diff --git a/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClient.java b/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClient.java
index 2c1890f80..68e0eeddf 100644
--- a/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClient.java
+++ b/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClient.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.transport.SSLConfig;
 
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 public final class ApacheDockerHttpClient extends ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl {
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@ public static final class Builder {
 
         private int maxConnections = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
 
+        private Duration connectionTimeout;
+
+        private Duration responseTimeout;
+
         public Builder dockerHost(URI value) {
             this.dockerHost = Objects.requireNonNull(value, "dockerHost");
             return this;
@@ -30,13 +35,24 @@ public Builder maxConnections(int value) {
             return this;
         }
 
+        public Builder connectionTimeout(Duration connectionTimeout) {
+            this.connectionTimeout = connectionTimeout;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder responseTimeout(Duration responseTimeout) {
+            this.responseTimeout = responseTimeout;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public ApacheDockerHttpClient build() {
             Objects.requireNonNull(dockerHost, "dockerHost");
-            return new ApacheDockerHttpClient(dockerHost, sslConfig, maxConnections);
+            return new ApacheDockerHttpClient(dockerHost, sslConfig, maxConnections, connectionTimeout, responseTimeout);
         }
     }
 
-    private ApacheDockerHttpClient(URI dockerHost, SSLConfig sslConfig, int maxConnections) {
-        super(dockerHost, sslConfig, maxConnections);
+    private ApacheDockerHttpClient(URI dockerHost, SSLConfig sslConfig, int maxConnections, Duration connectionTimeout,
+        Duration responseTimeout) {
+        super(dockerHost, sslConfig, maxConnections, connectionTimeout, responseTimeout);
     }
 }
diff --git a/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl.java b/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl.java
index 174270f1e..c3fbc6755 100644
--- a/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl.java
+++ b/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.transport.NamedPipeSocket;
 import com.github.dockerjava.transport.SSLConfig;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.classic.methods.HttpUriRequestBase;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.config.RequestConfig;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClients;
@@ -36,8 +37,10 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
@@ -49,7 +52,9 @@ class ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl implements DockerHttpClient {
     protected ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl(
         URI dockerHost,
         SSLConfig sslConfig,
-        int maxConnections
+        int maxConnections,
+        Duration connectionTimeout,
+        Duration responseTimeout
     ) {
         Registry<ConnectionSocketFactory> socketFactoryRegistry = createConnectionSocketFactoryRegistry(sslConfig, dockerHost);
 
@@ -90,9 +95,18 @@ protected ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl(
         );
         connectionManager.setMaxTotal(maxConnections);
         connectionManager.setDefaultMaxPerRoute(maxConnections);
+        RequestConfig.Builder defaultRequest = RequestConfig.custom();
+        if (connectionTimeout != null) {
+            defaultRequest.setConnectTimeout(connectionTimeout.toNanos(), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
+        }
+        if (responseTimeout != null) {
+            defaultRequest.setResponseTimeout(responseTimeout.toNanos(), TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
+        }
+
         httpClient = HttpClients.custom()
             .setRequestExecutor(new HijackingHttpRequestExecutor(null))
             .setConnectionManager(connectionManager)
+            .setDefaultRequestConfig(defaultRequest.build())
             .disableConnectionState()
             .build();
     }
diff --git a/docker-java-transport-zerodep/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ZerodepDockerHttpClient.java b/docker-java-transport-zerodep/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ZerodepDockerHttpClient.java
index a0d2abaaf..fcacc6d1b 100644
--- a/docker-java-transport-zerodep/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ZerodepDockerHttpClient.java
+++ b/docker-java-transport-zerodep/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ZerodepDockerHttpClient.java
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package com.github.dockerjava.httpclient5;
 
-import com.github.dockerjava.transport.SSLConfig;
-
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import com.github.dockerjava.transport.SSLConfig;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public final class ZerodepDockerHttpClient extends ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl {
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ public static final class Builder {
 
         private int maxConnections = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
 
+        private Duration connectionTimeout;
+
+        private Duration responseTimeout;
+
         public Builder dockerHost(URI value) {
             this.dockerHost = Objects.requireNonNull(value, "dockerHost");
             return this;
@@ -31,13 +35,24 @@ public Builder maxConnections(int value) {
             return this;
         }
 
+        public Builder connectionTimeout(Duration connectionTimeout) {
+            this.connectionTimeout = connectionTimeout;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder responseTimeout(Duration responseTimeout) {
+            this.responseTimeout = responseTimeout;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public ZerodepDockerHttpClient build() {
             Objects.requireNonNull(dockerHost, "dockerHost");
-            return new ZerodepDockerHttpClient(dockerHost, sslConfig, maxConnections);
+            return new ZerodepDockerHttpClient(dockerHost, sslConfig, maxConnections, connectionTimeout, responseTimeout);
         }
     }
 
-    protected ZerodepDockerHttpClient(URI dockerHost, SSLConfig sslConfig, int maxConnections) {
-        super(dockerHost, sslConfig, maxConnections);
+    private ZerodepDockerHttpClient(URI dockerHost, SSLConfig sslConfig, int maxConnections, Duration connectionTimeout,
+        Duration responseTimeout) {
+        super(dockerHost, sslConfig, maxConnections, connectionTimeout, responseTimeout);
     }
 }
diff --git a/docs/getting_started.md b/docs/getting_started.md
index c389fba71..012b721d4 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started.md
+++ b/docs/getting_started.md
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ DockerHttpClient httpClient = new ApacheDockerHttpClient.Builder()
     .dockerHost(config.getDockerHost())
     .sslConfig(config.getSSLConfig())
     .maxConnections(100)
+    .connectionTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(30))
+    .responseTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(45))
     .build();
 ```