diff --git a/src/FSNConnection.h b/src/FSNConnection.h
index 382b723..550f1f3 100644
--- a/src/FSNConnection.h
+++ b/src/FSNConnection.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ NSString* stringForRequestMethod(FSNRequestMethod method);
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) NSTimeInterval responseInterval;
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) NSTimeInterval finishOrFailInterval;
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) NSTimeInterval parseInterval;
-
+@property (nonatomic, assign) NSTimeInterval timeoutInterval;
 
 + (id)withUrl:(NSURL *)url
        method:(FSNRequestMethod)method
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ progressBlock:(FSNProgressBlock)progressBlock;
 
 + (NSSet *)connections;
 + (void)cancelAllConnections;
++ (int)defaultTimeoutInterval;
++ (void)setDefaultTimeoutInterval:(NSTimeInterval)interval;
 
 
 // call this method to allow the request to complete but ignore the response.
diff --git a/src/FSNConnection.m b/src/FSNConnection.m
index 75600b5..1034665 100644
--- a/src/FSNConnection.m
+++ b/src/FSNConnection.m
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ @interface FSNConnection ()
 
 @implementation FSNConnection
 
+static NSTimeInterval __defaultTimeoutInterval = 60;
 
 #pragma mark - NSObject
 
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ - (id)init {
     // - calling clearBlocks may cause an object in the block closure to be released
     // - that may in turn 'own' the connection, and call clearBlocks to properly break retain cycles in all cases.
     self.blocksLock = [NSRecursiveLock new];
+    self.timeoutInterval = __defaultTimeoutInterval ;
     
     return self;
 }
@@ -325,6 +327,16 @@ + (id)withUrl:(NSURL *)url
     return c;
 }
 
++ (int)defaultTimeoutInterval
+{
+    return __defaultTimeoutInterval;
+}
+
++ (void)setDefaultTimeoutInterval:(NSTimeInterval)interval
+{
+    __defaultTimeoutInterval = interval;
+}
+
 
 // MARK: accessors
 
@@ -763,6 +775,7 @@ - (NSURLRequest*)makeNSURLRequest {
 #endif
     
     [r setHTTPMethod:stringForRequestMethod(self.method)];
+    [r setTimeoutInterval:self.timeoutInterval];
     
 #if FSN_LOG_HEADERS
 #define SET_HEADER(k, v) \