diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java
index f0a212f4b41..bf85ada2b2b 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HBaseAdmin.java
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ public class HBaseAdmin implements Admin {
   private boolean cleanupConnectionOnClose = false; // close the connection in close()
   private boolean closed = false;
   private int operationTimeout;
+  private int rpcTimeout;
 
   private RpcRetryingCallerFactory rpcCallerFactory;
   private RpcControllerFactory rpcControllerFactory;
@@ -273,6 +274,8 @@ public class HBaseAdmin implements Admin {
         "hbase.client.retries.longer.multiplier", 10);
     this.operationTimeout = this.conf.getInt(HConstants.HBASE_CLIENT_OPERATION_TIMEOUT,
         HConstants.DEFAULT_HBASE_CLIENT_OPERATION_TIMEOUT);
+    this.rpcTimeout = this.conf.getInt(HConstants.HBASE_RPC_TIMEOUT_KEY,
+        HConstants.DEFAULT_HBASE_RPC_TIMEOUT);
     this.syncWaitTimeout = this.conf.getInt(
       "hbase.client.sync.wait.timeout.msec", 10 * 60000); // 10min
 
@@ -543,12 +546,12 @@ public class HBaseAdmin implements Admin {
   public HTableDescriptor getTableDescriptor(final TableName tableName)
   throws TableNotFoundException, IOException {
      return getTableDescriptor(tableName, getConnection(), rpcCallerFactory, rpcControllerFactory,
-       operationTimeout);
+       operationTimeout, rpcTimeout);
   }
 
   static HTableDescriptor getTableDescriptor(final TableName tableName, HConnection connection,
       RpcRetryingCallerFactory rpcCallerFactory, final RpcControllerFactory rpcControllerFactory,
-         int operationTimeout) throws TableNotFoundException, IOException {
+         int operationTimeout, int rpcTimeout) throws TableNotFoundException, IOException {
 
       if (tableName == null) return null;
       HTableDescriptor htd = executeCallable(new MasterCallable<HTableDescriptor>(connection) {
@@ -566,7 +569,7 @@ public class HBaseAdmin implements Admin {
           }
           return null;
         }
-      }, rpcCallerFactory, operationTimeout);
+      }, rpcCallerFactory, operationTimeout, rpcTimeout);
       if (htd != null) {
         return htd;
       }
@@ -4373,12 +4376,13 @@ public class HBaseAdmin implements Admin {
   }
 
   private <V> V executeCallable(MasterCallable<V> callable) throws IOException {
-    return executeCallable(callable, rpcCallerFactory, operationTimeout);
+    return executeCallable(callable, rpcCallerFactory, operationTimeout, rpcTimeout);
   }
 
   private static <V> V executeCallable(MasterCallable<V> callable,
-             RpcRetryingCallerFactory rpcCallerFactory, int operationTimeout) throws IOException {
-    RpcRetryingCaller<V> caller = rpcCallerFactory.newCaller();
+             RpcRetryingCallerFactory rpcCallerFactory, int operationTimeout, int rpcTimeout)
+      throws IOException {
+    RpcRetryingCaller<V> caller = rpcCallerFactory.newCaller(rpcTimeout);
     try {
       return caller.callWithRetries(callable, operationTimeout);
     } finally {
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java
index fe006ba43e1..efa03c60250 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTable.java
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface, RegionLocator {
   protected int scannerCaching;
   protected long scannerMaxResultSize;
   private ExecutorService pool;  // For Multi & Scan
-  private int operationTimeout;
+  private int operationTimeout; // global timeout for each blocking method with retrying rpc
+  private int rpcTimeout; // timeout for each rpc request
   private final boolean cleanupPoolOnClose; // shutdown the pool in close()
   private final boolean cleanupConnectionOnClose; // close the connection in close()
   private Consistency defaultConsistency = Consistency.STRONG;
@@ -353,9 +354,10 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface, RegionLocator {
     if (connConfiguration == null) {
       connConfiguration = new ConnectionConfiguration(configuration);
     }
-
     this.operationTimeout = tableName.isSystemTable() ?
         connConfiguration.getMetaOperationTimeout() : connConfiguration.getOperationTimeout();
+    this.rpcTimeout = configuration.getInt(HConstants.HBASE_RPC_TIMEOUT_KEY,
+        HConstants.DEFAULT_HBASE_RPC_TIMEOUT);
     this.scannerCaching = connConfiguration.getScannerCaching();
     this.scannerMaxResultSize = connConfiguration.getScannerMaxResultSize();
     if (this.rpcCallerFactory == null) {
@@ -571,7 +573,7 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface, RegionLocator {
   @Override
   public HTableDescriptor getTableDescriptor() throws IOException {
     HTableDescriptor htd = HBaseAdmin.getTableDescriptor(tableName, connection, rpcCallerFactory,
-      rpcControllerFactory, operationTimeout);
+      rpcControllerFactory, operationTimeout, rpcTimeout);
     if (htd != null) {
       return new UnmodifyableHTableDescriptor(htd);
     }
@@ -753,7 +755,8 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface, RegionLocator {
          }
        }
      };
-     return rpcCallerFactory.<Result>newCaller().callWithRetries(callable, this.operationTimeout);
+     return rpcCallerFactory.<Result>newCaller(rpcTimeout).callWithRetries(callable,
+         this.operationTimeout);
    }
 
