diff --git a/plugins/FeedsParser.inc b/plugins/FeedsParser.inc
index 13fcaa0..a208ee8 100644
--- a/plugins/FeedsParser.inc
+++ b/plugins/FeedsParser.inc
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class FeedsGeoTermElement extends FeedsTermElement {
  * Enclosure element, can be part of the result array.
  */
 class FeedsEnclosure extends FeedsElement {
-  protected $mime_type;
+  protected $mime_type, $timeout;
 
   /**
    * Constructor, requires MIME type.
@@ -288,6 +288,23 @@ class FeedsEnclosure extends FeedsElement {
   }
 
   /**
+   * @return
+   *   Timeout in seconds to wait for an HTTP get request to finish.
+   */
+  public function getTimeout() {
+    return $this->timeout;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param int $timeout
+   *   Timeout in seconds to wait for an HTTP get request to finish.
+   */
+  public function setTimeout($timeout) {
+    $this->timeout = $timeout;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
    * Use this method instead of FeedsElement::getValue() when fetching the file
    * from the URL.
    *
@@ -319,7 +336,7 @@ class FeedsEnclosure extends FeedsElement {
    */
   public function getContent() {
     feeds_include_library('http_request.inc', 'http_request');
-    $result = http_request_get($this->getUrlEncodedValue());
+    $result = http_request_get($this->getUrlEncodedValue(), NULL, NULL, NULL, $this->getTimeout());
     if ($result->code != 200) {
       throw new Exception(t('Download of @url failed with code !code.', array('@url' => $this->getUrlEncodedValue(), '!code' => $result->code)));
     }