diff --git a/net/src/client/http/mod.rs b/net/src/client/http/mod.rs
index 326bf02e3..e51f309fd 100644
--- a/net/src/client/http/mod.rs
+++ b/net/src/client/http/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
 use reqwest;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
@@ -15,8 +17,9 @@ impl WitnetHttpClient {
     pub async fn send(
         &self,
         request: reqwest::RequestBuilder,
+        timeout: Option<Duration>,
     ) -> Result<WitnetHttpResponse, WitnetHttpError> {
-        let req = match request.build() {
+        let req = match request.timeout(timeout.unwrap_or(Duration::new(10, 0))).build() {
             Ok(req) => req,
             Err(e) => return Err(WitnetHttpError::HttpRequestError { msg: e.to_string() }),
         };
diff --git a/node/src/actors/rad_manager/handlers.rs b/node/src/actors/rad_manager/handlers.rs
index 2d3b57bd3..e9451069f 100644
--- a/node/src/actors/rad_manager/handlers.rs
+++ b/node/src/actors/rad_manager/handlers.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ impl Handler<ResolveRA> for RadManager {
                         active_wips.clone(),
                         protocol_version,
                         witnessing.clone(),
+                        None,
                     )
                 })
                 .map(|fut| {
diff --git a/rad/src/lib.rs b/rad/src/lib.rs
index 13fe1bd37..7507df37b 100644
--- a/rad/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rad/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use crate::{
     user_agents::UserAgent,
 };
 use core::convert::From;
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::{collections::BTreeMap, time::Duration};
 use witnet_data_structures::proto::versioning::ProtocolVersion;
 use witnet_net::client::http::WitnetHttpBody;
 
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ pub fn try_data_request(
     inputs_injection: Option<&[&str]>,
     witnessing: Option<WitnessingConfig<witnet_net::Uri>>,
     too_many_witnesses: bool,
+    timeout: Option<Duration>,
 ) -> RADRequestExecutionReport {
     #[cfg(not(test))]
     let active_wips = current_active_wips();
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ pub fn try_data_request(
                         active_wips.clone(),
                         protocol_version,
                         witnessing.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
+                        timeout,
                     )
                 })
                 .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
@@ -278,6 +280,7 @@ async fn http_response(
     context: &mut ReportContext<RadonTypes>,
     settings: RadonScriptExecutionSettings,
     client: Option<WitnetHttpClient>,
+    timeout: Option<Duration>,
 ) -> Result<RadonReport<RadonTypes>> {
     // Validate URL to make sure that we handle malformed URLs nicely before they hit any library
     if let Err(err) = url::Url::parse(&retrieve.url) {
@@ -380,7 +383,7 @@ async fn http_response(
     request_builder = request_builder.headers(headers);
 
     let response = client
-        .send(request_builder)
+        .send(request_builder, timeout)
         .await
         .map_err(|x| RadError::HttpOther {
             message: x.to_string(),
@@ -502,16 +505,17 @@ pub async fn run_retrieval_report(
     active_wips: ActiveWips,
     protocol_version: ProtocolVersion,
     client: Option<WitnetHttpClient>,
+    timeout: Option<Duration>,
 ) -> Result<RadonReport<RadonTypes>> {
     let context = &mut ReportContext::from_stage(Stage::Retrieval(RetrievalMetadata::default()));
     context.set_active_wips(active_wips);
     context.set_protocol_version(protocol_version);
 
     match retrieve.kind {
-        RADType::HttpGet => http_response(retrieve, context, settings, client).await,
+        RADType::HttpGet => http_response(retrieve, context, settings, client, timeout).await,
         RADType::Rng => rng_response(context, settings).await,
-        RADType::HttpPost => http_response(retrieve, context, settings, client).await,
-        RADType::HttpHead => http_response(retrieve, context, settings, client).await,
+        RADType::HttpPost => http_response(retrieve, context, settings, client, timeout).await,
+        RADType::HttpHead => http_response(retrieve, context, settings, client, timeout).await,
         _ => Err(RadError::UnknownRetrieval),
     }
 }
@@ -521,6 +525,7 @@ pub async fn run_retrieval(
     retrieve: &RADRetrieve,
     active_wips: ActiveWips,
     protocol_version: ProtocolVersion,
+    timeout: Option<Duration>,
 ) -> Result<RadonTypes> {
     // Disable all execution tracing features, as this is the best-effort version of this method
     run_retrieval_report(
@@ -529,6 +534,7 @@ pub async fn run_retrieval(
         active_wips,
         protocol_version,
         None,
+        timeout,
     )
     .await
     .map(RadonReport::into_inner)
@@ -547,10 +553,11 @@ pub async fn run_paranoid_retrieval(
     active_wips: ActiveWips,
     protocol_version: ProtocolVersion,
     witnessing: WitnessingConfig<witnet_net::Uri>,
+    timeout: Option<Duration>,
 ) -> Result<RadonReport<RadonTypes>> {
     // We can skip paranoid checks for retrieval types that don't use networking (e.g. RNG)
     if !retrieve.kind.is_http() {
-        return run_retrieval_report(retrieve, settings, active_wips, protocol_version, None).await;
+        return run_retrieval_report(retrieve, settings, active_wips, protocol_version, None, timeout).await;
     }
 
