diff --git a/src/runtime/process.ts b/src/runtime/process.ts
index 899880c..813419c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/process.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/process.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ export class Process implements Promise<ProcessOutput> {
   #baseError: ProcessError;
   #maxRetries = 0;
   #retries = 0;
+  #timeout = 0;
+  #timer = 0;
   #throwErrors = true;
   #isKilled = false;
 
@@ -45,6 +47,10 @@ export class Process implements Promise<ProcessOutput> {
         stdout: this.#stdout,
         stderr: this.#stderr,
       });
+
+      if (this.#timeout) {
+        this.#timer = setTimeout(() => this.kill("SIGABRT"), this.#timeout);
+      }
     }
     return this.#proc;
   }
@@ -67,6 +73,11 @@ export class Process implements Promise<ProcessOutput> {
     return this;
   }
 
+  timeout(timeout: number): this {
+    this.#timeout = timeout;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   kill(signo: Deno.Signal): void {
     this.#isKilled = true;
     this.#process.kill(signo);
@@ -154,6 +165,7 @@ export class Process implements Promise<ProcessOutput> {
         }
       }
       this.#close();
+      this.#closeTimer();
 
       return output;
     } catch (error) {
@@ -165,6 +177,7 @@ export class Process implements Promise<ProcessOutput> {
 
         return this.#run();
       }
+      this.#closeTimer();
 
       throw error;
     }
@@ -176,6 +189,10 @@ export class Process implements Promise<ProcessOutput> {
     this.#proc?.stdout?.close();
     this.#proc?.stderr?.close();
   }
+
+  #closeTimer() {
+    this.#timer && clearTimeout(this.#timer);
+  }
 }
 
 async function read(
diff --git a/test.ts b/test.ts
index 98d62a8..d7ef3b3 100644
--- a/test.ts
+++ b/test.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,22 @@ Deno.test("$ should not throw with noThrow", async () => {
   assertEquals(result.status.code, 1);
 });
 
+Deno.test("$ should throw on timeout (zsh)", async () => {
+  $.shell = "/bin/zsh";
+  await assertRejects(
+    () => $`sleep 10`.timeout(100),
+    ProcessError,
+  );
+  $.shell = "/bin/bash";
+});
+
+Deno.test("$ should not throw if timeout is not reached (zsh)", async () => {
+  $.shell = "/bin/zsh";
+  const { status } = await $`sleep 0.1`.timeout(10000);
+  assertEquals(status.code, 0);
+  $.shell = "/bin/bash";
+});
+
 Deno.test({
   name: "$ should kill the process (bash)",
   async fn() {