diff --git a/MKNetworkKit/MKNetworkOperation.h b/MKNetworkKit/MKNetworkOperation.h
index 427b78d..4ccfef7 100644
--- a/MKNetworkKit/MKNetworkOperation.h
+++ b/MKNetworkKit/MKNetworkOperation.h
@@ -262,6 +262,15 @@ typedef enum {
  */
 @property (strong, nonatomic) NSMutableDictionary *cacheHeaders;
 
+/*!
+ *  @abstract Custom Timeout interval
+ *  @property timeoutInterval
+ *
+ *  @discussion
+ *	Allows the app to set custom network timeout intervals
+ */
+@property (nonatomic) NSTimeInterval timeoutInterval;
+
 /*!
  *  @abstract Authentication methods
  *  
diff --git a/MKNetworkKit/MKNetworkOperation.m b/MKNetworkKit/MKNetworkOperation.m
index 4932304..c9fb31c 100644
--- a/MKNetworkKit/MKNetworkOperation.m
+++ b/MKNetworkKit/MKNetworkOperation.m
@@ -347,6 +347,13 @@ -(void) setState:(MKNetworkOperationState)newState {
   }
 }
 
+-(void)setTimeoutInterval:(NSTimeInterval)timeoutInterval{
+	_request.timeoutInterval = timeoutInterval;
+}
+-(NSTimeInterval)timeoutInterval{
+	return _request.timeoutInterval;
+}
+
 - (void)encodeWithCoder:(NSCoder *)encoder
 {
   [encoder encodeInteger:(NSInteger)self.stringEncoding forKey:@"stringEncoding"];