diff --git a/matter_server/server/device_controller.py b/matter_server/server/device_controller.py
index cfc8bd7b..9504faa0 100644
--- a/matter_server/server/device_controller.py
+++ b/matter_server/server/device_controller.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import time
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Iterable, TypeVar, cast
 
+import async_timeout
 from chip.ChipDeviceCtrl import DeviceProxyWrapper
 from chip.clusters import Attribute, Objects as Clusters
 from chip.clusters.Attribute import ValueDecodeFailure
@@ -1111,7 +1112,14 @@ async def _setup_node(self, node_id: int) -> None:
                         return
                 # setup subscriptions for the node
                 try:
-                    await self._subscribe_node(node_id)
+                    async with async_timeout.timeout(15 * 60):
+                        await self._subscribe_node(node_id)
+                except TimeoutError:
+                    LOGGER.warning(
+                        "Setting up subscriptions for node %s did not "
+                        "succeed after 15 minutes!",
+                        node_id,
+                    )
                 except (NodeNotResolving, ChipStackError) as err:
                     LOGGER.warning(
                         "Unable to subscribe to Node %s: %s",