diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index 70fbbf3..717f1de 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ def test_accounts_with_options():
             'handle_rate_limit': True,
             'retry_max': 1,
             'retry_delay': 3000,
-            'retry_on_status': [404, 500, 503]
+            'retry_on_status': [404, 500, 503],
+            'timeout': (1.0, 3.0)
         }
     )
 
     assert client is not None
     assert isinstance(client, Client)
-    assert len(client.options) == 4
+    assert len(client.options) == 5
diff --git a/twitter_ads/http.py b/twitter_ads/http.py
index 5e59bd8..1931f12 100644
--- a/twitter_ads/http.py
+++ b/twitter_ads/http.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 else:
     import http.client as httplib
 
+from requests.exceptions import Timeout
 from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1Session
 from twitter_ads.utils import get_version
 from twitter_ads.error import Error
@@ -87,8 +88,11 @@ def __oauth_request(self):
         retry_max = self._client.options.get('retry_max', 0)
         retry_delay = self._client.options.get('retry_delay', 1500)
         retry_on_status = self._client.options.get('retry_on_status', [500, 503])
+        retry_on_timeouts = self._client.options.get('retry_on_timeouts', False)
+        timeout = self._client.options.get('timeout', None)
         retry_count = 0
         retry_after = None
+        timeout = self._client.options.get('timeout', None)
 
         consumer = OAuth1Session(
             self._client.consumer_key,
@@ -100,8 +104,20 @@ def __oauth_request(self):
         method = getattr(consumer, self._method)
 
         while (retry_count <= retry_max):
-            response = method(url, headers=headers, data=data, params=params,
-                              files=files, stream=stream)
+            try:
+                response = method(url, headers=headers, data=data, params=params,
+                                  files=files, stream=stream, timeout=timeout)
+            except Timeout as e:
+                if retry_on_timeouts:
+                    if retry_count == retry_max:
+                        raise Exception(e)
+                    logger.warning("Timeout occurred: resume in %s seconds"
+                                   % (int(retry_delay) / 1000))
+                    time.sleep(int(retry_delay) / 1000)
+                    retry_count += 1
+                    continue
+                raise Exception(e)
+
             # do not retry on 2XX status code
             if 200 <= response.status_code < 300:
                 break