diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index c04afaab8..f41de89a5 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -37,4 +37,7 @@ MODULE_WHITELIST=Magento_Framework,Magento_ConfigurableProductWishlist,Magento_C
 
 #*** Bool property which allows the user to toggle debug output during test execution
 #MFTF_DEBUG=
+
+#*** Default timeout for wait actions
+WAIT_TIMEOUT=10
 #*** End of .env ***#
diff --git a/dev/tests/unit/Magento/FunctionalTestFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObjectTest.php b/dev/tests/unit/Magento/FunctionalTestFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObjectTest.php
index 98646d0c4..0bce48efd 100644
--- a/dev/tests/unit/Magento/FunctionalTestFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObjectTest.php
+++ b/dev/tests/unit/Magento/FunctionalTestFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObjectTest.php
@@ -291,6 +291,19 @@ public function testTooManyArgumentException()
         $actionObject->resolveReferences();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Method should return either .env file value or constant value
+     */
+    public function testGetDefaultWaitTimeout()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals(ActionObject::getDefaultWaitTimeout(), ActionObject::DEFAULT_WAIT_TIMEOUT);
+
+        $envFile = new \Dotenv\Dotenv(__DIR__ . '/../../../../../../../', '.env.example');
+        $envFile->load();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(ActionObject::getDefaultWaitTimeout(), getenv('WAIT_TIMEOUT'));
+    }
+
     private function mockSectionHandlerWithElement($elementObject)
     {
         $sectionObject = new SectionObject('SectionObject', ['elementObject' => $elementObject]);
diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObject.php b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObject.php
index 10cd77937..ab99b5159 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObject.php
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Objects/ActionObject.php
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class ActionObject
     const ACTION_ATTRIBUTE_SELECTOR = 'selector';
     const ACTION_ATTRIBUTE_VARIABLE_REGEX_PARAMETER = '/\(.+\)/';
     const ACTION_ATTRIBUTE_VARIABLE_REGEX_PATTERN = '/({{[\w]+\.[\w\[\]]+}})|({{[\w]+\.[\w]+\(.+\)}})/';
+    const DEFAULT_WAIT_TIMEOUT = 10;
 
     /**
      * The unique identifier for the action
@@ -127,6 +128,16 @@ public function __construct(
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieve default timeout in seconds for 'wait*' actions
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public static function getDefaultWaitTimeout()
+    {
+        return getenv('WAIT_TIMEOUT') ?: self::DEFAULT_WAIT_TIMEOUT;
+    }
+
     /**
      * This function returns the string property stepKey.
      *
diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Util/TestGenerator.php b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Util/TestGenerator.php
index 07f069c10..3ad277d86 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Util/TestGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Util/TestGenerator.php
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ public function generateStepsPhp($actionObjects, $hookObject = false, $actor = "
             if (isset($customActionAttributes['timeout'])) {
                 $time = $customActionAttributes['timeout'];
             }
+            $time = $time ?? ActionObject::getDefaultWaitTimeout();
 
             if (isset($customActionAttributes['parameterArray']) && $actionObject->getType() != 'pressKey') {
                 // validate the param array is in the correct format