diff --git a/clickhouse/base/socket.cpp b/clickhouse/base/socket.cpp
index c6dc920e..e0f8fb1c 100644
--- a/clickhouse/base/socket.cpp
+++ b/clickhouse/base/socket.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@ void SetNonBlock(SOCKET fd, bool value) {
 #endif
 }
 
+void SetTimeout(SOCKET fd, const SocketTimeoutParams& timeout_params) {
+#if defined(_unix_)
+    timeval recv_timeout { .tv_sec = timeout_params.recv_timeout.count(), .tv_usec = 0 };
+    setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &recv_timeout, sizeof(recv_timeout));
+
+    timeval send_timeout { .tv_sec = timeout_params.send_timeout.count(), .tv_usec = 0 };
+    setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, &send_timeout, sizeof(send_timeout));
+#endif
+};
+
 ssize_t Poll(struct pollfd* fds, int nfds, int timeout) noexcept {
 #if defined(_win_)
     return WSAPoll(fds, nfds, timeout);
@@ -120,7 +130,7 @@ ssize_t Poll(struct pollfd* fds, int nfds, int timeout) noexcept {
 #endif
 }
 
-SOCKET SocketConnect(const NetworkAddress& addr) {
+SOCKET SocketConnect(const NetworkAddress& addr, const SocketTimeoutParams& timeout_params) {
     int last_err = 0;
     for (auto res = addr.Info(); res != nullptr; res = res->ai_next) {
         SOCKET s(socket(res->ai_family, res->ai_socktype, res->ai_protocol));
@@ -130,6 +140,7 @@ SOCKET SocketConnect(const NetworkAddress& addr) {
         }
 
         SetNonBlock(s, true);
+        SetTimeout(s, timeout_params);
 
         if (connect(s, res->ai_addr, (int)res->ai_addrlen) != 0) {
             int err = getSocketErrorCode();
@@ -213,6 +224,7 @@ NetworkAddress::~NetworkAddress() {
 const struct addrinfo* NetworkAddress::Info() const {
     return info_;
 }
+
 const std::string & NetworkAddress::Host() const {
     return host_;
 }
@@ -220,6 +232,7 @@ const std::string & NetworkAddress::Host() const {
 
 SocketBase::~SocketBase() = default;
 
+
 SocketFactory::~SocketFactory() = default;
 
 void SocketFactory::sleepFor(const std::chrono::milliseconds& duration) {
@@ -227,8 +240,8 @@ void SocketFactory::sleepFor(const std::chrono::milliseconds& duration) {
 }
 
 
-Socket::Socket(const NetworkAddress& addr)
-    : handle_(SocketConnect(addr))
+Socket::Socket(const NetworkAddress& addr, const SocketTimeoutParams& timeout_params)
+    : handle_(SocketConnect(addr, timeout_params))
 {}
 
 Socket::Socket(Socket&& other) noexcept
@@ -300,19 +313,21 @@ std::unique_ptr<OutputStream> Socket::makeOutputStream() const {
     return std::make_unique<SocketOutput>(handle_);
 }
 
+
 NonSecureSocketFactory::~NonSecureSocketFactory()  {}
 
 std::unique_ptr<SocketBase> NonSecureSocketFactory::connect(const ClientOptions &opts) {
     const auto address = NetworkAddress(opts.host, std::to_string(opts.port));
 
-    auto socket = doConnect(address);
+    auto socket = doConnect(address, opts);
     setSocketOptions(*socket, opts);
 
     return socket;
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<Socket> NonSecureSocketFactory::doConnect(const NetworkAddress& address) {
-    return std::make_unique<Socket>(address);
+std::unique_ptr<Socket> NonSecureSocketFactory::doConnect(const NetworkAddress& address, const ClientOptions& opts) {
+    SocketTimeoutParams timeout_params { opts.connection_recv_timeout, opts.connection_send_timeout };
+    return std::make_unique<Socket>(address, timeout_params);
 }
 
 void NonSecureSocketFactory::setSocketOptions(Socket &socket, const ClientOptions &opts) {
@@ -327,6 +342,7 @@ void NonSecureSocketFactory::setSocketOptions(Socket &socket, const ClientOption
     }
 }
 
+
 SocketInput::SocketInput(SOCKET s)
     : s_(s)
 {
diff --git a/clickhouse/base/socket.h b/clickhouse/base/socket.h
index e7cacc19..b3d916e1 100644
--- a/clickhouse/base/socket.h
+++ b/clickhouse/base/socket.h
@@ -82,9 +82,14 @@ class SocketFactory {
 };
 
 
+struct SocketTimeoutParams {
+    const std::chrono::seconds recv_timeout {0};
+    const std::chrono::seconds send_timeout {0};
+};
+
 class Socket : public SocketBase {
 public:
-    Socket(const NetworkAddress& addr);
+    Socket(const NetworkAddress& addr, const SocketTimeoutParams& timeout_params);
     Socket(Socket&& other) noexcept;
     Socket& operator=(Socket&& other) noexcept;
 
