diff --git a/jetty/src/main/jetty-base/start.d/http.ini b/jetty/src/main/jetty-base/start.d/http.ini
index 0617cabf4a8..6dbd57604de 100644
--- a/jetty/src/main/jetty-base/start.d/http.ini
+++ b/jetty/src/main/jetty-base/start.d/http.ini
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ jetty.http.host=0.0.0.0
 # jetty.http.port=8080
 
 ## The connector idle timeout, in milliseconds.
-# jetty.http.idleTimeout=30000
+## Set to 620s to exceed GCLB's 600s backend keep-alive timeout.
+jetty.http.idleTimeout=620000
 
 ## The number of acceptors (-1 picks a default value based on number of cores).
 # jetty.http.acceptors=1