diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e00df57..356c56d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -812,6 +812,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "config",
  "git2",
  "hex",
+ "humantime-serde",
  "lettre",
  "libc",
  "regex",
@@ -1288,6 +1289,22 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "df3b46402a9d5adb4c86a0cf463f42e19994e3ee891101b1841f30a545cb49a9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "humantime"
+version = "2.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "135b12329e5e3ce057a9f972339ea52bc954fe1e9358ef27f95e89716fbc5424"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "humantime-serde"
+version = "1.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57a3db5ea5923d99402c94e9feb261dc5ee9b4efa158b0315f788cf549cc200c"
+dependencies = [
+ "humantime",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
 version = "1.8.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 17a2197..e1d01b5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ fc-evaluator    = { path = "./crates/evaluator" }
 fc-queue-runner = { path = "./crates/queue-runner" }
 fc-server       = { path = "./crates/server" }
 
-
 anyhow = "1.0.101"
 argon2 = "0.5.3"
 askama = "0.15.4"
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ futures = "0.3.31"
 git2 = "0.20.4"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 hmac = "0.12.1"
+humantime-serde = "1.1.1"
 lettre = { version = "0.11.19", default-features = false, features = [
   "tokio1-rustls-tls",
   "smtp-transport",
diff --git a/crates/common/Cargo.toml b/crates/common/Cargo.toml
index 1a55cfc..923db5e 100644
--- a/crates/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ clap.workspace               = true
 config.workspace             = true
 git2.workspace               = true
 hex.workspace                = true
+humantime-serde.workspace    = true
 lettre.workspace             = true
 libc.workspace               = true
 regex.workspace              = true
diff --git a/crates/common/src/config.rs b/crates/common/src/config.rs
index c7bedbf..66f65f1 100644
--- a/crates/common/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/common/src/config.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //! Configuration management for FC CI
 
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 use config as config_crate;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -90,6 +91,12 @@ pub struct QueueRunnerConfig {
   /// TTL in seconds for failed paths cache entries (default 24h).
   #[serde(default = "default_failed_paths_ttl")]
   pub failed_paths_ttl: u64,
+
+  /// Timeout after which builds for unsupported systems are aborted.
+  /// None or 0 = disabled (Hydra maxUnsupportedTime compatibility).
+  #[serde(default)]
+  #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
+  pub unsupported_timeout: Option<Duration>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -546,13 +553,14 @@ impl Default for EvaluatorConfig {
 impl Default for QueueRunnerConfig {
   fn default() -> Self {
     Self {
-      workers:            4,
-      poll_interval:      5,
-      build_timeout:      3600,
-      work_dir:           PathBuf::from("/tmp/fc-queue-runner"),
-      strict_errors:      false,
-      failed_paths_cache: true,
-      failed_paths_ttl:   86400,
+      workers:             4,
+      poll_interval:       5,
+      build_timeout:       3600,
+      work_dir:            PathBuf::from("/tmp/fc-queue-runner"),
+      strict_errors:       false,
+      failed_paths_cache:  true,
+      failed_paths_ttl:    86400,
+      unsupported_timeout: None,
     }
   }
 }
@@ -853,4 +861,65 @@ mod tests {
       env::remove_var("FC_SERVER__PORT");
     }
   }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn test_unsupported_timeout_config() {
+    let mut config = Config::default();
+    config.queue_runner.unsupported_timeout = Some(Duration::from_secs(3600));
+
+    // Serialize and deserialize to verify serde works
+    let toml_str = toml::to_string(&config).unwrap();
+    let parsed: Config = toml::from_str(&toml_str).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+      parsed.queue_runner.unsupported_timeout,
+      Some(Duration::from_secs(3600))
+    );
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn test_unsupported_timeout_default() {
+    let config = Config::default();
+    assert_eq!(config.queue_runner.unsupported_timeout, None);
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn test_unsupported_timeout_various_formats() {
+    // Test 30 minutes
+    let mut config = Config::default();
+    config.queue_runner.unsupported_timeout = Some(Duration::from_secs(1800));
+    let toml_str = toml::to_string(&config).unwrap();
+    let parsed: Config = toml::from_str(&toml_str).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+      parsed.queue_runner.unsupported_timeout,
+      Some(Duration::from_secs(1800))
+    );
+
+    // Test disabled (0s)
+    let mut config = Config::default();
+    config.queue_runner.unsupported_timeout = Some(Duration::from_secs(0));
+    let toml_str = toml::to_string(&config).unwrap();
+    let parsed: Config = toml::from_str(&toml_str).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+      parsed.queue_runner.unsupported_timeout,
+      Some(Duration::from_secs(0))
+    );
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn test_humantime_serde_parsing() {
+    // Test that we can directly parse a QueueRunnerConfig with humantime format
+    let toml = r#"
+workers = 4
+poll_interval = 5
+build_timeout = 3600
+work_dir = "/tmp/fc"
+unsupported_timeout = "2h 30m"
+    "#;
+
+    let qr_config: QueueRunnerConfig = toml::from_str(toml).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+      qr_config.unsupported_timeout,
+      Some(Duration::from_secs(9000)) // 2.5 hours
+    );
+  }
 }