diff --git a/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/WiFiClientSecure.cpp b/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/WiFiClientSecure.cpp
index 7fcbb6acf98..357a688f705 100644
--- a/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/WiFiClientSecure.cpp
+++ b/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/WiFiClientSecure.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ WiFiClientSecure::WiFiClientSecure()
 WiFiClientSecure::WiFiClientSecure(int sock)
 {
     _connected = false;
+    _timeout = 0;
 
     sslclient = new sslclient_context;
     ssl_init(sslclient);
@@ -98,6 +99,11 @@ int WiFiClientSecure::connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port)
     return connect(ip, port, _CA_cert, _cert, _private_key);
 }
 
+int WiFiClientSecure::connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port, int32_t timeout){
+    _timeout = timeout;
+    return connect(ip, port);
+}
+
 int WiFiClientSecure::connect(const char *host, uint16_t port)
 {
     if (_pskIdent && _psKey)
@@ -105,6 +111,11 @@ int WiFiClientSecure::connect(const char *host, uint16_t port)
     return connect(host, port, _CA_cert, _cert, _private_key);
 }
 
+int WiFiClientSecure::connect(const char *host, uint16_t port, int32_t timeout){
+    _timeout = timeout;
+    return connect(host, port);
+}
+
 int WiFiClientSecure::connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port, const char *_CA_cert, const char *_cert, const char *_private_key)
 {
     return connect(ip.toString().c_str(), port, _CA_cert, _cert, _private_key);
@@ -112,7 +123,10 @@ int WiFiClientSecure::connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port, const char *_CA_cert,
 
 int WiFiClientSecure::connect(const char *host, uint16_t port, const char *_CA_cert, const char *_cert, const char *_private_key)
 {
-    int ret = start_ssl_client(sslclient, host, port, _CA_cert, _cert, _private_key, NULL, NULL);
+    if(_timeout > 0){
+        sslclient->handshake_timeout = _timeout * 1000;
+    }
+    int ret = start_ssl_client(sslclient, host, port, _timeout, _CA_cert, _cert, _private_key, NULL, NULL);
     _lastError = ret;
     if (ret < 0) {
         log_e("start_ssl_client: %d", ret);
@@ -129,7 +143,10 @@ int WiFiClientSecure::connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port, const char *pskIdent,
 
 int WiFiClientSecure::connect(const char *host, uint16_t port, const char *pskIdent, const char *psKey) {
     log_v("start_ssl_client with PSK");
-    int ret = start_ssl_client(sslclient, host, port, NULL, NULL, NULL, _pskIdent, _psKey);
+    if(_timeout > 0){
+        sslclient->handshake_timeout = _timeout * 1000;
+    }
+    int ret = start_ssl_client(sslclient, host, port, _timeout, NULL, NULL, NULL, _pskIdent, _psKey);
     _lastError = ret;
     if (ret < 0) {
         log_e("start_ssl_client: %d", ret);
diff --git a/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/WiFiClientSecure.h b/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/WiFiClientSecure.h
index 17294b0d351..1e8382957c2 100644
--- a/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/WiFiClientSecure.h
+++ b/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/WiFiClientSecure.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class WiFiClientSecure : public WiFiClient
  
     int _lastError = 0;
 	int _peek = -1;
+    int _timeout = 0;
     const char *_CA_cert;
     const char *_cert;
     const char *_private_key;
@@ -44,7 +45,9 @@ class WiFiClientSecure : public WiFiClient
     WiFiClientSecure(int socket);
     ~WiFiClientSecure();
     int connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port);
+    int connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port, int32_t timeout);
     int connect(const char *host, uint16_t port);
+    int connect(const char *host, uint16_t port, int32_t timeout);
     int connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port, const char *rootCABuff, const char *cli_cert, const char *cli_key);
     int connect(const char *host, uint16_t port, const char *rootCABuff, const char *cli_cert, const char *cli_key);
     int connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port, const char *pskIdent, const char *psKey);
diff --git a/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/ssl_client.cpp b/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/ssl_client.cpp
index c879b8b155e..f5ad4c6bce0 100644
--- a/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/ssl_client.cpp
+++ b/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/ssl_client.cpp
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ void ssl_init(sslclient_context *ssl_client)
 }
 
 
-int start_ssl_client(sslclient_context *ssl_client, const char *host, uint32_t port, const char *rootCABuff, const char *cli_cert, const char *cli_key, const char *pskIdent, const char *psKey)
+int start_ssl_client(sslclient_context *ssl_client, const char *host, uint32_t port, int timeout, const char *rootCABuff, const char *cli_cert, const char *cli_key, const char *pskIdent, const char *psKey)
 {
     char buf[512];
-    int ret, flags, timeout;
+    int ret, flags;
     int enable = 1;
     log_v("Free internal heap before TLS %u", ESP.getFreeHeap());
 
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ int start_ssl_client(sslclient_context *ssl_client, const char *host, uint32_t p
     serv_addr.sin_port = htons(port);
 
     if (lwip_connect(ssl_client->socket, (struct sockaddr *)&serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) == 0) {
-        timeout = 30000;
+        if(timeout <= 0){
+            timeout = 30;
+        }
+        timeout *= 1000;//to milliseconds
         lwip_setsockopt(ssl_client->socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &timeout, sizeof(timeout));
         lwip_setsockopt(ssl_client->socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, &timeout, sizeof(timeout));
         lwip_setsockopt(ssl_client->socket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &enable, sizeof(enable));
diff --git a/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/ssl_client.h b/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/ssl_client.h
index 15b391fc217..dd57a0ff45f 100644
--- a/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/ssl_client.h
+++ b/libraries/WiFiClientSecure/src/ssl_client.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ typedef struct sslclient_context {
 
 
 void ssl_init(sslclient_context *ssl_client);
-int start_ssl_client(sslclient_context *ssl_client, const char *host, uint32_t port, const char *rootCABuff, const char *cli_cert, const char *cli_key, const char *pskIdent, const char *psKey);
+int start_ssl_client(sslclient_context *ssl_client, const char *host, uint32_t port, int timeout, const char *rootCABuff, const char *cli_cert, const char *cli_key, const char *pskIdent, const char *psKey);
 void stop_ssl_socket(sslclient_context *ssl_client, const char *rootCABuff, const char *cli_cert, const char *cli_key);
 int data_to_read(sslclient_context *ssl_client);
 int send_ssl_data(sslclient_context *ssl_client, const uint8_t *data, uint16_t len);