diff --git a/pygnmi/client.py b/pygnmi/client.py
index 76ead96..f8bae4d 100644
--- a/pygnmi/client.py
+++ b/pygnmi/client.py
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ def subscribe(
             gnmi_message_request = self._build_subscriptionrequest(subscribe)
             debug_gnmi_msg(self.__debug, gnmi_message_request, "gNMI request")
 
-        return self.__stub.Subscribe(self.__generator(gnmi_message_request), metadata=self.__metadata)
+        return self.__stub.Subscribe(self.__generator(gnmi_message_request), metadata=self.__metadata, timeout=timeout)
 
     def subscribe2(self, subscribe: dict, target: str = None, extension: list = None):
         """