fail(err, null, 'Please try to running console as an administrator')
         default:
-          assert.fail(err)
-          return
+          return assert.fail(err)
       }
     }
 
@@ -118,7 +116,7 @@ describe('addon', function () {
   })
 
   it('addon works with renamed host executable', async function () {
-    this.timeout(300000)
+    this.timeout(platformTimeout(1, { win32: 5 }))
 
     const notNodePath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'notnode' + path.extname(process.execPath))
     fs.copyFileSync(process.execPath, notNodePath)
diff --git a/test/test-download.js b/test/test-download.js
index e8e9df4a76..1d0f3ab286 100644
--- a/test/test-download.js
+++ b/test/test-download.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const http = require('http')
 const https = require('https')
 const install = require('../lib/install')
 const { download, readCAFile } = require('../lib/download')
-const { FULL_TEST, devDir } = require('./common')
+const { FULL_TEST, devDir, platformTimeout } = require('./common')
 const gyp = require('../lib/node-gyp')
 const certs = require('./fixtures/certs')
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ describe('download', function () {
       return this.skip('Skipping actual download of headers due to test environment configuration')
     }
 
-    this.timeout(300000)
+    this.timeout(platformTimeout(1, { win32: 5 }))
 
     const expectedDir = path.join(devDir, process.version.replace(/^v/, ''))
     await fs.rm(expectedDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
diff --git a/test/test-install.js b/test/test-install.js
index b578f3dd7f..de91b26ad8 100644
--- a/test/test-install.js
+++ b/test/test-install.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const path = require('path')
 const os = require('os')
 const { pipeline: streamPipeline } = require('stream/promises')
 const requireInject = require('require-inject')
-const { FULL_TEST } = require('./common')
+const { FULL_TEST, platformTimeout } = require('./common')
 const gyp = require('../lib/node-gyp')
 const install = require('../lib/install')
 const { download } = require('../lib/download')
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe('install', function () {
       }
 
       return it(name, async function () {
-        this.timeout(600000)
+        this.timeout(platformTimeout(1, { win32: 20 }))
         const start = Date.now()
         await fn.call(this)
         const expectedDir = path.join(prog.devDir, process.version.replace(/^v/, ''))