diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/Constants.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/Constants.java
index 74e922cfe4..8b601a69d0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/Constants.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/Constants.java
@@ -230,4 +230,23 @@ public interface Constants {
     */
    public static final String PROPERTY_CREDENTIAL = "jclouds.credential";
 
+   /**
+    * Long properties
+    * <p/>
+    * Overrides timeouts on sync interfaces. Timeout value is in ms.
+    * Here's an example of an override for a single method:
+    * <p/>
+    * <code>
+    * #10 seconds <br/>
+    * jclouds.timeouts.S3Client.bucketExists=10000
+    * </code>
+    * <p/>
+    * Or for all methods:
+    * <p/>
+    * <code>
+    * jclouds.timeouts.GridServerClient = 350000
+    * </code>
+    */
+   public static final String PROPERTY_TIMEOUTS_PREFIX = "jclouds.timeouts.";
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/internal/SyncProxy.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/internal/SyncProxy.java
index 42d7a83f2f..6eb6b68ae9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/internal/SyncProxy.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/internal/SyncProxy.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
 import org.jclouds.concurrent.Timeout;
 import org.jclouds.internal.ClassMethodArgs;
 import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.Delegate;
@@ -52,9 +54,12 @@ import com.google.inject.ProvisionException;
 public class SyncProxy implements InvocationHandler {
 
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-   public static <T> T proxy(Class<T> clazz, SyncProxy proxy) throws IllegalArgumentException, SecurityException,
+   public static <T> T proxy(Class<T> clazz, Object async,
+         @Named("sync") Cache<ClassMethodArgs, Object> delegateMap,
+         Map<Class<?>, Class<?>> sync2Async, Map<String, Long> timeouts) throws IllegalArgumentException, SecurityException,
          NoSuchMethodException {
-      return (T) Proxy.newProxyInstance(clazz.getClassLoader(), new Class<?>[] { clazz }, proxy);
+      return (T) Proxy.newProxyInstance(clazz.getClassLoader(), new Class<?>[] { clazz },
+              new SyncProxy(clazz, async, delegateMap, sync2Async, timeouts));
    }
 
    private final Object delegate;
@@ -67,8 +72,9 @@ public class SyncProxy implements InvocationHandler {
    private static final Set<Method> objectMethods = ImmutableSet.of(Object.class.getMethods());
 
    @Inject
-   public SyncProxy(Class<?> declaring, Object async,
-         @Named("sync") Cache<ClassMethodArgs, Object> delegateMap, Map<Class<?>, Class<?>> sync2Async)
+   private SyncProxy(Class<?> declaring, Object async,
+         @Named("sync") Cache<ClassMethodArgs, Object> delegateMap, Map<Class<?>,
+           Class<?>> sync2Async, final Map<String, Long> timeouts)
          throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException {
       this.delegateMap = delegateMap;
       this.delegate = async;
@@ -90,13 +96,7 @@ public class SyncProxy implements InvocationHandler {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(
                      "method %s has different typed exceptions than delegated method %s", method, delegatedMethod));
             if (delegatedMethod.getReturnType().isAssignableFrom(ListenableFuture.class)) {
-               if (method.isAnnotationPresent(Timeout.class)) {
-                  Timeout methodTimeout = method.getAnnotation(Timeout.class);
-                  long methodNanos = convertToNanos(methodTimeout);
-                  timeoutMap.put(method, methodNanos);
-               } else {
-                  timeoutMap.put(method, typeNanos);
-               }
+               timeoutMap.put(method, getTimeout(method, typeNanos, timeouts));
                methodMap.put(method, delegatedMethod);
             } else {
                syncMethodMap.put(method, delegatedMethod);
@@ -105,6 +105,16 @@ public class SyncProxy implements InvocationHandler {
       }
    }
 
+   private Long getTimeout(Method method, long typeNanos, final Map<String,Long> timeouts) {
+      Long timeout = overrideTimeout(method, timeouts);
+      if (timeout == null && method.isAnnotationPresent(Timeout.class)) {
+         Timeout methodTimeout = method.getAnnotation(Timeout.class);
+         timeout = convertToNanos(methodTimeout);
+      }
+      return timeout != null ? timeout : typeNanos;
+
+   }
+
    static long convertToNanos(Timeout timeout) {
       long methodNanos = TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.convert(timeout.duration(), timeout.timeUnit());
       return methodNanos;
@@ -139,6 +149,19 @@ public class SyncProxy implements InvocationHandler {
       }
    }
 
