diff --git a/args.go b/args.go
index 5fed13f..677414d 100644
--- a/args.go
+++ b/args.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type config struct {
 	followLocation bool
 	method         string
 	saveStatus     int
+	timeout        int
 	verbose        bool
 
 	paths  string
@@ -66,6 +67,11 @@ func processArgs() config {
 	flag.IntVar(&saveStatus, "savestatus", 0, "")
 	flag.IntVar(&saveStatus, "s", 0, "")
 
+	// timeout param
+	timeout := 10000
+	flag.IntVar(&timeout, "timeout", 10000, "")
+	flag.IntVar(&timeout, "t", 10000, "")
+
 	// rawhttp param
 	rawHTTP := false
 	flag.BoolVar(&rawHTTP, "rawhttp", false, "")
@@ -109,6 +115,7 @@ func processArgs() config {
 		followLocation: followLocation,
 		method:         method,
 		saveStatus:     saveStatus,
+		timeout:        timeout,
 		requester:      requesterFn,
 		verbose:        verbose,
 		paths:          paths,
@@ -126,11 +133,12 @@ func init() {
 
 		h += "Options:\n"
 		h += "  -c, --concurrency <val>    Set the concurrency level (defaut: 20)\n"
-		h += "  -d, --delay <val>          Milliseconds between requests to the same host (defaut: 5000)\n"
+		h += "  -d, --delay <millis>       Milliseconds between requests to the same host (defaut: 5000)\n"
 		h += "  -H, --header <header>      Send a custom HTTP header\n"
 		h += "  -L, --location             Follow redirects / location header\n"
 		h += "  -r, --rawhttp              Use the rawhttp library for requests (experimental)\n"
 		h += "  -s, --savestatus <status>  Save only responses with specific status code\n"
+		h += "  -t, --timeout <millis>     Set the HTTP timeout (default: 10000)\n"
 		h += "  -v, --verbose              Verbose mode\n"
 		h += "  -X, --method <method>      HTTP method (default: GET)\n\n"
 
diff --git a/gohttp.go b/gohttp.go
index fb416fd..b10cede 100644
--- a/gohttp.go
+++ b/gohttp.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 )
 
 var transport = &http.Transport{
@@ -15,10 +14,10 @@ var transport = &http.Transport{
 
 var httpClient = &http.Client{
 	Transport: transport,
-	Timeout:   time.Second * 10,
 }
 
 func goRequest(r request) response {
+	httpClient.Timeout = r.timeout
 
 	if !r.followLocation {
 		httpClient.CheckRedirect = func(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0bba9c9..2722874 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ func main() {
 				path:           prefixedPath,
 				headers:        c.headers,
 				followLocation: c.followLocation,
+				timeout:        time.Duration(c.timeout * 1000000),
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/request.go b/request.go
index 34fc74f..ba24083 100644
--- a/request.go
+++ b/request.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // a request is a wrapper for a URL that we want to request
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ type request struct {
 	headers []string
 
 	followLocation bool
+	timeout        time.Duration
 }
 
 // Hostname returns the hostname part of the request