diff --git a/repos/os/run/timeout.run b/repos/os/run/timeout.run
index 9cdde2ee81..38262de208 100644
--- a/repos/os/run/timeout.run
+++ b/repos/os/run/timeout.run
@@ -3,24 +3,18 @@
 #
 
 #
-# Do not run on QEMU as its time emulation is not precise enough
+# Do not high precision time on ARM with kernels other than HW and on QEMU
 #
-if {[get_cmd_switch --autopilot] && [have_include "power_on/qemu"]} {
-	puts "\nRunning timeout test in autopilot on Qemu is not recommended.\n"
-	exit 0
-}
-
+# On ARM, we do not have a component-local hardware time-source. The ARM
+# performance counter has no reliable frequency as the ARM idle command
+# halts the counter. Thus, we do not do local time interpolation on ARM.
+# Except we're on the HW kernel. In this case we can read out the kernel
+# time instead. On QEMU, the time emulation is not precise enough.
 #
-# Do not run on ARM with kernels other than HW
-#
-# The ARM performance counter has no reliable frequency as the ARM idle command
-# (often called on idle) halts the counter. Only on the HW kernel we have a syscall
-# that enables us to avoid the use of the performance counter by reading the kernel
-# time instead.
-#
-if {[expr [have_spec arm] && ![have_spec hw]]} {
-	puts "\n Run script is not supported on this platform.\n";
-	exit 0
+proc high_precision_time { } {
+	if {[get_cmd_switch --autopilot] && [have_include "power_on/qemu"]} { return false }
+	if {[expr [have_spec arm] && ![have_spec hw]]}                      { return false }
+	return true
 }
 
 build "core init drivers/platform drivers/timer test/timeout test/cpufreq"
@@ -31,7 +25,7 @@ build "core init drivers/platform drivers/timer test/timeout test/cpufreq"
 
 create_boot_directory
 
-install_config {
+append config {
 	<config>
 		<parent-provides>
 			<service name="ROM"/>
@@ -54,10 +48,13 @@ install_config {
 		<start name="test">
 			<binary name="test-timeout"/>
 			<resource name="RAM" quantum="250M"/>
+			<config high_precision_time="} [high_precision_time] {"/>
 		</start>
 	</config>
 }
 
+install_config $config
+
 build_boot_image "core ld.lib.so init timer test-timeout"
 
 #
diff --git a/repos/os/src/test/timeout/main.cc b/repos/os/src/test/timeout/main.cc
index d9c79be82c..d8ad9897ea 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/test/timeout/main.cc
+++ b/repos/os/src/test/timeout/main.cc
@@ -17,18 +17,20 @@
 #include <timer_session/connection.h>
 #include <util/fifo.h>
 #include <util/misc_math.h>
+#include <base/attached_rom_dataspace.h>
 
 using namespace Genode;
 
 
 struct Test
 {
-	Env               &env;
-	unsigned          &error_cnt;
-	Signal_transmitter done;
-	unsigned           id;
-	Timer::Connection  timer_connection { env };
-	Timer::Connection  timer            { env };
+	Env                    &env;
+	unsigned               &error_cnt;
+	Signal_transmitter      done;
+	unsigned                id;
+	Timer::Connection       timer_connection { env };
+	Timer::Connection       timer            { env };
+	Attached_rom_dataspace  config           { env, "config" };
 
 	Test(Env                       &env,
 	     unsigned                  &error_cnt,
@@ -525,7 +527,12 @@ struct Fast_polling : Test
 		main_ep(env, STACK_SIZE, "fast_polling_ep"),
 		main_handler(main_ep, *this, &Fast_polling::main)
 	{
-		Signal_transmitter(main_handler).submit();
+		if (config.xml().attribute_value("high_precision_time", true)) {
+			Signal_transmitter(main_handler).submit();
+		} else {
+			log("... skip test because it requires high precision time");
+			Test::done.submit();
+		}
 	}
 };