diff --git a/osman/config.py b/osman/config.py
index 74a5a13..54961e9 100644
--- a/osman/config.py
+++ b/osman/config.py
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ def __init__(
         aws_secret_access_key: str = AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
         aws_region: str = AWS_REGION,
         aws_service: str = AWS_SERVICE,
+        timeout: int = 10,
+        max_retries: int = 1,
+        retry_on_timeout: bool = False,
     ):
         """
         Init OsmanConfig.
@@ -146,6 +149,12 @@ def __init__(
             init
         aws_service: str
             init
+        timeout: int
+            init
+        max_retries: int
+            init
+        retry_on_timeout: bool
+            init
         """
         # non empty host_url takes precedence over auth_method
         if host_url:
@@ -232,6 +241,9 @@ def __init__(
         self.aws_secret_access_key = aws_secret_access_key
         self.aws_region = aws_region
         self.aws_service = aws_service
+        self.timeout = timeout
+        self.max_retries = max_retries
+        self.retry_on_timeout = retry_on_timeout
 
     def _reload_defaults_from_env(self):
         """
diff --git a/osman/osman.py b/osman/osman.py
index d71431f..0c9665e 100644
--- a/osman/osman.py
+++ b/osman/osman.py
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ def __init__(self, config: OsmanConfig = None):
         os_params["use_ssl"] = config.opensearch_ssl_enabled
         os_params["http_compress"] = True
         os_params["connection_class"] = RequestsHttpConnection
+        os_params["timeout"] = config.timeout
+        os_params["max_retries"] = config.max_retries
+        os_params["retry_on_timeout"] = config.retry_on_timeout
         self.client = OpenSearch(**os_params)
 
         # Test the connection