diff --git a/changes/bug6743 b/changes/bug6743
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ec78f853a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug6743
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes:
+    - Allow one-hop directory fetching circuits the full "circuit build
+      timeout" period, rather than just half of it, before failing them
+      and marking the relay down. This fix should help reduce cases where
+      clients declare relays (or worse, bridges) unreachable because
+      the TLS handshake takes a few seconds to complete. Fixes bug 6743;
+      bugfix on 0.2.2.2-alpha, where we changed the timeout from a static
+      30 seconds.
+
diff --git a/src/or/circuituse.c b/src/or/circuituse.c
index c34b698fa1..20f124eb4e 100644
--- a/src/or/circuituse.c
+++ b/src/or/circuituse.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ circuit_expire_building(void)
   } while (0)
 
   SET_CUTOFF(general_cutoff, circ_times.timeout_ms);
-  SET_CUTOFF(begindir_cutoff, circ_times.timeout_ms / 2.0);
+  SET_CUTOFF(begindir_cutoff, circ_times.timeout_ms);
   SET_CUTOFF(fourhop_cutoff, circ_times.timeout_ms * (4/3.0));
   SET_CUTOFF(cannibalize_cutoff, circ_times.timeout_ms / 2.0);
   SET_CUTOFF(close_cutoff, circ_times.close_ms);