diff --git a/default-rsync.lua b/default-rsync.lua
index 6fa578e..88b2cfb 100644
--- a/default-rsync.lua
+++ b/default-rsync.lua
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ rsync.checkgauge = {
 		rsync_path        =  true,
 		sparse            =  true,
 		temp_dir          =  true,
+		timeout           =  true,
         times             =  true,
 		update            =  true,
 		verbose           =  true,
@@ -481,6 +482,11 @@ rsync.prepare = function(
 		computedN = computedN  + 1
 	end
 
+	if crsync.timeout then
+		computed[ computedN ] = '--timeout=' .. crsync.timeout
+		computedN = computedN  + 1
+	end
+
 	if shortsN ~= 2 then
 		computed[ 1 ] = table.concat( shorts, '' )
 	else