diff --git a/src/Marten.CommandLine.Tests/ProjectionControllerTests.cs b/src/Marten.CommandLine.Tests/ProjectionControllerTests.cs
index 2034d29b88..838efe0a8e 100644
--- a/src/Marten.CommandLine.Tests/ProjectionControllerTests.cs
+++ b/src/Marten.CommandLine.Tests/ProjectionControllerTests.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using Baseline.Dates;
 using Castle.Core;
 using Marten.CommandLine.Commands.Projection;
 using Marten.Events.Daemon;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ void IProjectionHost.ListenForUserTriggeredExit()
 
     protected readonly List<RebuildRecord> rebuilt = new ();
 
-    Task<RebuildStatus> IProjectionHost.TryRebuildShards(IProjectionDatabase database, IReadOnlyList<AsyncProjectionShard> asyncProjectionShards)
+    Task<RebuildStatus> IProjectionHost.TryRebuildShards(IProjectionDatabase database, IReadOnlyList<AsyncProjectionShard> asyncProjectionShards, TimeSpan? shardTimeout)
     {
         foreach (var shard in asyncProjectionShards)
         {
@@ -327,6 +328,28 @@ public async Task rebuilds_all_databases_for_a_single_store()
         rebuilt.ShouldHaveTheSameElementsAs(expectedRebuilds);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task rebuilds_all_databases_for_a_single_store_with_shard_timeout()
+    {
+        var store = withStore("Marten", new("Foo:All", ProjectionLifecycle.Async),
+            new("Bar:All", ProjectionLifecycle.Inline));
+
+        var shards = store.Shards;
+
+        var databases = store.HasDatabases("One", "Two", "Three");
+
+        // NOTE: ShardTimeout is set in ProjectInput as a test
+        // but there is no means to assert this value being used by daemon
+        await theController.Execute(new ProjectionInput { RebuildFlag = true, ShardTimeout = 10.Minutes()});
+
+        var expectedRebuilds = databases.SelectMany(db =>
+        {
+            return shards.Select(shard => new RebuildRecord(store, db, shard));
+        }).ToArray();
+
+        rebuilt.ShouldHaveTheSameElementsAs(expectedRebuilds);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task rebuild_database_that_is_empty()
     {
diff --git a/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/IProjectionHost.cs b/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/IProjectionHost.cs
index 58157838ce..b0fe3c4791 100644
--- a/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/IProjectionHost.cs
+++ b/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/IProjectionHost.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Baseline.Dates;
 using Marten.Events.Daemon;
 
 namespace Marten.CommandLine.Commands.Projection;
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ public interface IProjectionHost
 {
     IReadOnlyList<IProjectionStore> AllStores();
     void ListenForUserTriggeredExit();
-    Task<RebuildStatus> TryRebuildShards(IProjectionDatabase database, IReadOnlyList<AsyncProjectionShard> asyncProjectionShards);
+    Task<RebuildStatus> TryRebuildShards(IProjectionDatabase database, IReadOnlyList<AsyncProjectionShard> asyncProjectionShards, TimeSpan? shardTimeout=null);
     Task StartShards(IProjectionDatabase database, IReadOnlyList<AsyncProjectionShard> shards);
     Task WaitForExit();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/ProjectionController.cs b/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/ProjectionController.cs
index dbf40b754c..2547a63520 100644
--- a/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/ProjectionController.cs
+++ b/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/ProjectionController.cs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public async Task<bool> Execute(ProjectionInput input)
                         _view.WriteHeader(database);
                     }
 
-                    var status = await _host.TryRebuildShards(database, shards).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    var status = await _host.TryRebuildShards(database, shards, input.ShardTimeout).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                     if (status == RebuildStatus.NoData)
                     {
@@ -175,4 +175,4 @@ public IReadOnlyList<IProjectionDatabase> FilterDatabases(ProjectionInput input,
 
         return databases;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/ProjectionHost.cs b/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/ProjectionHost.cs
index 4c10203b8b..7f4646300f 100644
--- a/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/ProjectionHost.cs
+++ b/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/ProjectionHost.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System.Runtime.Loader;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Baseline.Dates;
 using Marten.Events.Daemon;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public void Shutdown()
         _completion.TrySetResult(true);
     }
 
-    public async Task<RebuildStatus> TryRebuildShards(IProjectionDatabase database, IReadOnlyList<AsyncProjectionShard> asyncProjectionShards)
+    public async Task<RebuildStatus> TryRebuildShards(IProjectionDatabase database, IReadOnlyList<AsyncProjectionShard> asyncProjectionShards, TimeSpan? shardTimeout=null)
     {
         using var daemon = database.BuildDaemon();
         await daemon.StartDaemon().ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -80,13 +81,31 @@ public async Task<RebuildStatus> TryRebuildShards(IProjectionDatabase database,
 
 #if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
             await Parallel.ForEachAsync(projectionNames, _cancellation.Token,
-                    async (projectionName, token) =>
-                        await daemon.RebuildProjection(projectionName, token).ConfigureAwait(false))
-                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+                async (projectionName, token) =>
+                    {
+                        if (shardTimeout == null)
+                        {
+                            await daemon.RebuildProjection(projectionName, token).ConfigureAwait(true);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            await daemon.RebuildProjection(projectionName, shardTimeout.Value, token).ConfigureAwait(true);
+                        }
+                    })
+                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
 #else
         var tasks = projectionNames
-            .Select(x => Task.Run(async () => await daemon.RebuildProjection(x, _cancellation.Token).ConfigureAwait(false), _cancellation.Token))
+            .Select(x => Task.Run(async () => {
+                if (shardTimeout == null)
+                {
+                    await daemon.RebuildProjection(x, _cancellation.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    await daemon.RebuildProjection(x, shardTimeout.Value, _cancellation.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
+            }, _cancellation.Token))
             .ToArray();
 
         await Task.WhenAll(tasks).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -116,4 +135,4 @@ public Task WaitForExit()
     {
         return _completion.Task;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/ProjectionInput.cs b/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/ProjectionInput.cs
index 549da3437b..e029dba5e6 100644
--- a/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/ProjectionInput.cs
+++ b/src/Marten.CommandLine/Commands/Projection/ProjectionInput.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using Baseline;
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ public ProjectionInput()
     [Description("If specified, only execute against the named Marten database within the specified store(s). Does not apply with only one store")]
     public string DatabaseFlag { get; set; }
 
+    [Description("If specified, use this shard timeout value for daemon")]
+    public TimeSpan? ShardTimeout { get; set; }
+
     internal IList<AsyncProjectionShard> BuildShards(DocumentStore store)
     {
         var projections = store
@@ -89,4 +93,4 @@ internal IList<IProjectionSource> SelectProjectionsForRebuild(DocumentStore stor
 
         return projections;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}