diff --git a/administrator/components/com_users/forms/user.xml b/administrator/components/com_users/forms/user.xml
index 199662a2c8207..248beb05ffbe9 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_users/forms/user.xml
+++ b/administrator/components/com_users/forms/user.xml
@@ -259,6 +259,18 @@
 				<option value="0">JNO</option>
 				<option value="fontsize">JYES</option>
 			</field>
+			<field
+				name="a11y_shortcut_timeout"
+				type="list"
+				label="COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_FIELD_SHORTCUT_TIMEOUT"
+				description="COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_FIELD_SHORTCUT_TIMEOUT_DESC"
+				>
+				<option value="">JOPTION_USE_DEFAULT</option>
+				<option value="2000">COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_SHORTCUT_TIMEOUT_2000</option>
+				<option value="3000">COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_SHORTCUT_TIMEOUT_3000</option>
+				<option value="5000">COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_SHORTCUT_TIMEOUT_5000</option>
+				<option value="10000">COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_SHORTCUT_TIMEOUT_10000</option>
+			</field>
 		</fieldset>
 
 	</fields>
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/com_users.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/com_users.ini
index 1cd983eb0de7f..e8f1df9203641 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/com_users.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/com_users.ini
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_FIELD_CONTRAST="High Contrast"
 COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_FIELD_FONTSIZE="Increase Font Size"
 COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_FIELD_HIGHLIGHT="Highlight Links"
 COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_FIELD_MONOCHROME="Monochrome"
+COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_FIELD_SHORTCUT_TIMEOUT="Keyboard Shortcut Timeout"
+COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_FIELD_SHORTCUT_TIMEOUT_DESC="Customise the maximum time between key presses to activate Joomla-specific keyboard shortcuts."
+COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_SHORTCUT_TIMEOUT_2000="2 seconds"
+COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_SHORTCUT_TIMEOUT_3000="3 seconds"
+COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_SHORTCUT_TIMEOUT_5000="5 seconds"
+COM_USERS_A11Y_SETTINGS_SHORTCUT_TIMEOUT_10000="10 seconds"
 COM_USERS_ACTIVATED="Activated"
 COM_USERS_ADD_NOTE="Add Note"
 COM_USERS_ASSIGNED_GROUPS="Assigned User Groups"
diff --git a/plugins/system/shortcut/src/Extension/Shortcut.php b/plugins/system/shortcut/src/Extension/Shortcut.php
index 2293a996384fa..283e2037ae30e 100644
--- a/plugins/system/shortcut/src/Extension/Shortcut.php
+++ b/plugins/system/shortcut/src/Extension/Shortcut.php
@@ -110,7 +110,11 @@ public function initialize(BeforeCompileHeadEvent $event): void
             ['hotkeysjs', 'joomla.dialog']
         );
 
-        $timeout = $this->params->get('timeout', 2000);
+        $timeout = $app->getIdentity()->getParam('a11y_shortcut_timeout');
+
+        if (!is_numeric($timeout)) {
+            $timeout = $this->params->get('timeout', 2000);
+        }
 
         $document->addScriptOptions('plg_system_shortcut.shortcuts', $shortcuts);
         $document->addScriptOptions('plg_system_shortcut.timeout', $timeout);