diff --git a/googletrans/adapters.py b/googletrans/adapters.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eb21ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/googletrans/adapters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
+
+
+class TimeoutAdapter(HTTPAdapter):
+    """HTTP adapter that adds timeout to each query."""
+    def __init__(self, timeout=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        """HTTP adapter that adds timeout to each query.
+
+        :param timeout: Timeout that will be added to each query
+        """
+        self.timeout = timeout
+        super(TimeoutAdapter, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def send(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        kwargs['timeout'] = self.timeout
+        print(self.timeout)
+        return super(TimeoutAdapter, self).send(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/googletrans/client.py b/googletrans/client.py
index 016c5e2..73914d4 100644
--- a/googletrans/client.py
+++ b/googletrans/client.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import requests
 import random
 
 from googletrans import urls, utils
+from googletrans.adapters import TimeoutAdapter
 from googletrans.compat import PY3
 from googletrans.gtoken import TokenAcquirer
 from googletrans.constants import DEFAULT_USER_AGENT, LANGCODES, LANGUAGES, SPECIAL_CASES
@@ -32,15 +33,26 @@ class Translator(object):
     :param proxies: proxies configuration. 
                     Dictionary mapping protocol or protocol and host to the URL of the proxy 
                     For example ``{'http': 'foo.bar:3128', 'http://host.name': 'foo.bar:4012'}``
+    :type proxies: dictionary
+
+    :param timeout: Definition of timeout for Requests library.
+                    Will be used by every request.
+    :type timeout: number or a double of numbers
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, service_urls=None, user_agent=DEFAULT_USER_AGENT, proxies=None):
+    def __init__(self, service_urls=None, user_agent=DEFAULT_USER_AGENT,
+                 proxies=None, timeout=None):
+
         self.session = requests.Session()
         if proxies is not None:
             self.session.proxies = proxies
         self.session.headers.update({
             'User-Agent': user_agent,
         })
+        if timeout is not None:
+            self.session.mount('https://', TimeoutAdapter(timeout))
+            self.session.mount('http://', TimeoutAdapter(timeout))
+
         self.service_urls = service_urls or ['translate.google.com']
         self.token_acquirer = TokenAcquirer(session=self.session, host=self.service_urls[0])
 
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index e51bee9..07ab85f 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from pytest import raises
+from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError
+from requests.exceptions import ReadTimeout
 
 from googletrans import Translator
 
@@ -112,3 +114,22 @@ def test_dest_not_in_supported_languages(translator):
 
     with raises(ValueError):
         translator.translate(*args)
+
+
+def test_connection_timeout():
+    # Requests library specifies two timeouts: connection and read
+
+    with raises(ConnectionError):
+        """If a number is passed to timeout parameter, both connection
+           and read timeouts will be set to it.
+           Firstly, the connection timeout will fail.
+        """
+        translator = Translator(timeout=0.00001)
+        translator.translate('안녕하세요.')
+
+
+def test_read_timeout():
+
+    with raises(ReadTimeout):
+        translator = Translator(timeout=(10, 0.00001))
+        translator.translate('안녕하세요.')