diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/sundries01.rdu3.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/sundries01.rdu3.fedoraproject.org
index 053f78e19c..27bcfde2f3 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/sundries01.rdu3.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/sundries01.rdu3.fedoraproject.org
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ virt_install_command: "{{ virt_install_command_one_nic }}"
 vmhost: vmhost-x86-03.rdu3.fedoraproject.org
 volgroup: /dev/vg_guests
 zabbix_macros:
+  CPU.UTIL.TIME: 45m
   # 90% of the 250000 factor between the 10Mb/s Zabbix thinks
   # it has, and the 25Gb/s the vmhost actually has
   'IF.UTIL.MAX:"tun0"': 225000
-  LOAD_AVG_PER_CPU.MAX.TIME: 30m
+  LOAD_AVG_PER_CPU.MAX.TIME: 45m
diff --git a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/files/templates/linux-by-zabbix-agent-active.yml b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/files/templates/linux-by-zabbix-agent-active.yml
index 15fd1fb510..b04fe74049 100644
--- a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/files/templates/linux-by-zabbix-agent-active.yml
+++ b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/files/templates/linux-by-zabbix-agent-active.yml
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@ zabbix_export:
               value: cpu
           triggers:
             - uuid: e299778a6fcc4805bd5806f3b2ffe1c2
-              expression: 'min(/Linux by Zabbix agent active/system.cpu.util,5m)>{$CPU.UTIL.CRIT}'
+              expression: 'min(/Linux by Zabbix agent active/system.cpu.util,{$CPU.UTIL.TIME})>{$CPU.UTIL.CRIT}'
               name: 'Linux: High CPU utilization'
-              event_name: 'Linux: High CPU utilization (over {$CPU.UTIL.CRIT}% for 5m)'
+              event_name: 'Linux: High CPU utilization (over {$CPU.UTIL.CRIT}% for {$CPU.UTIL.TIME})'
               opdata: 'Current utilization: {ITEM.LASTVALUE1}'
               priority: WARNING
               description: 'CPU utilization is too high. The system might be slow to respond.'
@@ -1588,6 +1588,9 @@ zabbix_export:
         - macro: '{$CPU.UTIL.CRIT}'
           value: '90'
           description: 'Critical threshold of CPU utilization expressed in %.'
+        - macro: '{$CPU.UTIL.TIME}'
+          value: 5m
+          description: 'Time before warning of critical threshold of CPU utilization'
         - macro: '{$IF.ERRORS.WARN}'
           value: '2'
           description: 'Warning threshold of error packet rate. Can be used with interface name as context.'