diff --git a/src/android/com/silkimen/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpBase.java b/src/android/com/silkimen/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpBase.java
index 277f8e7..5d503e6 100644
--- a/src/android/com/silkimen/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpBase.java
+++ b/src/android/com/silkimen/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpBase.java
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ abstract class CordovaHttpBase implements Runnable {
   protected void prepareRequest(HttpRequest request) throws JSONException, IOException {
     request.followRedirects(this.followRedirects);
     request.readTimeout(this.timeout);
+    request.connectTimeout(this.timeout);
     request.acceptCharset("UTF-8");
     request.uncompress(true);
     HttpRequest.setConnectionFactory(new OkConnectionFactory());