diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java
index 0f4c1314a..333f91bf0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@ public class TransportHttp extends HttpTransport implements WalkTransport,
 		conn.setRequestProperty(HDR_ACCEPT_ENCODING, ENCODING_GZIP);
 		conn.setRequestProperty(HDR_PRAGMA, "no-cache");//$NON-NLS-1$
 		conn.setRequestProperty(HDR_USER_AGENT, userAgent);
+		conn.setConnectTimeout(getTimeout() * 1000);
+		conn.setReadTimeout(getTimeout() * 1000);
 		return conn;
 	}