diff --git a/gossip/service/gossip_service_test.go b/gossip/service/gossip_service_test.go
index 70e0f27533b..81d993687bb 100644
--- a/gossip/service/gossip_service_test.go
+++ b/gossip/service/gossip_service_test.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 )
 
-const TIMEOUT = 45 * time.Second
+const TIMEOUT = 90 * time.Second
 
 func init() {
 	util.SetupTestLogging()
@@ -610,7 +610,9 @@ func (jmc *joinChanMsg) AnchorPeersOf(org api.OrgIdentityType) []api.AnchorPeer
 }
 
 func waitForFullMembershipOrFailNow(t *testing.T, channel string, gossips []*gossipGRPC, peersNum int, timeout time.Duration, testPollInterval time.Duration) {
-	end := time.Now().Add(timeout)
+	logger.Warning("Waiting for", peersNum, "members")
+	start := time.Now()
+	end := start.Add(timeout)
 	var correctPeers int
 	for time.Now().Before(end) {
 		correctPeers = 0
@@ -620,6 +622,7 @@ func waitForFullMembershipOrFailNow(t *testing.T, channel string, gossips []*gos
 			}
 		}
 		if correctPeers == peersNum {
+			logger.Warning("Established full channel membership in", time.Since(start))
 			return
 		}
 		time.Sleep(testPollInterval)
diff --git a/gossip/service/integration_test.go b/gossip/service/integration_test.go
index 452e203815e..0681124b6c1 100644
--- a/gossip/service/integration_test.go
+++ b/gossip/service/integration_test.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func TestLeaderYield(t *testing.T) {
 	// Add peers to the channel
 	addPeersToChannel(channelName, gossips, peerIndexes)
 	// Prime the membership view of the peers
-	waitForFullMembershipOrFailNow(t, channelName, gossips, n, time.Second*30, time.Millisecond*100)
+	waitForFullMembershipOrFailNow(t, channelName, gossips, n, TIMEOUT, time.Millisecond*100)
 
 	grpcClient, err := comm.NewGRPCClient(comm.ClientConfig{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)