diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/arduino-preferences.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/arduino-preferences.ts
index 5adc8b9c2..72fad503f 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/arduino-preferences.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/arduino-preferences.ts
@@ -258,6 +258,12 @@ export const ArduinoConfigSchema: PreferenceSchema = {
       ),
       default: undefined,
     },
+    'arduino.sketch.editorOpenTimeout': {
+      type: 'number',
+      description:
+        'Set the editor timeout in milliseconds to reproduce the duplicate editor tabs. See #1791',
+      default: 5000,
+    },
   },
 };
 
@@ -288,6 +294,7 @@ export interface ArduinoConfiguration {
   'arduino.cli.daemon.debug': boolean;
   'arduino.sketch.inoBlueprint': string;
   'arduino.checkForUpdates': boolean;
+  'arduino.sketch.editorOpenTimeout': number;
 }
 
 export const ArduinoPreferences = Symbol('ArduinoPreferences');
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/open-sketch-files.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/open-sketch-files.ts
index 01fa997d3..56e877ea4 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/open-sketch-files.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/open-sketch-files.ts
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ export class OpenSketchFiles extends SketchContribution {
         }
       });
 
-    const timeout = 5_000; // number of ms IDE2 waits for the editor to show up in the UI
+    const timeout = this.preferences['arduino.sketch.editorOpenTimeout']; // number of ms IDE2 waits for the editor to show up in the UI
     const result: EditorWidget | undefined | 'timeout' = await Promise.race([
       deferred.promise,
       wait(timeout).then(() => {