diff --git a/AmazonPay/Client.php b/AmazonPay/Client.php
index 59c1cf1..54a401c 100644
--- a/AmazonPay/Client.php
+++ b/AmazonPay/Client.php
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ class Client implements ClientInterface, LoggerAwareInterface
                 'client_id'            => null,
                 'app_id'               => null,
                 'handle_throttle'      => true,
-                'override_service_url' => null
+                'override_service_url' => null,
+                'curl_connecttimeout'  => 300,
+                'curl_timeout'         => 0
             );
 
     private $modePath = null;
diff --git a/AmazonPay/HttpCurl.php b/AmazonPay/HttpCurl.php
index 0fb0fdf..9210a61 100644
--- a/AmazonPay/HttpCurl.php
+++ b/AmazonPay/HttpCurl.php
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ protected function commonCurlParams($url,$userAgent)
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $this->config['curl_connecttimeout']);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $this->config['curl_timeout']);
+
         if (!is_null($this->config['cabundle_file'])) {
             curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CAINFO, $this->config['cabundle_file']);
         }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af41be7..8ba082a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ composer require amzn/amazon-pay-sdk-php
 | Proxy Password      | `proxy_password`      | Default : `null`			    	   |
 | LWA Client ID       | `client_id`           | Default : `null`			    	   |
 | Handle Throttle     | `handle_throttle`     | Default : `true`<br>Other: `false`	    	   |
+| Curl ConnectTimeout | `curl_connecttimeout` | Default : `300`					  	   |
+| Curl Timeout        | `curl_timeout`        | Default : `0`					    	   |
 
 ## Setting Configuration
 
diff --git a/tst/unit/ClientTest.php b/tst/unit/ClientTest.php
index 1b117c5..a971876 100644
--- a/tst/unit/ClientTest.php
+++ b/tst/unit/ClientTest.php
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ class ClientTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
                 'proxy_host'           => null,
                 'proxy_port'           => -1,
                 'proxy_username'       => null,
-                'proxy_Password'       => null
+                'proxy_Password'       => null,
+                'curl_connecttimeout'  => 300,
+                'curl_timeout'         => 0
             );
 
     public function testConfigArray()