1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/open-uri.rb b/lib/open-uri.rb
index ce6058935d..9220148d96 100644
--- a/lib/open-uri.rb
+++ b/lib/open-uri.rb
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ module OpenURI
     :progress_proc => true,
     :content_length_proc => true,
     :http_basic_authentication => true,
+    :read_timeout => true,
   }
 
   def OpenURI.check_options(options) # :nodoc:
@@ -237,6 +238,9 @@ module OpenURI
       store.set_default_paths
       http.cert_store = store
     end
+    if options.include? :read_timeout
+      http.read_timeout = options[:read_timeout]
+    end
 
     header = {}
     options.each {|k, v| header[k] = v if String === k }
@@ -524,6 +528,13 @@ module OpenURI
     #        pbar.set s if pbar
     #      }) {|f| ... }
     #
+    # [:read_timeout]
+    #  Synopsis:
+    #    :read_timeout=>nil     (no timeout)
+    #    :read_timeout=>10      (10 second)
+    #
+    #  :read_timeout option specifies a timeout of read for http connections.
+    #
     # OpenURI::OpenRead#open returns an IO like object if block is not given.
     # Otherwise it yields the IO object and return the value of the block.
     # The IO object is extended with OpenURI::Meta.