diff --git a/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_train.py b/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_train.py
index 890225b37..64d0884ea 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_train.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/scripts/lerobot_train.py
@@ -172,15 +172,16 @@ def train(cfg: TrainPipelineConfig, accelerator: Accelerator | None = None):
     # We set step_scheduler_with_optimizer=False to prevent accelerate from adjusting the lr_scheduler steps based on the num_processes
     # We set find_unused_parameters=True to handle models with conditional computation
     if accelerator is None:
-        from accelerate.utils import DistributedDataParallelKwargs
+        from datetime import timedelta
+
+        from accelerate.utils import DistributedDataParallelKwargs, InitProcessGroupKwargs
 
         ddp_kwargs = DistributedDataParallelKwargs(find_unused_parameters=True)
-        # Accelerate auto-detects the device based on the available hardware and ignores the policy.device setting.
-        # Force the device to be CPU when policy.device is set to CPU.
+        init_kwargs = InitProcessGroupKwargs(timeout=timedelta(seconds=int(os.environ.get("NCCL_TIMEOUT", 600))))
         force_cpu = cfg.policy.device == "cpu"
         accelerator = Accelerator(
             step_scheduler_with_optimizer=False,
-            kwargs_handlers=[ddp_kwargs],
+            kwargs_handlers=[ddp_kwargs, init_kwargs],
             cpu=force_cpu,
         )