diff --git a/src/main/java/com/recurly/v3/BaseClient.java b/src/main/java/com/recurly/v3/BaseClient.java
index 17b0a8d..fcd18ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/recurly/v3/BaseClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/recurly/v3/BaseClient.java
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ public abstract class BaseClient {
   private String apiUrl;
 
   protected BaseClient(final String apiKey) {
-    this(apiKey, newHttpClient(validateApiKey(apiKey)), new ClientOptions());
+    this(apiKey, new ClientOptions());
   }
 
   protected BaseClient(final String apiKey, final ClientOptions clientOptions) {
-    this(apiKey, newHttpClient(validateApiKey(apiKey)), clientOptions);
+    this(apiKey, newHttpClient(validateApiKey(apiKey), clientOptions), clientOptions);
   }
 
   protected BaseClient(final String apiKey, final OkHttpClient client) {
@@ -59,9 +59,22 @@ private static String validateApiKey(final String apiKey) {
     return apiKey;
   }
 
-  private static OkHttpClient newHttpClient(final String apiKey) {
+  static OkHttpClient newHttpClient(final String apiKey, final ClientOptions clientOptions) {
     final OkHttpClient.Builder httpClientBuilder = new OkHttpClient.Builder();
-    
+
+    if (clientOptions.getConnectTimeout() != null) {
+      httpClientBuilder.connectTimeout(clientOptions.getConnectTimeout());
+    }
+    if (clientOptions.getReadTimeout() != null) {
+      httpClientBuilder.readTimeout(clientOptions.getReadTimeout());
+    }
+    if (clientOptions.getWriteTimeout() != null) {
+      httpClientBuilder.writeTimeout(clientOptions.getWriteTimeout());
+    }
+    if (clientOptions.getCallTimeout() != null) {
+      httpClientBuilder.callTimeout(clientOptions.getCallTimeout());
+    }
+
     final String authToken = Credentials.basic(apiKey, "");
     final HeaderInterceptor headerInterceptor =
         new HeaderInterceptor(authToken, Client.API_VERSION);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/recurly/v3/ClientOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/recurly/v3/ClientOptions.java
index eacf7f7..2416f09 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/recurly/v3/ClientOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/recurly/v3/ClientOptions.java
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 package com.recurly.v3;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
 public class ClientOptions {
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@ public enum Regions {
   }
 
   private Regions region;
+  private Duration connectTimeout;
+  private Duration readTimeout;
+  private Duration writeTimeout;
+  private Duration callTimeout;
 
   public ClientOptions() {
     this.region = Regions.US;
@@ -28,4 +33,46 @@ public void setRegion(Regions r) {
   public String getBaseUrl() {
     return regionsMap.get(this.region);
   }
+
+  /** Connect timeout for the underlying HTTP client. Unset leaves the OkHttp default in place. */
+  public void setConnectTimeout(Duration connectTimeout) {
+    this.connectTimeout = connectTimeout;
+  }
+
+  public Duration getConnectTimeout() {
+    return this.connectTimeout;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Read timeout for the underlying HTTP client. Unset leaves the OkHttp default in place. Raising
+   * this is how a caller tolerates a slow response instead of failing the request.
+   */
+  public void setReadTimeout(Duration readTimeout) {
+    this.readTimeout = readTimeout;
+  }
+
+  public Duration getReadTimeout() {
+    return this.readTimeout;
+  }
+
+  /** Write timeout for the underlying HTTP client. Unset leaves the OkHttp default in place. */
+  public void setWriteTimeout(Duration writeTimeout) {
+    this.writeTimeout = writeTimeout;
+  }
+
+  public Duration getWriteTimeout() {
+    return this.writeTimeout;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Timeout spanning the complete call, including redirects and retries. Unset leaves OkHttp's
+   * behaviour of applying no overall limit.
+   */
+  public void setCallTimeout(Duration callTimeout) {
+    this.callTimeout = callTimeout;
+  }
+
+  public Duration getCallTimeout() {
+    return this.callTimeout;
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/java/com/recurly/v3/BaseClientTest.java b/src/test/java/com/recurly/v3/BaseClientTest.java
index bd15991..a38e804 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/recurly/v3/BaseClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/recurly/v3/BaseClientTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import okhttp3.Response;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import org.junit.Assert;
@@ -503,6 +504,64 @@ public void testInterpolatePathMatching() {
     assertEquals("/url_path/replacement", interpolatedPath);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testDefaultTimeoutsAreUnchangedWhenNoneAreConfigured() {
+    final OkHttpClient httpClient = BaseClient.newHttpClient("apiKey", new ClientOptions());
+
+    assertEquals(10_000, httpClient.connectTimeoutMillis());
+    assertEquals(10_000, httpClient.readTimeoutMillis());
+    assertEquals(10_000, httpClient.writeTimeoutMillis());
+    assertEquals(0, httpClient.callTimeoutMillis());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testConfiguredTimeoutsAreAppliedToTheHttpClient() {
+    final ClientOptions clientOptions = new ClientOptions();
+    clientOptions.setConnectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(5));
+    clientOptions.setReadTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(30));
+    clientOptions.setWriteTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(20));
+    clientOptions.setCallTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(60));
+
+    final OkHttpClient httpClient = BaseClient.newHttpClient("apiKey", clientOptions);
+
+    assertEquals(5_000, httpClient.connectTimeoutMillis());
+    assertEquals(30_000, httpClient.readTimeoutMillis());
+    assertEquals(20_000, httpClient.writeTimeoutMillis());
+    assertEquals(60_000, httpClient.callTimeoutMillis());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testTimeoutsAreAppliedIndividually() {
+    final ClientOptions clientOptions = new ClientOptions();
+    clientOptions.setReadTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(45));
+
+    final OkHttpClient httpClient = BaseClient.newHttpClient("apiKey", clientOptions);
+
+    assertEquals(45_000, httpClient.readTimeoutMillis());
+    assertEquals(10_000, httpClient.connectTimeoutMillis());
+    assertEquals(10_000, httpClient.writeTimeoutMillis());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testConfiguredTimeoutsSurviveClientConstruction() {
+    final ClientOptions clientOptions = new ClientOptions();
+    clientOptions.setReadTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(30));
+
+    final Client client = new Client("apiKey", clientOptions);
+
+    assertEquals(30_000, httpClientOf(client).readTimeoutMillis());
+  }
+
+  private static OkHttpClient httpClientOf(final BaseClient client) {
+    try {
+      final Field field = BaseClient.class.getDeclaredField("client");
+      field.setAccessible(true);
+      return (OkHttpClient) field.get(client);
+    } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException(e.getMessage(), e);
+    }
+  }
+
   private static String getResponseJson() {
     return "{ \"my_string\": \"aaron\" }";
   }