diff --git a/src/wasm/client.rs b/src/wasm/client.rs
index 4704b15c1..4715605f4 100644
--- a/src/wasm/client.rs
+++ b/src/wasm/client.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use http::{HeaderMap, Method};
 use js_sys::{Promise, JSON};
+use std::time::Duration;
 use std::{fmt, future::Future, sync::Arc};
 use url::Url;
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::{wasm_bindgen, UnwrapThrowExt as _};
@@ -282,6 +283,19 @@ impl ClientBuilder {
         }
         self
     }
+
+    // Timeout options
+
+    /// Enables a request timeout.
+    ///
+    /// The timeout is applied from when the request starts connecting until the
+    /// response body has finished.
+    ///
+    /// Default is no timeout.
+    pub fn timeout(mut self, timeout: Duration) -> ClientBuilder {
+        self.config.timeout = Some(timeout);
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 impl Default for ClientBuilder {
@@ -293,12 +307,14 @@ impl Default for ClientBuilder {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 struct Config {
     headers: HeaderMap,
+    timeout: Option<Duration>,
 }
 
 impl Default for Config {
     fn default() -> Config {
         Config {
             headers: HeaderMap::new(),
+            timeout: None,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/wasm_simple.rs b/tests/wasm_simple.rs
index 264117f13..10eb4174e 100644
--- a/tests/wasm_simple.rs
+++ b/tests/wasm_simple.rs
@@ -35,5 +35,21 @@ async fn request_with_timeout() {
         .expect_err("Expected error from aborted request");
 
     assert!(err.is_request());
-    assert!(format!("{:?}", err).contains("The user aborted a request."));
+    assert!(format!("{:?}", err).contains("The operation was aborted."));
+}
+
+#[wasm_bindgen_test]
+async fn request_builder_with_timeout() {
+    let client = reqwest::ClientBuilder::new()
+        .build()
+        .expect("client builder");
+    let err = client
+        .get("https://hyper.rs")
+        .timeout(Duration::from_millis(10))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .expect_err("Expected error from aborted request");
+
+    assert!(err.is_request());
+    assert!(format!("{:?}", err).contains("The operation was aborted."));
 }