diff --git a/test/subset/meson.build b/test/subset/meson.build
index 6fdafec6c..0e05b2eb7 100644
--- a/test/subset/meson.build
+++ b/test/subset/meson.build
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 tests = [
-  #'basics', should investiage how to not hit timeout limit
+  'basics',
   'full-font',
   'cff-full-font',
   'japanese',
-  #'cff-japanese',
+  'cff-japanese',
   'layout',
   'layout.gpos',
   'layout.gpos2',
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ foreach t : tests
       join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'data', 'tests', fname),
     ],
     workdir: join_paths(meson.current_build_dir(), '..', '..'),
+    # as the test are ran concurrently and we have numerous ones here let's raise acceptable time
+    timeout: 120,
   )
 endforeach