diff --git a/client/src/client.rs b/client/src/client.rs
index 39402e92..8a67f84b 100644
--- a/client/src/client.rs
+++ b/client/src/client.rs
@@ -1366,6 +1366,32 @@ impl Client {
             client,
         })
     }
+
+    /// Creates a client to a bitcoind JSON-RPC server with custom timeout configuration.
+    pub async fn with_timeouts(
+        url: &str,
+        auth: Auth,
+        timeout: Option<Duration>,
+        connect_timeout: Option<Duration>,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        let mut parsed_url = Url::parse(url)?;
+
+        if let (Some(user), pass) = auth.get_user_pass()? {
+            parsed_url
+                .set_username(&user)
+                .map_err(|_| Error::Auth("Failed to set username".to_string()))?;
+            parsed_url
+                .set_password(pass.as_deref())
+                .map_err(|_| Error::Auth("Failed to set password".to_string()))?;
+        }
+
+        let transport = ReqwestTransport::with_timeouts(parsed_url, timeout, connect_timeout);
+        let client = JsonRpcClient::with_transport(transport);
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            client,
+        })
+    }
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
diff --git a/client/src/transport.rs b/client/src/transport.rs
index 81b5ab3c..ad3818bc 100644
--- a/client/src/transport.rs
+++ b/client/src/transport.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use jsonrpc_async::Transport;
+use std::time::Duration;
 use url::Url;
 
+const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(15);
+
 pub struct ReqwestTransport {
     client: reqwest::Client,
     url: Url,
@@ -9,8 +12,30 @@ pub struct ReqwestTransport {
 
 impl ReqwestTransport {
     pub fn new(url: Url) -> Self {
+        let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
+            .timeout(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
+            .build()
+            .expect("Failed to build reqwest client");
+
+        Self {
+            client,
+            url,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_timeouts(
+        url: Url,
+        timeout: Option<Duration>,
+        connect_timeout: Option<Duration>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let builder = reqwest::Client::builder()
+            .timeout(timeout.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT))
+            .connect_timeout(connect_timeout.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT));
+
+        let client = builder.build().expect("Failed to build reqwest client");
+
         Self {
-            client: reqwest::Client::new(),
+            client,
             url,
         }
     }