diff --git a/bibigrid/core/utility/validate_schema.py b/bibigrid/core/utility/validate_schema.py
index d0ba629f..e563d1bc 100644
--- a/bibigrid/core/utility/validate_schema.py
+++ b/bibigrid/core/utility/validate_schema.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
      Optional('localFS'): bool, Optional('localDNSlookup'): bool, Optional('slurm'): bool,
      Optional('slurmConf'): {Optional('db'): str, Optional('db_user'): str, Optional('db_password'): str,
                              Optional('munge_key'): str, Optional('elastic_scheduling'): {Optional('SuspendTime'): int,
+                                                                                          Optional(
+                                                                                              'SuspendTimeout'): int,
                                                                                           Optional(
                                                                                               'ResumeTimeout'): int,
                                                                                           Optional('TreeWidth'): int}},