diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 5c137a2..7e57d6d 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ Default:     50
 Name:        http_request_timeout
 Default:     15
 Description: Timeout in seconds to wait for an HTTP get request to finish.
+Note:        This setting could be overridden per importer in admin UI :
+             admin/structure/feeds/<your_importer>/settings/<your_fetcher> page.
 
 Name:        feeds_never_use_curl
 Default:     FALSE
diff --git a/feeds.install b/feeds.install
index 7584f4e..19774c4 100644
--- a/feeds.install
+++ b/feeds.install
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
  */
 
 /**
+  * Implement hook_uninstall()
+  */
+function feeds_uninstall() {
+  variable_del('http_request_timeout');
+}
+
+/**
  * Implements hook_schema().
  */
 function feeds_schema() {
diff --git a/libraries/http_request.inc b/libraries/http_request.inc
index 44f4fb5..ace2fb0 100644
--- a/libraries/http_request.inc
+++ b/libraries/http_request.inc
@@ -77,11 +77,13 @@ function http_request_get_common_syndication($url, $settings = NULL) {
  *   If the URL uses authentication, supply the password.
  * @param bool $accept_invalid_cert
  *   Whether to accept invalid certificates.
-
+ * @param integer $timeout
+ *   Timeout in seconds to wait for an HTTP get request to finish.
+ *
  * @return stdClass
  *   An object that describes the data downloaded from $url.
  */
-function http_request_get($url, $username = NULL, $password = NULL, $accept_invalid_cert = FALSE) {
+function http_request_get($url, $username = NULL, $password = NULL, $accept_invalid_cert = FALSE, $timeout = NULL) {
   // Intra-pagedownload cache, avoid to download the same content twice within
   // one page download (it's possible, compatible and parse calls).
   static $download_cache = array();
@@ -89,6 +91,9 @@ function http_request_get($url, $username = NULL, $password = NULL, $accept_inva
     return $download_cache[$url];
   }
 
+  // Determine request timeout.
+  $request_timeout = !empty($timeout) ? $timeout : variable_get('http_request_timeout', 30);
+
   if (!$username && valid_url($url, TRUE)) {
     // Handle password protected feeds.
     $url_parts = parse_url($url);
@@ -168,7 +173,7 @@ function http_request_get($url, $username = NULL, $password = NULL, $accept_inva
       curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_HEADER, TRUE);
       curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
       curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_ENCODING, '');
-      curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, variable_get('http_request_timeout', 30));
+      curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $request_timeout);
       if ($accept_invalid_cert) {
         curl_setopt($download, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
       }
@@ -212,7 +217,7 @@ function http_request_get($url, $username = NULL, $password = NULL, $accept_inva
     }
   }
   else {
-    $result = drupal_http_request($url, array('headers' => $headers, 'timeout' => variable_get('http_request_timeout', 30)));
+    $result = drupal_http_request($url, array('headers' => $headers, 'timeout' => $request_timeout));
   }
 
   $result->code = isset($result->code) ? $result->code : 200;
@@ -228,7 +233,7 @@ function http_request_get($url, $username = NULL, $password = NULL, $accept_inva
       // It's a tragedy, this file must exist and contain good data.
       // In this case, clear cache and repeat.
       cache_clear_all('feeds_http_download_' . md5($url), 'cache');
-      return http_request_get($url, $username, $password);
+      return http_request_get($url, $username, $password, $accept_invalid_cert, $request_timeout);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc b/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc
index 119c0bf..9ef7499 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc
+++ b/plugins/FeedsHTTPFetcher.inc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ feeds_include_library('PuSHSubscriber.inc', 'PuSHSubscriber');
 class FeedsHTTPFetcherResult extends FeedsFetcherResult {
   protected $url;
   protected $file_path;
+  protected $timeout;
 
   /**
    * Constructor.
@@ -27,12 +28,20 @@ class FeedsHTTPFetcherResult extends FeedsFetcherResult {
    */
   public function getRaw() {
     feeds_include_library('http_request.inc', 'http_request');
-    $result = http_request_get($this->url);
+    $result = http_request_get($this->url, NULL, NULL, NULL, $this->timeout);
     if (!in_array($result->code, array(200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206))) {
       throw new Exception(t('Download of @url failed with code !code.', array('@url' => $this->url, '!code' => $result->code)));
     }
     return $this->sanitizeRaw($result->data);
   }
+
+  public function getTimeout() {
+    return $this->timeout;
+  }
+
+  public function setTimeout($timeout) {
+    $this->timeout = $timeout;
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -48,7 +57,10 @@ class FeedsHTTPFetcher extends FeedsFetcher {
     if ($this->config['use_pubsubhubbub'] && ($raw = $this->subscriber($source->feed_nid)->receive())) {
       return new FeedsFetcherResult($raw);
     }
-    return new FeedsHTTPFetcherResult($source_config['source']);
+    $fetcher_result = new FeedsHTTPFetcherResult($source_config['source']);
+    // When request_timeout is empty, the global value is used.
+    $fetcher_result->setTimeout($this->config['request_timeout']);
+    return $fetcher_result;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -95,6 +107,7 @@ class FeedsHTTPFetcher extends FeedsFetcher {
       'auto_detect_feeds' => FALSE,
       'use_pubsubhubbub' => FALSE,
       'designated_hub' => '',
+      'request_timeout' => NULL,
     );
   }
 
@@ -124,6 +137,18 @@ class FeedsHTTPFetcher extends FeedsFetcher {
         'edit-use-pubsubhubbub' => array(1),
       ),
     );
+   // Per importer override of global http request timeout setting.
+   $form['request_timeout'] = array(
+     '#type' => 'textfield',
+     '#title' => t('Request timeout'),
+     '#description' => t('Timeout in seconds to wait for an HTTP get request to finish.</br>' .
+                         '<b>Note:</b> this setting will override global setting.</br>' .
+                         'When left empty, the global value is used.'),
+     '#default_value' => $this->config['request_timeout'],
+     '#element_validate' => array('element_validate_integer_positive'),
+     '#maxlength' => 3,
+     '#size'=> 30,
+   );
     return $form;
   }