+   // override timeout by values configured in properties(in ms)
+   private Long overrideTimeout(final Method method, final Map<String, Long> timeouts) {
+      if (timeouts == null) {
+         return null;
+      }
+      final String className = declaring.getSimpleName();
+      Long timeout = timeouts.get(className + "." + method.getName());
+      if (timeout == null) {
+         timeout = timeouts.get(className);
+      }
+      return timeout != null ? TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(timeout) : null;
+   }
+
    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
       if (obj == null || !(obj instanceof SyncProxy))
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/RestContextBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/RestContextBuilder.java
index 6df2524fa2..94894c6956 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/RestContextBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/RestContextBuilder.java
@@ -36,19 +36,17 @@ import static org.jclouds.Constants.PROPERTY_ENDPOINT;
 import static org.jclouds.Constants.PROPERTY_IDENTITY;
 import static org.jclouds.Constants.PROPERTY_ISO3166_CODES;
 import static org.jclouds.Constants.PROPERTY_PROVIDER;
+import static org.jclouds.Constants.PROPERTY_TIMEOUTS_PREFIX;
 
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Properties;
-import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.*;
 import org.jclouds.concurrent.MoreExecutors;
 import org.jclouds.concurrent.SingleThreaded;
 import org.jclouds.concurrent.config.ConfiguresExecutorService;
@@ -72,10 +70,6 @@ import org.jclouds.rest.internal.RestContextImpl;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMultimap;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
-import com.google.common.collect.LinkedHashMultimap;
-import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
 import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
 import com.google.inject.Guice;
 import com.google.inject.Injector;
@@ -117,6 +111,23 @@ public class RestContextBuilder<S, A> {
          return LinkedHashMultimap.create(builder.build());
       }
 
+      @Provides
+      @Singleton
+      @Named("TIMEOUTS")
+      protected Map<String, Long> timeouts() {
+         final ImmutableMap.Builder<String, Long> builder = ImmutableMap.<String, Long> builder();
+         for (final Entry<Object, Object> entry : properties.entrySet()) {
+            final String key = String.valueOf(entry.getKey());
+            if (key.startsWith(PROPERTY_TIMEOUTS_PREFIX) && entry.getValue() != null) {
+               try {
+                  final Long val = Long.valueOf(String.valueOf(entry.getValue()));
+                  builder.put(key.replaceFirst(PROPERTY_TIMEOUTS_PREFIX, ""), val);
+               } catch (final Throwable t) {}
+            }
+         }
+         return builder.build();
+      }
+
       @Override
       protected void configure() {
          Properties toBind = new Properties();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/config/ClientProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/config/ClientProvider.java
index 643d0c1717..b89a3897b9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/config/ClientProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/config/ClientProvider.java
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ public class ClientProvider<S, A> implements Provider<S> {
                new TypeLiteral<Cache<ClassMethodArgs, Object>>() {
                }, Names.named("sync")));
       try {
-         return (S) SyncProxy.proxy(syncClientType, new SyncProxy(syncClientType, client, delegateMap, sync2Async));
+         return (S) SyncProxy.proxy(syncClientType, client, delegateMap, sync2Async,
+                 injector.getInstance(Key.get(new TypeLiteral<Map<String, Long>>() {
+               }, Names.named("TIMEOUTS"))));
       } catch (Exception e) {
          Throwables.propagate(e);
          assert false : "should have propagated";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/config/CreateClientForCaller.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/config/CreateClientForCaller.java
index 898594ab7a..761ed6cb44 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/config/CreateClientForCaller.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/config/CreateClientForCaller.java
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Provider;
 
+import com.google.inject.Injector;
+import com.google.inject.Key;
+import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
+import com.google.inject.name.Names;
 import org.jclouds.concurrent.internal.SyncProxy;
 import org.jclouds.internal.ClassMethodArgs;
 
@@ -42,6 +46,8 @@ import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */
 public class CreateClientForCaller extends CacheLoader<ClassMethodArgs, Object> {
+   @Inject
+   Injector injector;
    private final Cache<ClassMethodArgs, Object> asyncMap;
    private final Provider<Cache<ClassMethodArgs, Object>> delegateMap;
    Map<Class<?>, Class<?>> sync2Async;
@@ -61,7 +67,9 @@ public class CreateClientForCaller extends CacheLoader<ClassMethodArgs, Object>
       Object asyncClient = asyncMap.get(from);
       checkState(asyncClient != null, "configuration error, sync client for " + from + " not found");
       try {
-         return SyncProxy.proxy(syncClass, new SyncProxy(syncClass, asyncClient, delegateMap.get(), sync2Async));
+         return SyncProxy.proxy(syncClass, asyncClient, delegateMap.get(), sync2Async,
+                 injector.getInstance(Key.get(new TypeLiteral<Map<String, Long>>() {
+                 }, Names.named("TIMEOUTS"))));
       } catch (Exception e) {
          Throwables.propagate(e);
          assert false : "should have propagated";
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/internal/SyncProxyTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/internal/SyncProxyTest.java
index 60fcf93f5a..5a1d2b3f03 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/internal/SyncProxyTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/concurrent/internal/SyncProxyTest.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public class SyncProxyTest {
       @Timeout(duration = 300, timeUnit = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
       String take200MillisecondsAndOverride();
 