     let futures: Result<Vec<_>> = witnessing
@@ -573,6 +580,7 @@ pub async fn run_paranoid_retrieval(
                         active_wips.clone(),
                         protocol_version,
                         Some(client),
+                        timeout,
                     )
                 })
         })
@@ -1690,6 +1698,7 @@ mod tests {
             None,
             None,
             false,
+            None,
         );
         let tally_result = report.tally.into_inner();
 
@@ -1734,6 +1743,7 @@ mod tests {
             None,
             None,
             false,
+            None,
         );
         let tally_result = report.tally.into_inner();
 
@@ -1787,6 +1797,7 @@ mod tests {
             None,
             None,
             false,
+            None,
         );
         let tally_result = report.tally.into_inner();
 
@@ -1840,6 +1851,7 @@ mod tests {
             None,
             None,
             false,
+            None,
         );
         let tally_result = report.tally.into_inner();
 
@@ -1893,6 +1905,7 @@ mod tests {
             None,
             None,
             false,
+            None,
         );
         let tally_result = report.tally.into_inner();
 
@@ -1959,6 +1972,7 @@ mod tests {
             Some(&["1", "1", "error"]),
             None,
             false,
+            None,
         );
         let tally_result = report.tally.into_inner();
 
@@ -2078,6 +2092,7 @@ mod tests {
                                 current_active_wips(),
                                 ProtocolVersion::guess(),
                                 Some(client),
+                                None,
                             )
                             .await;
 
diff --git a/toolkit/src/cli/arguments.rs b/toolkit/src/cli/arguments.rs
index 17c0f64b0..2011a63cf 100644
--- a/toolkit/src/cli/arguments.rs
+++ b/toolkit/src/cli/arguments.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ pub(crate) struct TryDataRequest {
         help = "Whether to return the full execution trace, including partial results after each operator."
     )]
     pub full_trace: Option<bool>,
+    #[structopt(
+        long, 
+        help = "Maximum amount of seconds to wait for a data source to respond."
+    )]
+    pub timeout: Option<u64>,
 }
 
 /// Easy derivation of `DecodeDataRequest` from `TryDataRequest`
diff --git a/toolkit/src/cli/data_requests.rs b/toolkit/src/cli/data_requests.rs
index 964bf1f1d..e54a5012f 100644
--- a/toolkit/src/cli/data_requests.rs
+++ b/toolkit/src/cli/data_requests.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Implementations of CLI methods related to Witnet data requests.
 
-use std::{fs::File, io::Read, path::Path};
+use std::{fs::File, io::Read, path::Path, time::Duration};
 
 use regex::Regex;
 
@@ -43,9 +43,13 @@ pub(crate) fn try_from_args(
     args: arguments::TryDataRequest,
 ) -> Result<RADRequestExecutionReport, Error> {
     let full_trace = args.full_trace.unwrap_or(true);
+    let timeout: Option<Duration> = if let Some(timeout) = args.timeout {
+        Some(Duration::from_secs(timeout))
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
     let request = decode_from_args(args.into())?.data_request;
-
-    witnet_toolkit::data_requests::try_data_request(&request, full_trace)
+    witnet_toolkit::data_requests::try_data_request(&request, full_trace, timeout)
 }
 
 /// Extract the Protocol Buffers representation of a data request from a Solidity smart contract
diff --git a/toolkit/src/data_requests.rs b/toolkit/src/data_requests.rs
index 19c6b8e9a..17b8da258 100644
--- a/toolkit/src/data_requests.rs
+++ b/toolkit/src/data_requests.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 //! Functions providing convenient utilities for working with Witnet data requests.
+use std::time::Duration;
+
 use witnet_data_structures::{
     chain::{DataRequestOutput, RADRequest},
     proto::ProtobufConvert,
@@ -46,13 +48,14 @@ pub fn decode_rad_from_pb_bytes(pb_bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<DataRequestOutput, Er
 pub fn try_data_request(
     request: &RADRequest,
     full_trace: bool,
+    timeout: Option<Duration>,
 ) -> Result<RADRequestExecutionReport, Error> {
     let settings = if full_trace {
         RadonScriptExecutionSettings::enable_all()
     } else {
         RadonScriptExecutionSettings::disable_all()
     };
-    let report = witnet_rad::try_data_request(request, settings, None, None, false);
+    let report = witnet_rad::try_data_request(request, settings, None, None, false, timeout);
 
     Ok(report)
 }