diff --git a/cmd/provider/main.go b/cmd/provider/main.go
index b01c0848..e4517080 100644
--- a/cmd/provider/main.go
+++ b/cmd/provider/main.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/config"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
 
 	xpcontroller "github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/v2/pkg/controller"
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ func main() {
 		leaderElection           = app.Flag("leader-election", "Use leader election for the controller manager.").Short('l').Default("false").Envar("LEADER_ELECTION").Bool()
 		maxReconcileRate         = app.Flag("max-reconcile-rate", "The global maximum rate per second at which resources may checked for drift from the desired state.").Default("10").Int()
 		enableManagementPolicies = app.Flag("enable-management-policies", "Enable/disable support for Management Policies.").Default("true").Envar("ENABLE_MANAGEMENT_POLICIES").Bool()
+		cacheSyncTimeout         = app.Flag("cache-sync-timeout", "Timeout for syncing caches.").Default("2m").Duration()
 	)
 	kingpin.MustParse(app.Parse(os.Args[1:]))
 
@@ -70,6 +72,9 @@ func main() {
 		Cache: cache.Options{
 			SyncPeriod: syncPeriod,
 		},
+		Controller: config.Controller{
+			CacheSyncTimeout: *cacheSyncTimeout,
+		},
 	})
 	kingpin.FatalIfError(err, "Cannot create controller manager")
 	kingpin.FatalIfError(apis.AddToScheme(mgr.GetScheme()), "Cannot add SQL APIs to scheme")