diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e03c6ba..4e21f79 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ If you wish to define custom behaviour when request is rate-limited you can via
 $account_tx->setCooldownSeconds(10);
 //(optional) Override default number of tries when request is rate-limited (default is 3)
 $account_tx->setTries(5);
+//(optional) Set http timeout to 3 seconds (default is 0 - eg no timeout)
+//           After 3 seconds method will throw \XRPLWin\XRPL\Exceptions\BadRequestException on timeout
+$account_tx->setTimeout(3);
 
 //(optional) Define custom cooldown callback
 $account_tx->setCooldownHandler(
diff --git a/src/Api/AbstractMethod.php b/src/Api/AbstractMethod.php
index ad0f9f4..72cf6bd 100644
--- a/src/Api/AbstractMethod.php
+++ b/src/Api/AbstractMethod.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ abstract class AbstractMethod
   protected ?Closure $cooldown_callback = null;
   protected int $tries = 3; //how much times request is retried if rate limiting is reached
   protected int $tries_tracker = 0; //how much tries are executed so far
+  protected int $timeout = 0; //http timeout, 0 is no timeout - see guzzle docs
 
   protected ?Throwable $lastException;
   
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ public function requestAsync(): PromiseInterface
       ->requestAsync('POST', $this->endpoint, [
         'http_errors' => true,
         'connect_timeout' => 10,
+        'timeout' => $this->timeout,
         'body' => \json_encode($p),
         'headers' => $this->client->getHeaders()
       ]);
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ protected function sendOnce(bool $silent = false)
       ->request('POST', $this->endpoint, [
         'http_errors' => false,
         'connect_timeout' => 10,
+        'timeout' => $this->timeout,
         'body' => \json_encode($p),
         'headers' => $this->client->getHeaders()
       ]);
@@ -389,6 +392,7 @@ protected function cooldown(int $current_try = 1): void
   /**
    * Sets how much times script will try to re-query Ledger in case of Rate limited response.
    * Default value is 5 seconds.
+   * @param int $tries
    * @return self
    */
   public function setTries(int $tries): self
@@ -399,4 +403,16 @@ public function setTries(int $tries): self
     $this->tries = $tries;
     return $this;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Set timeout value of http request, this value will be sent to guzzle http client.
+   * Default value is 0
+   * @param int $seconds
+   * @return self
+   */
+  public function setTimeout(int $seconds): self
+  {
+    $this->timeout = $seconds;
+    return $this;
+  }
 }