diff --git a/chunked-scatter.wdl b/chunked-scatter.wdl
index 1b81687abda2b37851b8062eed02eb0420b458f0..111d8fa44f338bd56d13c5752ea0d44571f4b526 100644
--- a/chunked-scatter.wdl
+++ b/chunked-scatter.wdl
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ task ChunkedScatter {
         chunkSize: {description: "Equivalent to chunked-scatter's `-c` option.", category: "advanced"}
         overlap: {description: "Equivalent to chunked-scatter's `-o` option.", category: "advanced"}
         minimumBasesPerFile: {description: "Equivalent to chunked-scatter's `-m` option.", category: "advanced"}
+        timeMinutes: {description: "The maximum amount of time the job will run in minutes.", category: "advanced"}
         dockerImage: {description: "The docker image used for this task. Changing this may result in errors which the developers may choose not to address.",
                       category: "advanced"}
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/star.wdl b/star.wdl
index 4942f35e167a4ff14d272b3911e8bd4d68904914..8e6a511e960cd0c38713368cb4d8bc714d5ebf91 100644
--- a/star.wdl
+++ b/star.wdl
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ task GenomeGenerate {
 
         threads: {description: "The number of threads to use.", category: "advanced"}
         memory: {description: "The amount of memory this job will use.", category: "advanced"}
+        timeMinutes: {description: "The maximum amount of time the job will run in minutes.", category: "advanced"}
         dockerImage: {description: "The docker image used for this task. Changing this may result in errors which the developers may choose not to address.",
                       category: "advanced"}
     }