diff --git a/model_zoo/official/nlp/bert/scripts/ascend_distributed_launcher/get_distribute_pretrain_cmd.py b/model_zoo/official/nlp/bert/scripts/ascend_distributed_launcher/get_distribute_pretrain_cmd.py
index 9a0338af6f5..74afd6608a5 100644
--- a/model_zoo/official/nlp/bert/scripts/ascend_distributed_launcher/get_distribute_pretrain_cmd.py
+++ b/model_zoo/official/nlp/bert/scripts/ascend_distributed_launcher/get_distribute_pretrain_cmd.py
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ def parse_args():
                         help="Hccl config path, it is better to use absolute path")
     parser.add_argument("--cmd_file", type=str, default="distributed_cmd.sh",
                         help="Path of the generated cmd file.")
+    parser.add_argument("--hccl_time_out", type=int, default=120,
+                        help="Seconds to determine the hccl time out,"
+                             "default: 120, which is the same as hccl default config")
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
     return args
@@ -73,6 +76,8 @@ def distribute_pretrain():
     cfg = dict(cf.items("config"))
 
     print("hccl_config_dir:", args.hccl_config_dir)
+    print("hccl_time_out:", args.hccl_time_out)
+    cmd = append_cmd_env(cmd, 'HCCL_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT', args.hccl_time_out)
     cmd = append_cmd_env(cmd, 'RANK_TABLE_FILE', args.hccl_config_dir)
 
     cores = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
diff --git a/model_zoo/official/nlp/bert/scripts/run_distributed_pretrain_ascend.sh b/model_zoo/official/nlp/bert/scripts/run_distributed_pretrain_ascend.sh
index 40b214ab068..d69190af81f 100644
--- a/model_zoo/official/nlp/bert/scripts/run_distributed_pretrain_ascend.sh
+++ b/model_zoo/official/nlp/bert/scripts/run_distributed_pretrain_ascend.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ python ${CUR_DIR}/scripts/ascend_distributed_launcher/get_distribute_pretrain_cm
     --hyper_parameter_config_dir=${CUR_DIR}/scripts/ascend_distributed_launcher/hyper_parameter_config.ini \
     --data_dir=$1 \
     --hccl_config_dir=$2 \
+    --hccl_time_out=600 \
     --cmd_file=distributed_cmd.sh
 
 bash distributed_cmd.sh