   /**
@@ -858,7 +861,8 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface, RegionLocator {
           }
         }
       };
-      return rpcCallerFactory.<Result>newCaller().callWithRetries(callable, this.operationTimeout);
+      return rpcCallerFactory.<Result>newCaller(rpcTimeout).callWithRetries(callable,
+          this.operationTimeout);
     }
 
     // Call that takes into account the replica
@@ -974,7 +978,8 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface, RegionLocator {
         }
       }
     };
-    rpcCallerFactory.<Boolean> newCaller().callWithRetries(callable, this.operationTimeout);
+    rpcCallerFactory.<Boolean> newCaller(rpcTimeout).callWithRetries(callable,
+        this.operationTimeout);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1103,7 +1108,8 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface, RegionLocator {
           }
         }
       };
-    return rpcCallerFactory.<Result> newCaller().callWithRetries(callable, this.operationTimeout);
+    return rpcCallerFactory.<Result> newCaller(rpcTimeout).callWithRetries(callable,
+        this.operationTimeout);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1134,7 +1140,8 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface, RegionLocator {
         }
       }
     };
-    return rpcCallerFactory.<Result> newCaller().callWithRetries(callable, this.operationTimeout);
+    return rpcCallerFactory.<Result> newCaller(rpcTimeout).callWithRetries(callable,
+        this.operationTimeout);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1204,7 +1211,8 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface, RegionLocator {
           }
         }
       };
-    return rpcCallerFactory.<Long> newCaller().callWithRetries(callable, this.operationTimeout);
+    return rpcCallerFactory.<Long> newCaller(rpcTimeout).callWithRetries(callable,
+        this.operationTimeout);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1233,7 +1241,8 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface, RegionLocator {
           }
         }
       };
-    return rpcCallerFactory.<Boolean> newCaller().callWithRetries(callable, this.operationTimeout);
+    return rpcCallerFactory.<Boolean> newCaller(rpcTimeout).callWithRetries(callable,
+        this.operationTimeout);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1263,7 +1272,8 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface, RegionLocator {
           }
         }
       };
-    return rpcCallerFactory.<Boolean> newCaller().callWithRetries(callable, this.operationTimeout);
+    return rpcCallerFactory.<Boolean> newCaller(rpcTimeout).callWithRetries(callable,
+        this.operationTimeout);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1292,7 +1302,8 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface, RegionLocator {
           }
         }
       };
-    return rpcCallerFactory.<Boolean> newCaller().callWithRetries(callable, this.operationTimeout);
+    return rpcCallerFactory.<Boolean> newCaller(rpcTimeout).callWithRetries(callable,
+        this.operationTimeout);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1322,7 +1333,8 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface, RegionLocator {
           }
         }
       };
-    return rpcCallerFactory.<Boolean> newCaller().callWithRetries(callable, this.operationTimeout);
+    return rpcCallerFactory.<Boolean> newCaller(rpcTimeout).callWithRetries(callable,
+        this.operationTimeout);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1794,6 +1806,14 @@ public class HTable implements HTableInterface, RegionLocator {
     return operationTimeout;
   }
 
