diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index ab4c471..11f684f 100755
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 nose==1.2.1
 requests-mock==0.7.0
-pyhamcrest==1.8.1
\ No newline at end of file
+pyhamcrest==1.8.1
+flexmock
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/api_test.py b/tests/api_test.py
index a54281c..7836f14 100644
--- a/tests/api_test.py
+++ b/tests/api_test.py
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 import base64
 import unittest
+import requests
 
+from flexmock import flexmock, flexmock_teardown
 from hamcrest import assert_that, equal_to, raises, calling
 import requests_mock
 from requests_mock.exceptions import NoMockAddress
@@ -28,6 +30,9 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.username = 'admin'
         self.password = 'test'
 
+    def tearDown(self):
+        flexmock_teardown()
+
     @requests_mock.mock()
     def test_api_method_returns_without_arguments(self, request_mock):
         json_data = [
@@ -173,6 +178,28 @@ def test_api_http_post_method_raises_on_result_414(self, request_mock):
 
         assert_that(calling(ubersmith_api.support.ticket_submit.http_post), raises(UnknownError))
 
+    def test_api_http_timeout(self):
+        payload = dict(status=True, data="plop")
+        response = flexmock(status_code=200, json=lambda: payload)
+        ubersmith_api = api.init(self.url, self.username, self.password, 666)
+
+        flexmock(requests).should_receive("get").with_args(
+            url=self.url, auth=(self.username, self.password), timeout=666, params={'method': 'uber.method_list'}
+        ).and_return(response)
+
+        ubersmith_api.uber.method_list()
+
+    def test_api_http_default_timeout(self):
+        payload = dict(status=True, data="plop")
+        response = flexmock(status_code=200, json=lambda: payload)
+        ubersmith_api = api.init(self.url, self.username, self.password)
+
+        flexmock(requests).should_receive("get").with_args(
+            url=self.url, auth=(self.username, self.password), timeout=60, params={'method': 'uber.method_list'}
+        ).and_return(response)
+
+        ubersmith_api.uber.method_list()
+
     @requests_mock.mock()
     def test_api_http_post_method_raises_on_result_500(self, request_mock):
         json_data = {
diff --git a/ubersmith_client/api.py b/ubersmith_client/api.py
index 5796838..2caf125 100644
--- a/ubersmith_client/api.py
+++ b/ubersmith_client/api.py
@@ -16,28 +16,30 @@
 from ubersmith_client.exceptions import UbersmithException, get_exception_for
 
 
-def init(url, user, password):
-    return UbersmithApi(url, user, password)
+def init(url, user, password, timeout=60):
+    return UbersmithApi(url, user, password, timeout)
 
 
 class UbersmithApi(object):
-    def __init__(self, url, user, password):
+    def __init__(self, url, user, password, timeout):
         self.url = url
         self.user = user
         self.password = password
+        self.timeout = timeout
 
     def __getattr__(self, module):
-        return UbersmithRequest(self.url, self.user, self.password, module)
+        return UbersmithRequest(self.url, self.user, self.password, module, self.timeout)
 
 
 class UbersmithRequest(object):
-    def __init__(self, url, user, password, module):
+    def __init__(self, url, user, password, module, timeout):
         self.url = url
         self.user = user
         self.password = password
         self.module = module
         self.methods = []
         self.http_methods = {'GET': 'get', 'POST': 'post'}
+        self.timeout = timeout
 
     def __getattr__(self, function):
         self.methods.append(function)
@@ -48,7 +50,13 @@ def __call__(self, **kwargs):
 
     def process_request(self, http_method, **kwargs):
         callable_http_method = getattr(requests, http_method)
-        response = callable_http_method(self.url, auth=(self.user, self.password), **kwargs)
+
+        response = callable_http_method(
+            self.url,
+            auth=(self.user, self.password),
+            timeout=self.timeout,
+            **kwargs
+        )
 
         if response.status_code < 200 or response.status_code >= 400:
             raise get_exception_for(status_code=response.status_code)