diff --git a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateUtils.java
index fbaf4f58d..09a4064ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateUtils.java
@@ -327,6 +327,9 @@ public static Pod combine(Pod parent, Pod template) {
                 ? parent.getSpec().getSchedulerName()
                 : template.getSpec().getSchedulerName();
 
+        Long activeDeadlineSeconds = template.getSpec().getActiveDeadlineSeconds() != null
+                ? template.getSpec().getActiveDeadlineSeconds()
+                : parent.getSpec().getActiveDeadlineSeconds();
         Boolean hostNetwork = template.getSpec().getHostNetwork() != null
                 ? template.getSpec().getHostNetwork()
                 : parent.getSpec().getHostNetwork();
@@ -387,6 +390,7 @@ public static Pod combine(Pod parent, Pod template) {
                 .withServiceAccount(serviceAccount) //
                 .withServiceAccountName(serviceAccountName) //
                 .withSchedulerName(schedulerName)
+                .withActiveDeadlineSeconds(activeDeadlineSeconds) //
                 .withHostNetwork(hostNetwork) //
                 .withShareProcessNamespace(shareProcessNamespace) //
                 .withContainers(combinedContainers) //
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateUtilsTest.java
index e11b9ac63..9f9faca8f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/csanchez/jenkins/plugins/kubernetes/PodTemplateUtilsTest.java
@@ -420,6 +420,47 @@ public void shouldCombineAllPodKeyValueEnvVars() {
         assertThat(result.getEnvVars(), contains(podEnvVar1, podEnvVar2, podEnvVar3));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void childShouldOverrideParentActiveDeadlineSeconds() {
+        Pod parentPod = new PodBuilder()
+                .withNewMetadata()
+                .endMetadata()
+                .withNewSpec()
+                .withActiveDeadlineSeconds(1L)
+                .endSpec()
+                .build();
+        Pod childPod = new PodBuilder()
+                .withNewMetadata()
+                .endMetadata()
+                .withNewSpec()
+                .withActiveDeadlineSeconds(2L)
+                .endSpec()
+                .build();
+
+        Pod combinedPod = combine(parentPod, childPod);
+        assertEquals(combinedPod.getSpec().getActiveDeadlineSeconds(), Long.valueOf(2L));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldCombineActiveDeadlineSeconds() {
+        Pod parentPod = new PodBuilder()
+                .withNewMetadata()
+                .endMetadata()
+                .withNewSpec()
+                .withActiveDeadlineSeconds(1L)
+                .endSpec()
+                .build();
+        Pod childPod = new PodBuilder()
+                .withNewMetadata()
+                .endMetadata()
+                .withNewSpec()
+                .endSpec()
+                .build();
+
+        Pod combinedPod = combine(parentPod, childPod);
+        assertEquals(combinedPod.getSpec().getActiveDeadlineSeconds(), Long.valueOf(1L));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void shouldFilterOutNullOrEmptyPodKeyValueEnvVars() {
         PodTemplate template1 = new PodTemplate();