+  @Override public void setRpcTimeout(int rpcTimeout) {
+    this.rpcTimeout = rpcTimeout;
+  }
+
+  @Override public int getRpcTimeout() {
+    return rpcTimeout;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     return tableName + ";" + connection;
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTablePool.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTablePool.java
index ff13c8c5200..2d183673f6a 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTablePool.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTablePool.java
@@ -669,5 +669,21 @@ public class HTablePool implements Closeable {
       checkState();
       return table.checkAndMutate(row, family, qualifier, compareOp, value, mutation);
     }
+
+    @Override public void setOperationTimeout(int operationTimeout) {
+      table.setOperationTimeout(operationTimeout);
+    }
+
+    @Override public int getOperationTimeout() {
+      return table.getOperationTimeout();
+    }
+
+    @Override public void setRpcTimeout(int rpcTimeout) {
+      table.setRpcTimeout(rpcTimeout);
+    }
+
+    @Override public int getRpcTimeout() {
+      return table.getRpcTimeout();
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RpcRetryingCaller.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RpcRetryingCaller.java
index bb19d5fbf34..bfa21dafba9 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RpcRetryingCaller.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RpcRetryingCaller.java
@@ -63,21 +63,23 @@ public class RpcRetryingCaller<T> {
 
   private final long pause;
   private final int retries;
+  private final int rpcTimeout;// timeout for each rpc request
   private final AtomicBoolean cancelled = new AtomicBoolean(false);
   private final RetryingCallerInterceptor interceptor;
   private final RetryingCallerInterceptorContext context;
 
   public RpcRetryingCaller(long pause, int retries, int startLogErrorsCnt) {
-    this(pause, retries, RetryingCallerInterceptorFactory.NO_OP_INTERCEPTOR, startLogErrorsCnt);
+    this(pause, retries, RetryingCallerInterceptorFactory.NO_OP_INTERCEPTOR, startLogErrorsCnt, 0);
   }
 
   public RpcRetryingCaller(long pause, int retries,
-      RetryingCallerInterceptor interceptor, int startLogErrorsCnt) {
+      RetryingCallerInterceptor interceptor, int startLogErrorsCnt, int rpcTimeout) {
     this.pause = pause;
     this.retries = retries;
     this.interceptor = interceptor;
     context = interceptor.createEmptyContext();
     this.startLogErrorsCnt = startLogErrorsCnt;
+    this.rpcTimeout = rpcTimeout;
   }
 
   private int getRemainingTime(int callTimeout) {
@@ -97,6 +99,14 @@ public class RpcRetryingCaller<T> {
     }
   }
 
+  private int getTimeout(int callTimeout){
+    int timeout = getRemainingTime(callTimeout);
+    if (timeout <= 0 || rpcTimeout > 0 && rpcTimeout < timeout){
+      timeout = rpcTimeout;
+    }
+    return timeout;
+  }
+
   public void cancel(){
     synchronized (cancelled){
       cancelled.set(true);
@@ -123,7 +133,7 @@ public class RpcRetryingCaller<T> {
       try {
         callable.prepare(tries != 0); // if called with false, check table status on ZK
         interceptor.intercept(context.prepare(callable, tries));
-        return callable.call(getRemainingTime(callTimeout));
+        return callable.call(getTimeout(callTimeout));
       } catch (PreemptiveFastFailException e) {
         throw e;
       } catch (Throwable t) {
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RpcRetryingCallerFactory.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RpcRetryingCallerFactory.java
index dac6bed3b2e..6273624f051 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RpcRetryingCallerFactory.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RpcRetryingCallerFactory.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public class RpcRetryingCallerFactory {
   protected final Configuration conf;
   private final long pause;
   private final int retries;
+  private final int rpcTimeout;
   private final RetryingCallerInterceptor interceptor;
   private final int startLogErrorsCnt;
   private final boolean enableBackPressure;
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ public class RpcRetryingCallerFactory {
     this.interceptor = interceptor;
     enableBackPressure = conf.getBoolean(HConstants.ENABLE_CLIENT_BACKPRESSURE,
         HConstants.DEFAULT_ENABLE_CLIENT_BACKPRESSURE);
+    rpcTimeout = conf.getInt(HConstants.HBASE_RPC_TIMEOUT_KEY,HConstants.DEFAULT_HBASE_RPC_TIMEOUT);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -62,11 +64,25 @@ public class RpcRetryingCallerFactory {
     this.stats = statisticTracker;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create a new RetryingCaller with specific rpc timeout.
+   */
+  public <T> RpcRetryingCaller<T> newCaller(int rpcTimeout) {
+    // We store the values in the factory instance. This way, constructing new objects
+    //  is cheap as it does not require parsing a complex structure.
+    RpcRetryingCaller<T> caller = new RpcRetryingCaller<T>(pause, retries, interceptor,
+        startLogErrorsCnt, rpcTimeout);
+    return caller;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new RetryingCaller with configured rpc timeout.
+   */
   public <T> RpcRetryingCaller<T> newCaller() {
     // We store the values in the factory instance. This way, constructing new objects
     //  is cheap as it does not require parsing a complex structure.
     RpcRetryingCaller<T> caller = new RpcRetryingCaller<T>(pause, retries, interceptor,
-        startLogErrorsCnt);
+        startLogErrorsCnt, rpcTimeout);
     return caller;
   }
 
