diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 41edfb2..e69e2f7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 language: ruby
 script: bundle exec rspec spec
 rvm:
-  - 2.0.0
+  - 2.3.0
 sudo: false
diff --git a/lib/pincers/http/client.rb b/lib/pincers/http/client.rb
index e858ce7..a1ba284 100644
--- a/lib/pincers/http/client.rb
+++ b/lib/pincers/http/client.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ def self.build_from_options(_options = {})
       session.proxy_auth = _options[:proxy_auth] if _options.key? :proxy_auth
       session.headers.merge! _options[:headers] if _options.key? :headers
       session.redirect_limit = _options[:redirect_limit] if _options.key? :redirect_limit
+      session.read_timeout = _options[:read_timeout] if _options.key? :read_timeout
 
       if _options.key? :ssl_cert
         session.ssl_cert = _options[:ssl_cert]
diff --git a/lib/pincers/http/session.rb b/lib/pincers/http/session.rb
index e0bb362..5757c93 100644
--- a/lib/pincers/http/session.rb
+++ b/lib/pincers/http/session.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Session
 
     attr_reader :cookie_jar, :headers
     attr_accessor :proxy_addr, :proxy_port, :proxy_user, :proxy_password, :redirect_limit,
-      :ssl_cert, :ssl_key
+      :ssl_cert, :ssl_key, :read_timeout
 
     def initialize(_other = nil)
       if _other
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def initialize(_other = nil)
         @redirect_limit = _other.redirect_limit
         @ssl_cert = _other.ssl_cert
         @ssl_key = _other.ssl_key
+        @read_timeout = _other.read_timeout || 60
       else
         @headers = DEFAULT_HEADERS
         @cookie_jar = CookieJar.new
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ def connect(_uri)
         proxy_password
       )
 
+      conn.read_timeout = read_timeout
+
       conn.use_ssl = true if _uri.scheme == 'https'
 
       if ssl_cert