@@ -119,7 +124,7 @@ class NonSecureSocketFactory : public SocketFactory {
     std::unique_ptr<SocketBase> connect(const ClientOptions& opts) override;
 
 protected:
-    virtual std::unique_ptr<Socket> doConnect(const NetworkAddress& address);
+    virtual std::unique_ptr<Socket> doConnect(const NetworkAddress& address, const ClientOptions& opts);
 
     void setSocketOptions(Socket& socket, const ClientOptions& opts);
 };
diff --git a/clickhouse/base/sslsocket.cpp b/clickhouse/base/sslsocket.cpp
index 392c22fd..29efa504 100644
--- a/clickhouse/base/sslsocket.cpp
+++ b/clickhouse/base/sslsocket.cpp
@@ -198,9 +198,9 @@ SSL_CTX * SSLContext::getContext() {
     << "\n\t handshake state: " << SSL_get_state(ssl_) \
     << std::endl
 */
-SSLSocket::SSLSocket(const NetworkAddress& addr, const SSLParams & ssl_params,
-                     SSLContext& context)
-    : Socket(addr)
+SSLSocket::SSLSocket(const NetworkAddress& addr, const SocketTimeoutParams& timeout_params,
+                     const SSLParams & ssl_params, SSLContext& context)
+    : Socket(addr, timeout_params)
     , ssl_(SSL_new(context.getContext()), &SSL_free)
 {
     auto ssl = ssl_.get();
@@ -267,8 +267,9 @@ SSLSocketFactory::SSLSocketFactory(const ClientOptions& opts)
 
 SSLSocketFactory::~SSLSocketFactory() = default;
 
-std::unique_ptr<Socket> SSLSocketFactory::doConnect(const NetworkAddress& address) {
-    return std::make_unique<SSLSocket>(address, ssl_params_, *ssl_context_);
+std::unique_ptr<Socket> SSLSocketFactory::doConnect(const NetworkAddress& address, const ClientOptions& opts) {
+    SocketTimeoutParams timeout_params { opts.connection_recv_timeout, opts.connection_send_timeout };
+    return std::make_unique<SSLSocket>(address, timeout_params, ssl_params_, *ssl_context_);
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<InputStream> SSLSocket::makeInputStream() const {
diff --git a/clickhouse/base/sslsocket.h b/clickhouse/base/sslsocket.h
index f37e4a5a..945de86d 100644
--- a/clickhouse/base/sslsocket.h
+++ b/clickhouse/base/sslsocket.h
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ class SSLContext
 
 class SSLSocket : public Socket {
 public:
-    explicit SSLSocket(const NetworkAddress& addr, const SSLParams & ssl_params, SSLContext& context);
+    explicit SSLSocket(const NetworkAddress& addr, const SocketTimeoutParams& timeout_params,
+                       const SSLParams& ssl_params, SSLContext& context);
+
     SSLSocket(SSLSocket &&) = default;
     ~SSLSocket() override = default;
 
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ class SSLSocketFactory : public NonSecureSocketFactory {
     ~SSLSocketFactory() override;
 
 protected:
-    std::unique_ptr<Socket> doConnect(const NetworkAddress& address) override;
+    std::unique_ptr<Socket> doConnect(const NetworkAddress& address, const ClientOptions& opts) override;
 
 private:
     const SSLParams ssl_params_;
diff --git a/clickhouse/client.h b/clickhouse/client.h
index 6de09b8a..679dd32c 100644
--- a/clickhouse/client.h
+++ b/clickhouse/client.h
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ struct ClientOptions {
     // TCP options
     DECLARE_FIELD(tcp_nodelay, bool, TcpNoDelay, true);
 
+    /// Connection socket timeout. If the timeout is set to zero then the operation will never timeout.
+    DECLARE_FIELD(connection_recv_timeout, std::chrono::seconds, SetConnectionRecvTimeout, std::chrono::seconds(0));
+    DECLARE_FIELD(connection_send_timeout, std::chrono::seconds, SetConnectionSendTimeout, std::chrono::seconds(0));
+
     // TODO deprecate setting
     /** It helps to ease migration of the old codebases, which can't afford to switch
     * to using ColumnLowCardinalityT or ColumnLowCardinality directly,
diff --git a/ut/socket_ut.cpp b/ut/socket_ut.cpp
index 6f428428..36b6a65b 100644
--- a/ut/socket_ut.cpp
+++ b/ut/socket_ut.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ TEST(Socketcase, connecterror) {
 
     std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
     try {
-        Socket socket(addr);
+        Socket socket(addr, SocketTimeoutParams {});
     } catch (const std::system_error& e) {
         FAIL();
     }
@@ -26,13 +26,37 @@ TEST(Socketcase, connecterror) {
     std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
     server.stop();
     try {
-        Socket socket(addr);
+        Socket socket(addr, SocketTimeoutParams {});
         FAIL();
     } catch (const std::system_error& e) {
         ASSERT_NE(EINPROGRESS,e.code().value());
     }
 }
 
+TEST(Socketcase, timeoutrecv) {
+    using Seconds = std::chrono::seconds;
+
+    int port = 19979;
+    NetworkAddress addr("localhost", std::to_string(port));
+    LocalTcpServer server(port);
+    server.start();
+
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
+    try {
+        Socket socket(addr, SocketTimeoutParams { .recv_timeout = Seconds(5), .send_timeout = Seconds(5) });
+
+        std::unique_ptr<InputStream> ptr_input_stream = socket.makeInputStream();
+        char buf[1024];
+        ptr_input_stream->Read(buf, sizeof(buf));
+
+    } catch (const std::system_error& e) {
+        ASSERT_EQ(EAGAIN, e.code().value());
+    }
+
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
+    server.stop();
+}
+
 // Test to verify that reading from empty socket doesn't hangs.
 //TEST(Socketcase, ReadFromEmptySocket) {
 //    const int port = 12345;