diff --git a/pydantic_ai_slim/pydantic_ai/providers/bedrock.py b/pydantic_ai_slim/pydantic_ai/providers/bedrock.py
index 79c4e679ba..1a8980e057 100644
--- a/pydantic_ai_slim/pydantic_ai/providers/bedrock.py
+++ b/pydantic_ai_slim/pydantic_ai/providers/bedrock.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations as _annotations
 
+import os
 from typing import overload
 
 from pydantic_ai.exceptions import UserError
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
 try:
     import boto3
     from botocore.client import BaseClient
+    from botocore.config import Config
     from botocore.exceptions import NoRegionError
 except ImportError as _import_error:
     raise ImportError(
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ def __init__(
         aws_access_key_id: str | None = None,
         aws_secret_access_key: str | None = None,
         aws_session_token: str | None = None,
+        aws_read_timeout: float | None = None,
+        aws_connect_timeout: float | None = None,
     ) -> None: ...
 
     def __init__(
@@ -52,6 +56,8 @@ def __init__(
         aws_access_key_id: str | None = None,
         aws_secret_access_key: str | None = None,
         aws_session_token: str | None = None,
+        aws_read_timeout: float | None = None,
+        aws_connect_timeout: float | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         """Initialize the Bedrock provider.
 
@@ -61,17 +67,22 @@ def __init__(
             aws_access_key_id: The AWS access key ID.
             aws_secret_access_key: The AWS secret access key.
             aws_session_token: The AWS session token.
+            aws_read_timeout: The read timeout for Bedrock client.
+            aws_connect_timeout: The connect timeout for Bedrock client.
         """
         if bedrock_client is not None:
             self._client = bedrock_client
         else:
             try:
+                read_timeout = aws_read_timeout or float(os.getenv('AWS_READ_TIMEOUT', 300))
+                connect_timeout = aws_connect_timeout or float(os.getenv('AWS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT', 60))
                 self._client = boto3.client(  # type: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]
                     'bedrock-runtime',
                     aws_access_key_id=aws_access_key_id,
                     aws_secret_access_key=aws_secret_access_key,
                     aws_session_token=aws_session_token,
                     region_name=region_name,
+                    config=Config(read_timeout=read_timeout, connect_timeout=connect_timeout),
                 )
             except NoRegionError as exc:  # pragma: no cover
                 raise UserError('You must provide a `region_name` or a boto3 client for Bedrock Runtime.') from exc
diff --git a/tests/providers/test_bedrock.py b/tests/providers/test_bedrock.py
index 5fce0072c5..9f62fe6879 100644
--- a/tests/providers/test_bedrock.py
+++ b/tests/providers/test_bedrock.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+from typing import cast
+
 import pytest
 
 from ..conftest import TestEnv, try_import
 
 with try_import() as imports_successful:
+    from mypy_boto3_bedrock_runtime import BedrockRuntimeClient
+
     from pydantic_ai.providers.bedrock import BedrockProvider
 
 
@@ -15,3 +19,16 @@ def test_bedrock_provider(env: TestEnv):
     assert isinstance(provider, BedrockProvider)
     assert provider.name == 'bedrock'
     assert provider.base_url == 'https://bedrock-runtime.us-east-1.amazonaws.com'
+
+
+def test_bedrock_provider_timeout(env: TestEnv):
+    env.set('AWS_DEFAULT_REGION', 'us-east-1')
+    env.set('AWS_READ_TIMEOUT', '1')
+    env.set('AWS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT', '1')
+    provider = BedrockProvider()
+    assert isinstance(provider, BedrockProvider)
+    assert provider.name == 'bedrock'
+
+    config = cast(BedrockRuntimeClient, provider.client).meta.config
+    assert config.read_timeout == 1  # type: ignore
+    assert config.connect_timeout == 1  # type: ignore