diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/api/codegen/discovery/transformer/py/PythonSampleMethodToViewTransformer.java b/src/main/java/com/google/api/codegen/discovery/transformer/py/PythonSampleMethodToViewTransformer.java
index f0602ce576..6ee04d17bb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/api/codegen/discovery/transformer/py/PythonSampleMethodToViewTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/api/codegen/discovery/transformer/py/PythonSampleMethodToViewTransformer.java
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ private SampleView createSampleView(SampleTransformerContext context) {
     discoveryBuildParams.add(String.format("'%s'", config.apiVersion()));
     switch (config.authType()) {
       case NONE:
+        discoveryBuildParams.add("http=httplib2.Http(timeout=60)");
         break;
       case API_KEY:
         discoveryBuildParams.add("developerKey=" + credentialsVarName);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/google/api/codegen/py/sample.snip b/src/main/resources/com/google/api/codegen/py/sample.snip
index bf52ff6818..5957449389 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/com/google/api/codegen/py/sample.snip
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/google/api/codegen/py/sample.snip
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
         from pprint import pprint
     @end
 
+    @if class.auth.type == "NONE"
+        import httplib2
+    @end
     from googleapiclient import discovery
     @if class.auth.type == "APPLICATION_DEFAULT_CREDENTIALS"
         from oauth2client.client import GoogleCredentials
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/api/codegen/testdata/discoveries/py/py_foo.v1.json.baseline b/src/test/java/com/google/api/codegen/testdata/discoveries/py/py_foo.v1.json.baseline
index e4f28fe1fb..6d6855a4e7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/api/codegen/testdata/discoveries/py/py_foo.v1.json.baseline
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/api/codegen/testdata/discoveries/py/py_foo.v1.json.baseline
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ BEFORE RUNNING:
 """
 from pprint import pprint
 
+import httplib2
 from googleapiclient import discovery
 
-service = discovery.build('foo', 'v1', discoveryServiceUrl='localhost:8080/$discovery/foo?version=v1')
+service = discovery.build('foo', 'v1', http=httplib2.Http(timeout=60), discoveryServiceUrl='localhost:8080/$discovery/foo?version=v1')
 
 request = service.baz().get()
 response = request.execute()