diff --git a/cmd/dfget/app/root.go b/cmd/dfget/app/root.go
index eeae7c298..a3567a8b6 100644
--- a/cmd/dfget/app/root.go
+++ b/cmd/dfget/app/root.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	localLimit string
 	totalLimit string
+	minRate    string
 	filter     string
 )
 
@@ -132,6 +133,10 @@ func initProperties() {
 		cfg.LocalLimit = properties.LocalLimit
 	}
 
+	if cfg.MinRate == 0 {
+		cfg.MinRate = properties.MinRate
+	}
+
 	if cfg.TotalLimit == 0 {
 		cfg.TotalLimit = properties.TotalLimit
 	}
@@ -151,6 +156,10 @@ func transParams() error {
 		return errHandler.Wrapf(errors.ErrConvertFailed, "locallimit: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	if cfg.MinRate, err = transLimit(minRate); err != nil {
+		return errHandler.Wrapf(errors.ErrConvertFailed, "minrate: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	if cfg.TotalLimit, err = transLimit(totalLimit); err != nil {
 		return errHandler.Wrapf(errors.ErrConvertFailed, "totallimit: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -184,9 +193,11 @@ func initFlags() {
 	flagSet.StringVarP(&cfg.Output, "output", "o", "",
 		"Destination path which is used to store the requested downloading file. It must contain detailed directory and specific filename, for example, '/tmp/file.mp4'")
 
-	// localLimit & totalLimit & timeout
+	// localLimit & minRate & totalLimit & timeout
 	flagSet.StringVarP(&localLimit, "locallimit", "s", "",
 		"network bandwidth rate limit for single download task, in format of 20M/m/K/k")
+	flagSet.StringVar(&minRate, "minrate", "",
+		"minimal network bandwidth rate for downloading a file, in format of 20M/m/K/k")
 	flagSet.StringVar(&totalLimit, "totallimit", "",
 		"network bandwidth rate limit for the whole host, in format of 20M/m/K/k")
 	flagSet.IntVarP(&cfg.Timeout, "timeout", "e", 0,
diff --git a/dfget/config/config.go b/dfget/config/config.go
index 7f607c8cc..5af9f5a63 100644
--- a/dfget/config/config.go
+++ b/dfget/config/config.go
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ type Properties struct {
 	// LocalLimit rate limit about a single download task,format: 20M/m/K/k.
 	LocalLimit int `yaml:"localLimit"`
 
+	// Minimal rate about a single download task,format: 20M/m/K/k.
+	MinRate int `yaml:"minRate"`
+
 	// TotalLimit rate limit about the whole host,format: 20M/m/K/k.
 	TotalLimit int `yaml:"totalLimit"`
 
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ func NewProperties() *Properties {
 	return &Properties{
 		Nodes:           []string{DefaultNode},
 		LocalLimit:      DefaultLocalLimit,
+		MinRate:         DefaultMinRate,
 		ClientQueueSize: DefaultClientQueueSize,
 	}
 }
@@ -139,6 +143,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// LocalLimit rate limit about a single download task,format: 20M/m/K/k.
 	LocalLimit int `json:"localLimit,omitempty"`
 
+	// Minimal rate about a single download task,format: 20M/m/K/k.
+	MinRate int `json:"minRate,omitempty"`
+
 	// TotalLimit rate limit about the whole host,format: 20M/m/K/k.
 	TotalLimit int `json:"totalLimit,omitempty"`
 
diff --git a/dfget/config/constants.go b/dfget/config/constants.go
index d52b600ba..15da08a3d 100644
--- a/dfget/config/constants.go
+++ b/dfget/config/constants.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultIniConfigFile   = "/etc/dragonfly.conf"
 	DefaultNode            = "127.0.0.1"
 	DefaultLocalLimit      = 20 * 1024 * 1024
+	DefaultMinRate         = 64 * 1024
 	DefaultClientQueueSize = 6
 )
 
diff --git a/dfget/core/core.go b/dfget/core/core.go
index 3fd7b05d7..6649b37d7 100644
--- a/dfget/core/core.go
+++ b/dfget/core/core.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func downloadFile(cfg *config.Config, supernodeAPI api.SupernodeAPI,
 		getter = p2pDown.NewP2PDownloader(cfg, supernodeAPI, register, result)
 	}
 
-	timeout := calculateTimeout(cfg.RV.FileLength, cfg.Timeout)
+	timeout := calculateTimeout(cfg.RV.FileLength, cfg.Timeout, cfg.MinRate)
 	err := downloader.DoDownloadTimeout(getter, timeout)
 	success := "SUCCESS"
 	if err != nil {
@@ -260,13 +260,13 @@ func checkConnectSupernode(nodes []string) (localIP string) {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func calculateTimeout(fileLength int64, defaultTimeoutSecond int) time.Duration {
+func calculateTimeout(fileLength int64, defaultTimeoutSecond int, minRate int) time.Duration {
 	timeout := 5 * 60
 
 	if defaultTimeoutSecond > 0 {
 		timeout = defaultTimeoutSecond
 	} else if fileLength > 0 {
-		timeout = int(fileLength/(64*1024) + 10)
+		timeout = int(fileLength/int64(minRate) + 10)
 	}
 	return time.Duration(timeout) * time.Second
 }