diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/dsc_base_provider/dsc_base_provider.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/dsc_base_provider/dsc_base_provider.rb
index cd977738..a62cdc25 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/dsc_base_provider/dsc_base_provider.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/dsc_base_provider/dsc_base_provider.rb
@@ -917,6 +917,9 @@ def invoke_params(resource)
       params[:ModuleName] = resource[:dscmeta_module_name]
     end
     resource[:parameters].each do |property_name, property_hash|
+      # ignore dsc_timeout, since it is only used to specify the powershell command timeout
+      # and timeout itself is not a parameter to the DSC resource
+      next if property_name == :dsc_timeout
       # strip dsc_ from the beginning of the property name declaration
       name = property_name.to_s.gsub(/^dsc_/, '').to_sym
       params[:Property][name] = case property_hash[:mof_type]