diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index cd4098a81d..62a1a1b9cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 ======
 
 * doc-fix: Change ``distribution`` to ``distributions``
+* bug-fix: Increase docker-compose http timeout and health check timeout to 120.
 
 1.16.1.post1
 ============
diff --git a/src/sagemaker/local/entities.py b/src/sagemaker/local/entities.py
index d54aa8e4f5..91034ca5c9 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/local/entities.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/local/entities.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
 _UNUSED_ARN = 'local:arn-does-not-matter'
-HEALTH_CHECK_TIMEOUT_LIMIT = 30
+HEALTH_CHECK_TIMEOUT_LIMIT = 120
 
 
 class _LocalTrainingJob(object):
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ def _wait_for_serving_container(serving_port):
 
     endpoint_url = 'http://localhost:%s/ping' % serving_port
     while True:
-        i += 1
+        i += 5
         if i >= HEALTH_CHECK_TIMEOUT_LIMIT:
             raise RuntimeError('Giving up, endpoint didn\'t launch correctly')
 
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ def _wait_for_serving_container(serving_port):
         else:
             return
 
-        time.sleep(1)
+        time.sleep(5)
 
 
 def _perform_request(endpoint_url, pool_manager=None):
diff --git a/src/sagemaker/local/image.py b/src/sagemaker/local/image.py
index 8416e47048..77ecffc1e5 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/local/image.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/local/image.py
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 
 CONTAINER_PREFIX = 'algo'
 DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILENAME = 'docker-compose.yaml'
+DOCKER_COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT_ENV = 'COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT'
+DOCKER_COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT = '120'
+
 
 # Environment variables to be set during training
 REGION_ENV_NAME = 'AWS_REGION'
@@ -359,6 +362,9 @@ def _generate_compose_file(self, command, additional_volumes=None, additional_en
         additional_env_var_list = ['{}={}'.format(k, v) for k, v in additional_env_vars.items()]
         environment.extend(additional_env_var_list)
 
+        if os.environ.get(DOCKER_COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT_ENV) is None:
+            os.environ[DOCKER_COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT_ENV] = DOCKER_COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT
+
         if command == 'train':
             optml_dirs = {'output', 'output/data', 'input'}