diff --git a/src/main/java/com/braintreegateway/exceptions/TimeoutException.java b/src/main/java/com/braintreegateway/exceptions/TimeoutException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f981365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/braintreegateway/exceptions/TimeoutException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.braintreegateway.exceptions;
+
+public class TimeoutException extends BraintreeException {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public TimeoutException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    public TimeoutException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/braintreegateway/util/Http.java b/src/main/java/com/braintreegateway/util/Http.java
index 83b27d64..1def447d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/braintreegateway/util/Http.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/braintreegateway/util/Http.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.security.KeyStore;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 import com.braintreegateway.exceptions.DownForMaintenanceException;
 import com.braintreegateway.exceptions.NotFoundException;
 import com.braintreegateway.exceptions.ServerException;
+import com.braintreegateway.exceptions.TimeoutException;
 import com.braintreegateway.exceptions.UnexpectedException;
 import com.braintreegateway.exceptions.UpgradeRequiredException;
 import com.braintreegateway.org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
@@ -140,6 +142,8 @@ private NodeWrapper httpRequest(RequestMethod requestMethod, String url, String
                     responseStream.close();
                 }
             }
+        } catch (SocketTimeoutException e) {
+            throw new TimeoutException(e.getMessage(), e);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new UnexpectedException(e.getMessage(), e);
         } finally {