diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_rest_api.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_rest_api.go
index db2cd6eaa..02d84ded4 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_rest_api.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_api_gateway_rest_api.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func resourceAwsApiGatewayRestApiDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}
 	conn := meta.(*AWSClient).apigateway
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Deleting API Gateway: %s", d.Id())
 
-	return resource.Retry(5*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
+	return resource.Retry(10*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
 		_, err := conn.DeleteRestApi(&apigateway.DeleteRestApiInput{
 			RestApiId: aws.String(d.Id()),
 		})