diff --git a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
index 2a6b7043..615a7ddc 100644
--- a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ elasticsearch_network_host: '0.0.0.0'
 elasticsearch_node_master: true
 elasticsearch_node_data: true
 elasticsearch_node_ingest: true
+elasticsearch_start_timeout: 90
 
 elasticsearch_lower_disk_requirements: false
 elasticsearch_cluster_nodes:
diff --git a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
index 463b78e6..0a5d5161 100644
--- a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@
       notify: restart elasticsearch
       tags: install
 
+    - name: Ensure extra time for Elasticsearch to start on reboots
+      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+        path: /usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service
+        regexp: '^TimeoutStartSec='
+        line: "TimeoutStartSec={{ elasticsearch_start_timeout }}"
+      become: yes
+      tags: configure
+
     - name: Ensure Elasticsearch started and enabled
       service:
         name: elasticsearch
@@ -100,4 +108,10 @@
 
     - import_tasks: "RMRedHat.yml"
       when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
+
+    - name: Reload systemd configuration
+      systemd:
+        daemon_reload: true
+      become: yes
+      notify: restart elasticsearch
   when: perform_installation