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Table.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Table.java
index 9a6744bf5a2..8c6169da28e 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Table.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Table.java
@@ -595,4 +595,35 @@ public interface Table extends Closeable {
    */
   boolean checkAndMutate(byte[] row, byte[] family, byte[] qualifier,
       CompareFilter.CompareOp compareOp, byte[] value, RowMutations mutation) throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Set timeout (millisecond) of each operation in this Table instance, will override the value
+   * of hbase.client.operation.timeout in configuration.
+   * Operation timeout is a top-level restriction that makes sure a blocking method will not be
+   * blocked more than this. In each operation, if rpc request fails because of timeout or
+   * other reason, it will retry until success or throw a RetriesExhaustedException. But if the
+   * total time being blocking reach the operation timeout before retries exhausted, it will break
+   * early and throw SocketTimeoutException.
+   * @param operationTimeout the total timeout of each operation in millisecond.
+   */
+  public void setOperationTimeout(int operationTimeout);
+
+  /**
+   * Get timeout (millisecond) of each operation for in Table instance.
+   */
+  public int getOperationTimeout();
+
+  /**
+   * Set timeout (millisecond) of each rpc request in operations of this Table instance, will
+   * override the value of hbase.rpc.timeout in configuration.
+   * If a rpc request waiting too long, it will stop waiting and send a new request to retry until
+   * retries exhausted or operation timeout reached.
+   * @param rpcTimeout the timeout of each rpc request in millisecond.
+   */
+  public void setRpcTimeout(int rpcTimeout);
+
+  /**
+   * Get timeout (millisecond) of each rpc request in this Table instance.
+   */
+  public int getRpcTimeout();
 }
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
index 7a77c7e3844..9d2b6fc6a13 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
@@ -283,10 +283,10 @@ public final class HConstants {
   /** Parameter name for HBase client IPC pool size */
   public static final String HBASE_CLIENT_IPC_POOL_SIZE = "hbase.client.ipc.pool.size";
 
-  /** Parameter name for HBase client operation timeout, which overrides RPC timeout */
+  /** Parameter name for HBase client operation timeout. */
   public static final String HBASE_CLIENT_OPERATION_TIMEOUT = "hbase.client.operation.timeout";
 
-  /** Parameter name for HBase client operation timeout, which overrides RPC timeout */
+  /** Parameter name for HBase client operation timeout. */
   public static final String HBASE_CLIENT_META_OPERATION_TIMEOUT =
     "hbase.client.meta.operation.timeout";
 
