diff --git a/omr-tracker/files/usr/share/omr/post-tracking.d/020-status b/omr-tracker/files/usr/share/omr/post-tracking.d/020-status
index a70ac623db..f0e0af08fe 100755
--- a/omr-tracker/files/usr/share/omr/post-tracking.d/020-status
+++ b/omr-tracker/files/usr/share/omr/post-tracking.d/020-status
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ if [ -n "$OMR_TRACKER_INTERFACE" ] && { [ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.$OMR_TRA
 		if [ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.settings.external_check)" != "0" ]; then
 			#asn="$(wget -4 -qO- -T 4 http://api.iptoasn.com/v1/as/ip/$ipaddr | jsonfilter -q -e '@.as_description')"
 			#[ -z "$asn" ] && {
-			asn="$(timeout 2 whois $ipaddr 2>/dev/null | grep -m 1 -i 'netname' | awk '{print $2}')"
+			whoistimeout=$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.settings.status_whois_timeout)
+			[ -z "$whoistimeout" ] && whoistimeout=2
+			asn="$(timeout $whoistimeout whois $ipaddr 2>/dev/null | grep -m 1 -i 'netname' | awk '{print $2}')"
 			#}
 		fi
 		[ -z "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.$OMR_TRACKER_INTERFACE)" ] && {