diff --git a/src/main/cxf/com/inteligr8/rs/ClientCxfImpl.java b/src/main/cxf/com/inteligr8/rs/ClientCxfImpl.java
index 05e685d..9350815 100644
--- a/src/main/cxf/com/inteligr8/rs/ClientCxfImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/cxf/com/inteligr8/rs/ClientCxfImpl.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import org.apache.cxf.BusFactory;
 import org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.client.JAXRSClientFactory;
 import org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.client.WebClient;
 import org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.impl.RuntimeDelegateImpl;
+import org.apache.cxf.transport.http.HTTPConduit;
+import org.apache.cxf.transports.http.configuration.HTTPClientPolicy;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -129,6 +131,17 @@ public class ClientCxfImpl extends Client {
 		// so we need to create a CXF client
 		WebClient client = WebClient.create(this.getConfig().getBaseUrl(), providersAndFilters);
 
+        if (this.getConfig().getConnectTimeoutInMillis() != null || this.getConfig().getResponseTimeoutInMillis() != null) {
+            HTTPConduit conduit = client.getConfiguration().getHttpConduit();
+    		HTTPClientPolicy policy = conduit.getClient();
+    		if (policy == null)
+    		    conduit.setClient(policy = new HTTPClientPolicy());
+    		if (this.getConfig().getConnectTimeoutInMillis() != null)
+    		    policy.setConnectionTimeout(this.getConfig().getConnectTimeoutInMillis());
+            if (this.getConfig().getResponseTimeoutInMillis() != null)
+                policy.setReceiveTimeout(this.getConfig().getResponseTimeoutInMillis());
+        }
+
 		if (!this.getConfig().isDefaultBusEnabled()) {
 			// Some applications (like ACS) add interceptors to the default bus
 			// those interceptors may treat all messages as SOAP messages (like ACS), resulting in ClassCastExceptions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/rs/Client.java b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/rs/Client.java
index 2da7a6e..b8507d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/rs/Client.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/rs/Client.java
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  */
 package com.inteligr8.rs;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
 import javax.ws.rs.client.ClientBuilder;
 import javax.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
 
@@ -82,6 +84,11 @@ public abstract class Client {
 		ClientBuilder clientBuilder = ClientBuilder.newBuilder()
 				.register(provider)
 				.register(new LoggingFilter());
+		
+		if (this.getConfig().getConnectTimeoutInMillis() != null)
+		    clientBuilder.connectTimeout(this.getConfig().getConnectTimeoutInMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        if (this.getConfig().getResponseTimeoutInMillis() != null)
+            clientBuilder.readTimeout(this.getConfig().getResponseTimeoutInMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
 
 		if (authFilter == null)
 			authFilter = this.getConfig().createAuthorizationFilter();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/rs/ClientConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/rs/ClientConfiguration.java
index 48834b0..98b2fc2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/rs/ClientConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/rs/ClientConfiguration.java
@@ -119,6 +119,16 @@ public interface ClientConfiguration {
 	}
 	
 	
+	
+	default Integer getConnectTimeoutInMillis() {
+	    return null;
+	}
+	
+	default Integer getResponseTimeoutInMillis() {
+	    return null;
+	}
+	
+	
 
 	/**
 	 * @return true to enable Jackson UNWRAP_ROOT_VALUE feature; false otherwise.