diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 989282c..1e9487c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Arguments:
 - `encodeQueryParams` - parameters for `encodeQuery` function that encodes query params. [More](https://nim-lang.org/docs/uri.html#encodeQuery%2CopenArray%5B%5D%2Cchar)
 - `body` - request body as a string. Example: `"{\"key\": \"value\"}\"`. Is not available for `get`, `head` and `options` procedures
 - `auth` - login and password for basic authorization. Example: `("login", "password")`
+- `timeout` - stop waiting for a response after a given number of milliseconds. `-1` for no timeout, which is default value
 - `ignoreSsl` - no certificate verification if `true`
 
 ## General procedure
diff --git a/src/yahttp.nim b/src/yahttp.nim
index 555b7e4..1e6ebb4 100644
--- a/src/yahttp.nim
+++ b/src/yahttp.nim
@@ -68,15 +68,15 @@ proc request*(url: string, httpMethod: Method = Method.GET, headers: openArray[
     RequestHeader] = [], query: openArray[QueryParam] = [],
         encodeQueryParams: EncodeQueryParams = defaultEncodeQueryParams,
         body: string = "",
-    auth: BasicAuth = ("", ""), ignoreSsl = false): Response =
+    auth: BasicAuth = ("", ""), timeout = -1, ignoreSsl = false): Response =
   ## Genreal proc to make HTTP request with every HTTP method
 
   # Prepare client
 
   let client: HttpClient = if ignoreSsl:
-      newHttpClient(sslContext = newContext(verifyMode = CVerifyNone))
+      newHttpClient(timeout = timeout, sslContext = newContext(verifyMode = CVerifyNone))
     else:
-      newHttpClient()
+      newHttpClient(timeout = timeout)
 
   # Prepare headers
 
diff --git a/src/yahttp/internal/utils.nim b/src/yahttp/internal/utils.nim
index 7443400..a21ab40 100644
--- a/src/yahttp/internal/utils.nim
+++ b/src/yahttp/internal/utils.nim
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ macro http_method_gen*(name: untyped): untyped =
   let comment = newCommentStmtNode(fmt"Proc for {methodUpper} HTTP method")
   quote do:
     proc `name`*(url: string, headers: openArray[RequestHeader] = [], query: openArray[
-      QueryParam] = [], encodeQueryParams: EncodeQueryParams = defaultEncodeQueryParams, body: string = "", auth: BasicAuth = ("", ""),
+      QueryParam] = [], encodeQueryParams: EncodeQueryParams = defaultEncodeQueryParams, body: string = "", auth: BasicAuth = ("", ""), timeout = -1,
       ignoreSsl = false): Response =
       `comment`
       return request(
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ macro http_method_no_body_gen*(name: untyped): untyped =
   let comment = newCommentStmtNode(fmt"Proc for {methodUpper} HTTP method")
   quote do:
     proc `name`*(url: string, headers: openArray[RequestHeader] = [], query: openArray[
-        QueryParam] = [], encodeQueryParams: EncodeQueryParams = defaultEncodeQueryParams, auth: BasicAuth = ("", ""), ignoreSsl = false): Response =
+        QueryParam] = [], encodeQueryParams: EncodeQueryParams = defaultEncodeQueryParams, auth: BasicAuth = ("", ""), timeout = -1, ignoreSsl = false): Response =
       `comment`
       return request(
         url = url,
diff --git a/yahttp.nimble b/yahttp.nimble
index 5bdbe89..ae0e2b7 100644
--- a/yahttp.nimble
+++ b/yahttp.nimble
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Package
 
-version       = "0.5.1"
+version       = "0.6.0"
 author        = "Denis Mishankov"
 description   = "Awesome simple HTTP client"
 license       = "MIT"