diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ce2b974..ad3ec63 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var zlib = require('zlib');
 var PassThrough = require('stream').PassThrough;
 var assign = require('object-assign');
 var read = require('read-all-stream');
+var timeout = require('timed-out');
 
 module.exports = function (url, opts, cb) {
 	if (typeof opts === 'function') {
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ module.exports = function (url, opts, cb) {
 		var fn = parsedUrl.protocol === 'https:' ? https : http;
 		var arg = assign({}, parsedUrl, opts);
 
-		fn.get(arg, function (response) {
+		var req = fn.get(arg, function (response) {
 			var statusCode = response.statusCode;
 			var res = response;
 
@@ -84,6 +85,10 @@ module.exports = function (url, opts, cb) {
 
 			read(res, encoding, cb, response);
 		}).once('error', cb);
+
+		if (opts.timeout) {
+			timeout(req, opts.timeout);
+		}
 	};
 
 	get(url, opts, cb);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 30c567d..1460302 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
     "node": ">=0.10.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "mocha",
-    "coverage": "istanbul cover _mocha -- -R spec"
+    "test": "mocha"
   },
   "files": [
     "index.js"
@@ -33,10 +32,10 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "object-assign": "^1.0.0",
-    "read-all-stream": "^0.1.0"
+    "read-all-stream": "^0.1.0",
+    "timed-out": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "istanbul": "^0.3.2",
     "mocha": "*"
   }
 }
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index bfb52d2..1f2fd6d 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ Default: `'utf8'`
 
 Encoding to be used on `setEncoding` of the response data. If null, the body is returned as a Buffer.
 
+##### options.timeout
+
+Type: `number`  
+
+Time in ms, after which request will be aborted and error event with `ETIMEDOUT` code will be emitted.
+
 ##### callback(err, data, response)
 
 ###### err
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 36ea558..a72f45b 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -90,3 +90,12 @@ it('should proxy errors to the stream', function (done) {
 		done();
 	});
 });
+
+it('should support timeout option', function (done) {
+	var stream = got('http://sindresorhus.com/', { timeout: 1 });
+
+	stream.on('error', function (error) {
+		assert.strictEqual(error.code, 'ETIMEDOUT');
+		done();
+	});
+});