diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
index ea3abb13123..1ba6898560d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSConfigKeys.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockPlacementPolicyDefault
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockPlacementPolicyRackFaultTolerant;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.fsdataset.impl.RamDiskReplicaLruTracker;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.fsdataset.impl.ReservedSpaceCalculator;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.URLConnectionFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.http.HttpConfig;
 
 /** 
@@ -1028,6 +1029,8 @@ public class DFSConfigKeys extends CommonConfigurationKeys {
   public static final String  DFS_QJOURNAL_GET_JOURNAL_STATE_TIMEOUT_KEY = "dfs.qjournal.get-journal-state.timeout.ms";
   public static final String  DFS_QJOURNAL_NEW_EPOCH_TIMEOUT_KEY = "dfs.qjournal.new-epoch.timeout.ms";
   public static final String  DFS_QJOURNAL_WRITE_TXNS_TIMEOUT_KEY = "dfs.qjournal.write-txns.timeout.ms";
+  public static final String  DFS_QJOURNAL_HTTP_OPEN_TIMEOUT_KEY = "dfs.qjournal.http.open.timeout.ms";
+  public static final String  DFS_QJOURNAL_HTTP_READ_TIMEOUT_KEY = "dfs.qjournal.http.read.timeout.ms";
   public static final int     DFS_QJOURNAL_START_SEGMENT_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = 20000;
   public static final int     DFS_QJOURNAL_PREPARE_RECOVERY_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = 120000;
   public static final int     DFS_QJOURNAL_ACCEPT_RECOVERY_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = 120000;
@@ -1036,6 +1039,8 @@ public class DFSConfigKeys extends CommonConfigurationKeys {
   public static final int     DFS_QJOURNAL_GET_JOURNAL_STATE_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = 120000;
   public static final int     DFS_QJOURNAL_NEW_EPOCH_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = 120000;
   public static final int     DFS_QJOURNAL_WRITE_TXNS_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = 20000;
+  public static final int     DFS_QJOURNAL_HTTP_OPEN_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = URLConnectionFactory.DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT;
+  public static final int     DFS_QJOURNAL_HTTP_READ_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT = URLConnectionFactory.DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT;
   
   public static final String DFS_MAX_NUM_BLOCKS_TO_LOG_KEY = "dfs.namenode.max-num-blocks-to-log";
   public static final long   DFS_MAX_NUM_BLOCKS_TO_LOG_DEFAULT = 1000l;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/QuorumJournalManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/QuorumJournalManager.java
index 7a70a3de334..4faaa983bee 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/QuorumJournalManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/client/QuorumJournalManager.java
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ public class QuorumJournalManager implements JournalManager {
     this.nsInfo = nsInfo;
     this.nameServiceId = nameServiceId;
     this.loggers = new AsyncLoggerSet(createLoggers(loggerFactory));
-    this.connectionFactory = URLConnectionFactory
-        .newDefaultURLConnectionFactory(conf);
 
     // Configure timeouts.
     this.startSegmentTimeoutMs = conf.getInt(
@@ -156,6 +154,15 @@ public class QuorumJournalManager implements JournalManager {
             .DFS_QJM_OPERATIONS_TIMEOUT,
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_QJM_OPERATIONS_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT, TimeUnit
             .MILLISECONDS);
+
+    int connectTimeoutMs = conf.getInt(
+        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_QJOURNAL_HTTP_OPEN_TIMEOUT_KEY,
+        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_QJOURNAL_HTTP_OPEN_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT);
+    int readTimeoutMs = conf.getInt(
+        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_QJOURNAL_HTTP_READ_TIMEOUT_KEY,
+        DFSConfigKeys.DFS_QJOURNAL_HTTP_READ_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT);
+    this.connectionFactory = URLConnectionFactory
+        .newDefaultURLConnectionFactory(connectTimeoutMs, readTimeoutMs, conf);
   }
   
   protected List<AsyncLogger> createLoggers(
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
index 6cc59d11f56..76aac787ce9 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/resources/hdfs-default.xml
@@ -4579,6 +4579,24 @@
   </description>
 </property>
 
+<property>
+  <name>dfs.qjournal.http.open.timeout.ms</name>
+  <value>60000</value>
+  <description>
+    Timeout in milliseconds when open a new HTTP connection to remote
+    journals.
+  </description>
+</property>
+
+<property>
+  <name>dfs.qjournal.http.read.timeout.ms</name>
+  <value>60000</value>
+  <description>
+    Timeout in milliseconds when reading from a HTTP connection from remote
+    journals.
+  </description>
+</property>
+
 <property>
   <name>dfs.quota.by.storage.type.enabled</name>
   <value>true</value>