diff --git a/src/Nuvei/Api/Config.php b/src/Nuvei/Api/Config.php
index 79f84cf..ab3c6c9 100644
--- a/src/Nuvei/Api/Config.php
+++ b/src/Nuvei/Api/Config.php
@@ -247,6 +247,50 @@ public function sslVerifyPeer()
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param int $timeout
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setTimeout($timeout)
+    {
+        $this->configData['timeout'] = (int)$timeout;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getTimeout()
+    {
+        if (!isset($this->configData['timeout'])) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        return (int)$this->configData['timeout'];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $timeout
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setConnectionTimeout($timeout)
+    {
+        $this->configData['connectionTimeout'] = (int)$timeout;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getConnectionTimeout()
+    {
+        if (!isset($this->configData['connectionTimeout'])) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        return (int)$this->configData['connectionTimeout'];
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return boolean
      */
diff --git a/src/Nuvei/Api/HttpClient.php b/src/Nuvei/Api/HttpClient.php
index 4bc27af..ed3eab6 100644
--- a/src/Nuvei/Api/HttpClient.php
+++ b/src/Nuvei/Api/HttpClient.php
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ public function requestJson(ServiceInterface $service, $requestUrl, $params)
             curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
         }
 
+        // set timeouts
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $config->getConnectionTimeout());
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $config->getTimeout());
         //Tell cURL that we want to send a POST request.
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
         // set authorisation
diff --git a/tests/TestCaseHelper.php b/tests/TestCaseHelper.php
index 62229e3..7bd54c5 100644
--- a/tests/TestCaseHelper.php
+++ b/tests/TestCaseHelper.php
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ public static function getClient()
                 'merchantSiteId'    => $config['merchantSiteId'],
                 'merchantSecretKey' => $config['merchantSecretKey'],
                 'hashAlgorithm'     => $config['hashAlgorithm'],
+                'timeout'           => $config['timeout'],
+                'connectionTimeout' => $config['connectionTimeout'],
                 'debugMode'         => $config['debugMode'],
             ]);
 
@@ -335,4 +337,4 @@ public static function generateMinimalWithdrawalOrder($amount = 0.01) : array
         $service = new Processing(self::getClient());
         return $service->placeWithdrawalOrder($params);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tests/config.ini b/tests/config.ini
index f9284f9..7b9903e 100644
--- a/tests/config.ini
+++ b/tests/config.ini
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ merchantId = '5078248497400694938'
 merchantSiteId = '142163'
 merchantSecretKey = 'F0EpuOTjZPIKw5SGcNGyISClL1zaVnArABS65EkfUIwVmzgNbEiiQeesGp4N79Rg'
 hashAlgorithm = 'sha256'
-debugMode = false
\ No newline at end of file
+timeout = 15
+connectionTimeout = 5
+debugMode = false