diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index ef79fbc6bb..90a77249f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
         chmod a+x e2e-*
         chmod a+x minikube-*
         START_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
-        KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--vm-driver=docker -expected-default-driver= -test.timeout=70m -test.v -slow-machine=true -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
+        KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--vm-driver=docker -expected-default-driver= -test.timeout=70m -test.v -timeout-multiplier=3 -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
         END_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
         TIME_ELAPSED=$(($END_TIME-$START_TIME)) 
         min=$((${TIME_ELAPSED}/60))
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
         chmod a+x e2e-*
         chmod a+x minikube-*
         START_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
-        KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--vm-driver=docker -expected-default-driver= -test.timeout=70m -test.v -slow-machine=true -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
+        KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--vm-driver=docker -expected-default-driver= -test.timeout=70m -test.v -timeout-multiplier=3 -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
         END_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
         TIME_ELAPSED=$(($END_TIME-$START_TIME)) 
         min=$((${TIME_ELAPSED}/60))
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ jobs:
         chmod a+x e2e-*
         chmod a+x minikube-*
         START_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
-        KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--vm-driver=docker -expected-default-driver= -test.timeout=70m -test.v -slow-machine=true -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
+        KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--vm-driver=docker -expected-default-driver= -test.timeout=70m -test.v -timeout-multiplier=3 -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
         END_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
         TIME_ELAPSED=$(($END_TIME-$START_TIME)) 
         min=$((${TIME_ELAPSED}/60))
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ jobs:
         chmod a+x e2e-*
         chmod a+x minikube-*
         START_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
-        KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--vm-driver=docker -expected-default-driver= -test.timeout=70m -test.v -slow-machine=true -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
+        KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--vm-driver=docker -expected-default-driver= -test.timeout=70m -test.v -timeout-multiplier=3 -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
         END_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
         TIME_ELAPSED=$(($END_TIME-$START_TIME)) 
         min=$((${TIME_ELAPSED}/60))
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ jobs:
           chmod a+x e2e-*
           chmod a+x minikube-*
           START_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
-          KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--vm-driver=docker -expected-default-driver= -test.timeout=70m -test.v -slow-machine=true -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
+          KUBECONFIG=$(pwd)/testhome/kubeconfig MINIKUBE_HOME=$(pwd)/testhome ./e2e-linux-amd64 -minikube-start-args=--vm-driver=docker -expected-default-driver= -test.timeout=70m -test.v -timeout-multiplier=3 -binary=./minikube-linux-amd64 2>&1 | tee ./report/testout.txt
           END_TIME=$(date -u +%s)
           TIME_ELAPSED=$(($END_TIME-$START_TIME)) 
           min=$((${TIME_ELAPSED}/60))
diff --git a/test/integration/main.go b/test/integration/main.go
index fdef8e0938..3885d338cd 100644
--- a/test/integration/main.go
+++ b/test/integration/main.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var forceProfile = flag.String("profile", "", "force tests to run against a part
 var cleanup = flag.Bool("cleanup", true, "cleanup failed test run")
 var enableGvisor = flag.Bool("gvisor", false, "run gvisor integration test (slow)")
 var postMortemLogs = flag.Bool("postmortem-logs", true, "show logs after a failed test run")
-var slowMachine = flag.Bool("slow-machine", false, "double the timeout for tests to finish")
+var timeOutMultiplier = flag.Float64("timeout-multiplier", 1, "multiply the timeout for the tests")
 
 // Paths to files - normally set for CI
 var binaryPath = flag.String("binary", "../../out/minikube", "path to minikube binary")
@@ -81,16 +81,10 @@ func CanCleanup() bool {
 
 // Minutes will return timeout in minutes based on how slow the machine is
 func Minutes(n int) time.Duration {
-	if *slowMachine { // double time out for slow machines
-		return time.Duration(2) * time.Duration(n) * time.Minute
-	}
-	return time.Duration(n) * time.Minute
+	return time.Duration(*timeOutMultiplier) * time.Duration(n) * time.Minute
 }
 
 // Seconds will return timeout in minutes based on how slow the machine is
 func Seconds(n int) time.Duration {
-	if *slowMachine { // double time out for slow machines
-		return time.Duration(3) * time.Duration(n) * time.Second
-	}
-	return time.Duration(n) * time.Second
+	return time.Duration(*timeOutMultiplier) * time.Duration(n) * time.Second
 }