diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68961f0..73ce466 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ Usage example:
 
 `sbanken a r --id checking`
 
+### HTTP Timeout
+
+Number of seconds to wait before timing out http requests.
+
+Global option: `--http-timeout value`
+Config option: `http-timeout: value`
+Default: `30`
+
 ## Usage
 
 ```
@@ -146,6 +154,7 @@ GLOBAL OPTIONS:
    --customer-id value, --cuid value  customer id [$SBANKEN_CUSTOMER_ID]
    --style value                      set output style
    --colors                           add colors to values (default: false)
+   --http-timeout value               timeout in seconds (default: 30)
    --config value, -c value           path to YAML config [$SBANKEN_CONFIG]
    --help, -h                         show help (default: false)
    --version, -v                      print the version (default: false)
diff --git a/internal/cli/flags.go b/internal/cli/flags.go
index bf607be..ef75fba 100644
--- a/internal/cli/flags.go
+++ b/internal/cli/flags.go
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ func getGlobalFlags() []cli.Flag {
 			Name:  "colors",
 			Usage: "add colors to values",
 		}),
+		altsrc.NewIntFlag(&cli.IntFlag{
+			Name:  "http-timeout",
+			Usage: "timeout in seconds",
+			Value: 30,
+		}),
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:    "config",
 			Usage:   "path to YAML config",
diff --git a/internal/sbanken/sbanken.go b/internal/sbanken/sbanken.go
index 1ffc223..84a9a09 100644
--- a/internal/sbanken/sbanken.go
+++ b/internal/sbanken/sbanken.go
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/engvik/sbanken-go"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
@@ -75,7 +77,12 @@ func (c *Connection) ConnectClient(ctx context.Context, cliCtx *cli.Context, ver
 		CustomerID:   cliCtx.String("customer-id"),
 		UserAgent:    fmt.Sprintf("sbanken-cli/%s (github.com/engvik/sbanken-cli)", version),
 	}
-	sClient, err := sbanken.NewClient(ctx, cfg, nil)
+
+	httpClient := &http.Client{
+		Timeout: time.Second * time.Duration(cliCtx.Int("http-timeout")),
+	}
+
+	sClient, err := sbanken.NewClient(ctx, cfg, httpClient)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}