diff --git a/src/libcalamares/utils/CalamaresUtilsSystem.cpp b/src/libcalamares/utils/CalamaresUtilsSystem.cpp
index 5990fbc42..73e457239 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/utils/CalamaresUtilsSystem.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/utils/CalamaresUtilsSystem.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ System::runCommand(
     const QStringList& args,
     const QString& workingPath,
     const QString& stdInput,
-    int timeoutSec )
+    std::chrono::seconds timeoutSec )
 {
     QString output;