diff --git a/launcher/Application.cpp b/launcher/Application.cpp
index 2c0c3fca5..7ae66e13a 100644
--- a/launcher/Application.cpp
+++ b/launcher/Application.cpp
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv) : QApplication(argc, argv)
 
         m_settings->registerSetting("NumberOfConcurrentTasks", 10);
         m_settings->registerSetting("NumberOfConcurrentDownloads", 6);
+        m_settings->registerSetting("RequestTimeout", 60);
 
         QString defaultMonospace;
         int defaultSize = 11;
diff --git a/launcher/net/NetRequest.cpp b/launcher/net/NetRequest.cpp
index 36d3bdb25..203f1f950 100644
--- a/launcher/net/NetRequest.cpp
+++ b/launcher/net/NetRequest.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,11 @@ void NetRequest::executeTask()
     }
 
 #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 15, 0)
+#if defined(LAUNCHER_APPLICATION)
+    request.setTransferTimeout(APPLICATION->settings()->get("RequestTimeout").toInt() * 1000);
+#else
     request.setTransferTimeout();
+#endif
 #endif
 
     m_last_progress_time = m_clock.now();
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
index 04e27fd76..6b32e9849 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ void LauncherPage::applySettings()
 
     s->set("NumberOfConcurrentTasks", ui->numberOfConcurrentTasksSpinBox->value());
     s->set("NumberOfConcurrentDownloads", ui->numberOfConcurrentDownloadsSpinBox->value());
+    s->set("RequestTimeout", ui->timeoutSecondsSpinBox->value());
 
     // Console settings
     s->set("ShowConsole", ui->showConsoleCheck->isChecked());
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ void LauncherPage::loadSettings()
 
     ui->numberOfConcurrentTasksSpinBox->setValue(s->get("NumberOfConcurrentTasks").toInt());
     ui->numberOfConcurrentDownloadsSpinBox->setValue(s->get("NumberOfConcurrentDownloads").toInt());
+    ui->timeoutSecondsSpinBox->setValue(s->get("RequestTimeout").toInt());
 
     // Console settings
     ui->showConsoleCheck->setChecked(s->get("ShowConsole").toBool());
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
index 2d96c3a84..1f49a831f 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>511</width>
-    <height>629</height>
+    <height>691</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="sizePolicy">
@@ -252,6 +252,13 @@
           <string>Miscellaneous</string>
          </property>
          <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
+          <item row="1" column="1">
+           <widget class="QSpinBox" name="numberOfConcurrentDownloadsSpinBox">
+            <property name="minimum">
+             <number>1</number>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
           <item row="0" column="0">
            <widget class="QLabel" name="numberOfConcurrentTasksLabel">
             <property name="text">
@@ -273,10 +280,20 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
-          <item row="1" column="1">
-           <widget class="QSpinBox" name="numberOfConcurrentDownloadsSpinBox">
-            <property name="minimum">
-             <number>1</number>
+          <item row="2" column="0">
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="timeoutSecondsLabel">
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>Seconds to wait until the requests are terminated</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Timeout for HTTP requests</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="2" column="1">
+           <widget class="QSpinBox" name="timeoutSecondsSpinBox">
+            <property name="suffix">
+             <string>s</string>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>