diff --git a/repos/base/include/timer_session/connection.h b/repos/base/include/timer_session/connection.h
index c077ce0e99..b90632216c 100644
--- a/repos/base/include/timer_session/connection.h
+++ b/repos/base/include/timer_session/connection.h
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class Timer::Connection : public  Genode::Connection<Session>,
 		 ** Members for interaction with Timeout framework **
 		 ****************************************************/
 
-		enum { MIN_TIMEOUT_US             = 5000 };
+		enum { MIN_TIMEOUT_US             = 1000 };
 		enum { REAL_TIME_UPDATE_PERIOD_US = 500000 };
 		enum { MAX_INTERPOLATION_QUALITY  = 3 };
 		enum { MAX_REMOTE_TIME_LATENCY_US = 500 };