diff --git a/charts/generic-service/README.md b/charts/generic-service/README.md
index 9d79d0b..a714b34 100644
--- a/charts/generic-service/README.md
+++ b/charts/generic-service/README.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ app:
 | `ingress.enabled`                               | `false`                     | Enables ingress into the service (either cluster-internal or public)                                     |
 | `ingress.port`                                  | `80`                        | The container port ingress traffic is routed to                                                          |
 | `ingress.protocol`                              | `http`                      | The internal protocol used for ingress (e.g., `http`, `https`, `h2c`, `grpc`, `http2`/`h2` or `grpcs`)   |
-| `ingress.timeoutSeconds`                        |                             | Number of seconds after which to timeout waiting for response from service                               |
+| `ingress.timeoutSeconds`                        |                             | Number of seconds after which to timeout waiting for response from service; -1 for infinite              |
 | `ingress.domains`                               | `[]`                        | The public domain names under which the service is exposed (leave empty for cluster-internal only)       |
 | `ingress.paths`                                 | `[]`                        | HTTP path prefixes to accept ingress traffic for (leave empty to accept traffic for any path)            |
 | `ingress.tls.enabled`                           | `false`                     | Enables TLS termination at the ingress (not applicable if `ingress.istio.enabled`)                       |
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ app:
 | `ingress.extra.*.class`                         | same as `ingress.class`     | Additional ingress controller to use (not applicable if `ingress.istio.enabled`)                         |
 | `ingress.extra.*.port`                          | same as `ingress.port`      | Additional container port ingress traffic is routed to (not applicable if `ingress.istio.enabled`)       |
 | `ingress.extra.*.protocol`                      | `http`                      | The protocol used for the port (e.g., `http`, `https`, `h2c`, `grpc`, `http2`/`h2` or `grpcs`)           |
-| `ingress.extra.*.timeoutSeconds`                |                             | Number of seconds after which to timeout waiting for response from service                               |
+| `ingress.extra.*.timeoutSeconds`                |                             | Number of seconds after which to timeout waiting for response from service; -1 for infinite              |
 | `ingress.extra.*.domains`                       | `[]`                        | The public domain names under which the port is exposed (leave empty for cluster-internal only)          |
 | `ingress.extra.*.paths`                         | `[]`                        | HTTP path prefixes to accept ingress traffic for (leave empty to accept traffic for any path)            |
 | `ingress.extra.*.tls.enabled`                   | `false`                     | Enables TLS termination at the ingress                                                                   |
diff --git a/charts/generic-service/ci/ingress-contour-values.yaml b/charts/generic-service/ci/ingress-contour-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3357ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/generic-service/ci/ingress-contour-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Contour ingress test
+
+image:
+  repository: jwilder/whoami
+  tag: latest
+
+ingress:
+  enabled: true
+  port: 8000
+  class: contour
+  extra:
+    timeout:
+      domains: ['timeout.example.com']
+      timeoutSeconds: -1  # infinte
diff --git a/charts/generic-service/templates/ingress-extra.yaml b/charts/generic-service/templates/ingress-extra.yaml
index 3883246..d586fb3 100644
--- a/charts/generic-service/templates/ingress-extra.yaml
+++ b/charts/generic-service/templates/ingress-extra.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 {{- range $name, $extra := .Values.ingress.extra }}
 {{- if $extra.domains }}
 {{ $class := $extra.class | default $.Values.ingress.class }}
+{{ $timeout := $extra.timeoutSeconds | default $.Values.ingress.timeoutSeconds }}
 
 apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: Ingress
@@ -20,12 +21,17 @@ metadata:
     {{- if $extra.port }}{{ $protocol = $extra.protocol }}{{ end }}
     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: {{ include "generic-service.normalize-protocol" $protocol | upper }}
     {{- if or $extra.timeoutSeconds $.Values.ingress.timeoutSeconds }}
-    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-read-timeout: '{{ $extra.timeoutSeconds | default $.Values.ingress.timeoutSeconds }}'
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-read-timeout: '{{ $timeout }}'
     {{- if or (eq $protocol "grpc") (eq $protocol "grpcs") }}
-    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/server-snippet: "grpc_read_timeout {{ $extra.timeoutSeconds | default $.Values.ingress.timeoutSeconds }}s; {{ get $merged "nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/server-snippet" }}"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/server-snippet: "grpc_read_timeout {{ $timeout }}s; {{ get $merged "nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/server-snippet" }}"
     {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
   {{- end }}
+  {{- if eq $class "contour" }}
+    {{- if $timeout }}
+    projectcontour.io/response-timeout: '{{ if eq (int $timeout) -1 }}infinity{{ else }}{{ $timeout }}s{{ end }}'
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
 
 spec:
   {{- if $class }}
diff --git a/charts/generic-service/templates/ingress.yaml b/charts/generic-service/templates/ingress.yaml
index f6931fb..3312a39 100644
--- a/charts/generic-service/templates/ingress.yaml
+++ b/charts/generic-service/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ metadata:
     {{ if .Values.ingress.cors.exposeHeaders }}nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/cors-expose-headers: {{ join "," .Values.ingress.cors.exposeHeaders | quote }}{{ end }}
     {{- end }}
   {{- end }}
+  {{- if eq .Values.ingress.class "contour" }}
+    {{- if .Values.ingress.timeoutSeconds }}
+    projectcontour.io/response-timeout: '{{ if eq (int .Values.ingress.timeoutSeconds) -1 }}infinity{{ else }}{{ .Values.ingress.timeoutSeconds }}s{{ end }}'
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
 
 spec:
   {{- if .Values.ingress.class }}
diff --git a/charts/generic-service/values.schema.json b/charts/generic-service/values.schema.json
index b28c60e..e7957de 100644
--- a/charts/generic-service/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/generic-service/values.schema.json
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
         },
         "timeoutSeconds": {
           "type": ["integer", "null"],
-          "description": "Number of seconds after which to timeout waiting for response from service"
+          "description": "Number of seconds after which to timeout waiting for response from service; -1 for infinite"
         },
         "domains": {
           "type": "array",
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@
               },
               "timeoutSeconds": {
                 "type": ["integer", "null"],
-                "description": "Number of seconds after which to timeout waiting for response from service"
+                "description": "Number of seconds after which to timeout waiting for response from service; -1 for infinite"
               },
               "domains": {
                 "type": "array",