diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/go/gitpod-service.go b/components/gitpod-protocol/go/gitpod-service.go
index 97cce8540461f9..c69a410605c2da 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/go/gitpod-service.go
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/go/gitpod-service.go
@@ -1707,8 +1707,9 @@ type StartWorkspaceOptions struct {
 
 // GetWorkspaceTimeoutResult is the GetWorkspaceTimeoutResult message type
 type GetWorkspaceTimeoutResult struct {
-	CanChange bool   `json:"canChange,omitempty"`
-	Duration  string `json:"duration,omitempty"`
+	CanChange   bool   `json:"canChange,omitempty"`
+	DurationRaw string `json:"durationRaw,omitempty"`
+	Duration    string `json:"duration,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // WorkspaceInstancePort is the WorkspaceInstancePort message type
diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/gitpod-service.ts b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/gitpod-service.ts
index 9d08bc5a7a0288..faf7cddf33a232 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/gitpod-service.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/gitpod-service.ts
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ export interface SetWorkspaceTimeoutResult {
 
 export interface GetWorkspaceTimeoutResult {
     duration: WorkspaceTimeoutDuration;
+    durationRaw: string;
     canChange: boolean;
 }
 
diff --git a/components/server/ee/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts b/components/server/ee/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts
index f0845b696ecfc1..bbbcc20cd078a3 100644
--- a/components/server/ee/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts
+++ b/components/server/ee/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts
@@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ export class GitpodServerEEImpl extends GitpodServerImpl {
         const runningInstance = await this.workspaceDb.trace(ctx).findRunningInstance(workspaceId);
         if (!runningInstance) {
             log.warn({ userId: user.id, workspaceId }, "Can only get keep-alive for running workspaces");
-            return { duration: WORKSPACE_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT_SHORT, canChange };
+            const duration = WORKSPACE_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT_SHORT;
+            return { duration, durationRaw: this.userService.workspaceTimeoutToDuration(duration), canChange };
         }
         await this.guardAccess({ kind: "workspaceInstance", subject: runningInstance, workspace: workspace }, "get");
 
@@ -366,7 +367,9 @@ export class GitpodServerEEImpl extends GitpodServerImpl {
         const client = await this.workspaceManagerClientProvider.get(runningInstance.region);
         const desc = await client.describeWorkspace(ctx, req);
         const duration = this.userService.durationToWorkspaceTimeout(desc.getStatus()!.getSpec()!.getTimeout());
-        return { duration, canChange };
+        const durationRaw = this.userService.workspaceTimeoutToDuration(duration);
+
+        return { duration, durationRaw, canChange };
     }
 
     public async isPrebuildDone(ctx: TraceContext, pwsId: string): Promise<boolean> {