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml b/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml
index fae986edb66..56b915e45c5 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/resources/hbase-default.xml
@@ -844,10 +844,19 @@ possible configurations would overwhelm and obscure the important.
   <property>
     <name>hbase.rpc.timeout</name>
     <value>60000</value>
-    <description>This is for the RPC layer to define how long HBase client applications
+    <description>This is for the RPC layer to define how long (millisecond) HBase client applications
         take for a remote call to time out. It uses pings to check connections
         but will eventually throw a TimeoutException.</description>
   </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>hbase.client.operation.timeout</name>
+    <value>1200000</value>
+    <description>Operation timeout is a top-level restriction (millisecond) that makes sure a
+        blocking operation in Table will not be blocked more than this. In each operation, if rpc
+        request fails because of timeout or other reason, it will retry until success or throw
+        RetriesExhaustedException. But if the total time being blocking reach the operation timeout
+        before retries exhausted, it will break early and throw SocketTimeoutException.</description>
+  </property>
   <property>
     <name>hbase.cells.scanned.per.heartbeat.check</name>
     <value>10000</value>
diff --git a/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/client/RemoteHTable.java b/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/client/RemoteHTable.java
index b6ed3308ed6..8fa1b8a1f76 100644
--- a/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/client/RemoteHTable.java
+++ b/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/client/RemoteHTable.java
@@ -857,4 +857,20 @@ public class RemoteHTable implements Table {
       CompareOp compareOp, byte[] value, RowMutations rm) throws IOException {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException("checkAndMutate not implemented");
   }
+
+  @Override public void setOperationTimeout(int operationTimeout) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+  }
+
+  @Override public int getOperationTimeout() {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+  }
+
+  @Override public void setRpcTimeout(int rpcTimeout) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+  }
+
+  @Override public int getRpcTimeout() {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTableWrapper.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTableWrapper.java
index 1f84bb4e5b2..2d25f63e413 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTableWrapper.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTableWrapper.java
@@ -365,4 +365,20 @@ public class HTableWrapper implements HTableInterface {
       CompareOp compareOp, byte[] value, RowMutations rm) throws IOException {
     return table.checkAndMutate(row, family, qualifier, compareOp, value, rm);
   }
+
+  @Override public void setOperationTimeout(int operationTimeout) {
+    table.setOperationTimeout(operationTimeout);
+  }
+
+  @Override public int getOperationTimeout() {
+    return table.getOperationTimeout();
+  }
+
+  @Override public void setRpcTimeout(int rpcTimeout) {
+    table.setRpcTimeout(rpcTimeout);
+  }
+
+  @Override public int getRpcTimeout() {
+    return table.getRpcTimeout();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java
index 1669fc4a253..a8c7113885f 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestHCM.java
@@ -134,11 +134,21 @@ public class TestHCM {
     }
   }
 
+  public static class SleepCoprocessor extends BaseRegionObserver {
+    public static final int SLEEP_TIME = 5000;
+    @Override
+    public void preGetOp(final ObserverContext<RegionCoprocessorEnvironment> e,
+        final Get get, final List<Cell> results) throws IOException {
+      Threads.sleep(SLEEP_TIME);
+    }
+  }
+
   @BeforeClass
   public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
     TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().setBoolean(HConstants.STATUS_PUBLISHED, true);
     // Up the handlers; this test needs more than usual.
     TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().setInt(HConstants.REGION_SERVER_HIGH_PRIORITY_HANDLER_COUNT, 10);
+    TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().setInt(HConstants.HBASE_CLIENT_RETRIES_NUMBER, 5);
     TEST_UTIL.startMiniCluster(2);
   }
 
@@ -309,7 +319,7 @@ public class TestHCM {
     HTableDescriptor hdt = TEST_UTIL.createTableDescriptor("HCM-testOperationTimeout");
     hdt.addCoprocessor(SleepAndFailFirstTime.class.getName());
     HTable table = TEST_UTIL.createTable(hdt, new byte[][]{FAM_NAM}, TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration());
-
+    table.setRpcTimeout(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
     // Check that it works if the timeout is big enough
     table.setOperationTimeout(120 * 1000);
     table.get(new Get(FAM_NAM));
@@ -332,6 +342,20 @@ public class TestHCM {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test(expected = RetriesExhaustedException.class)
+  public void testRpcTimeout() throws Exception {
+    HTableDescriptor hdt = TEST_UTIL.createTableDescriptor("HCM-testRpcTimeout");
+    hdt.addCoprocessor(SleepCoprocessor.class.getName());
+    Configuration c = new Configuration(TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration());
+
+    try (Table t = TEST_UTIL.createTable(hdt, new byte[][] { FAM_NAM }, c)) {
+      assert t instanceof HTable;
+      HTable table = (HTable) t;
+      table.setRpcTimeout(SleepCoprocessor.SLEEP_TIME / 2);
+      table.setOperationTimeout(SleepCoprocessor.SLEEP_TIME * 100);
+      table.get(new Get(FAM_NAM));
+    }
+  }
 
   private void testConnectionClose(boolean allowsInterrupt) throws Exception {
     TableName tableName = TableName.valueOf("HCM-testConnectionClose" + allowsInterrupt);