+      String takeXMillisecondsPropOverride(long ms);
    }
 
    static ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
@@ -159,6 +160,21 @@ public class SyncProxyTest {
          return take200MillisecondsAndTimeout();
       }
 
+      public ListenableFuture<String> takeXMillisecondsPropOverride(final long ms) {
+         return Futures.makeListenable(executorService.submit(new Callable<String>() {
+
+            public String call() {
+               try {
+                  Thread.sleep(ms);
+               } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                  e.printStackTrace();
+               }
+               return "foo";
+            }
+
+         }), executorService);
+      }
+
    }
 
    private Sync sync;
@@ -166,7 +182,8 @@ public class SyncProxyTest {
    @BeforeTest
    public void setUp() throws IllegalArgumentException, SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException {
       Cache<ClassMethodArgs, Object> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().build(CacheLoader.from(Functions.<Object>constant(null)));
-      sync = SyncProxy.proxy(Sync.class, new SyncProxy(Sync.class, new Async(),cache, ImmutableMap.<Class<?>, Class<?>> of()));
+      sync = SyncProxy.proxy(Sync.class, new Async(),cache, ImmutableMap.<Class<?>, Class<?>> of(),
+              ImmutableMap.of("Sync.takeXMillisecondsPropOverride", 250L));
       // just to warm up
       sync.string();
    }
@@ -198,6 +215,16 @@ public class SyncProxyTest {
       assertEquals(sync.take200MillisecondsAndOverride(), "foo");
    }
 
+   @Test
+   public void testTake200MillisecondsPropOverride() {
+      assertEquals(sync.takeXMillisecondsPropOverride(200), "foo");
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = RuntimeException.class)
+   public void testTake300MillisecondsPropTimeout() {
+      assertEquals(sync.takeXMillisecondsPropOverride(300), "foo");
+   }
+
    @Test
    public void testToString() {
       assertEquals(sync.toString(), "Sync Proxy for: Async");
@@ -229,8 +256,8 @@ public class SyncProxyTest {
    public void testWrongTypedException() throws IllegalArgumentException, SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException,
             IOException {
       Cache<ClassMethodArgs, Object> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().build(CacheLoader.from(Functions.<Object>constant(null)));
-      SyncProxy.proxy(SyncWrongException.class, new SyncProxy(SyncWrongException.class, new Async(),
-            cache, ImmutableMap.<Class<?>, Class<?>> of()));
+      SyncProxy.proxy(SyncWrongException.class,  new Async(), cache, ImmutableMap.<Class<?>, Class<?>> of(),
+              ImmutableMap.<String, Long>of());
    }
 
    private static interface SyncNoTimeOut {
@@ -248,8 +275,30 @@ public class SyncProxyTest {
    public void testNoTimeOutException() throws IllegalArgumentException, SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException,
             IOException {
       Cache<ClassMethodArgs, Object> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().build(CacheLoader.from(Functions.<Object>constant(null)));
-      SyncProxy.proxy(SyncNoTimeOut.class, new SyncProxy(SyncNoTimeOut.class, new Async(),
-            cache, ImmutableMap.<Class<?>, Class<?>> of()));
+      SyncProxy.proxy(SyncNoTimeOut.class, new Async(),
+            cache, ImmutableMap.<Class<?>, Class<?>> of(), ImmutableMap.<String, Long>of());
    }
 
+
+   @Timeout(duration = 30, timeUnit = TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+   private static interface SyncClassOverride {
+      String getString();
+
+      String newString();
+
+      String getRuntimeException();
+
+      @Timeout(duration = 300, timeUnit = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+      String takeXMillisecondsPropOverride(long ms);
+
+   }
+
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = RuntimeException.class)
+   public void testClassOverridePropTimeout() throws Exception {
+      Cache<ClassMethodArgs, Object> cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().build(CacheLoader.from(Functions.<Object>constant(null)));
+      final SyncClassOverride sync2 = SyncProxy.proxy(SyncClassOverride.class, new Async(),
+            cache, ImmutableMap.<Class<?>, Class<?>> of(), ImmutableMap.<String, Long>of("SyncClassOverride", 100L));
+
+      assertEquals(sync2.takeXMillisecondsPropOverride(200), "foo");
+   }
 }