diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorService.java
index 8d198cfa99..debfa9d54f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/http/internal/JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorService.java
@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@ public class JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorService extends BaseHttpCommandExecutorSe
          if (utils.trustAllCerts())
             sslCon.setSSLSocketFactory(untrustedSSLContextProvider.get().getSocketFactory());
       }
+      if (utils.getConnectionTimeout() > 0) {
+         connection.setConnectTimeout(utils.getConnectionTimeout());
+      }
+      if (utils.getSocketOpenTimeout() > 0) {
+         connection.setReadTimeout(utils.getSocketOpenTimeout());
+      }
       connection.setDoOutput(true);
       connection.setAllowUserInteraction(false);
       // do not follow redirects since https redirects don't work properly