diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elb.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elb.go
index 2379ea49a1..3878c9611f 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elb.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_elb.go
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ func resourceAwsElbCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	}
 
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] ELB create configuration: %#v", elbOpts)
-	err = resource.Retry(1*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
+	err = resource.Retry(5*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
 		_, err := elbconn.CreateLoadBalancer(elbOpts)
 
 		if err != nil {
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ func resourceAwsElbUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 
 			// Occasionally AWS will error with a 'duplicate listener', without any
 			// other listeners on the ELB. Retry here to eliminate that.
-			err := resource.Retry(1*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
+			err := resource.Retry(5*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
 				log.Printf("[DEBUG] ELB Create Listeners opts: %s", createListenersOpts)
 				if _, err := elbconn.CreateLoadBalancerListeners(createListenersOpts); err != nil {
 					if awsErr, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok {
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ func resourceAwsElbUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 			}
 
 			log.Printf("[DEBUG] ELB attach subnets opts: %s", attachOpts)
-			err := resource.Retry(1*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
+			err := resource.Retry(5*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
 				_, err := elbconn.AttachLoadBalancerToSubnets(attachOpts)
 				if err != nil {
 					if awsErr, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok {