diff --git a/javascript/src/index.ts b/javascript/src/index.ts
index 0dfa882bd..877e6cbf4 100644
--- a/javascript/src/index.ts
+++ b/javascript/src/index.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ export { OperationalWebhookEndpointListOptions } from "./api/operational_webhook
 export interface SvixOptions {
   debug?: boolean;
   serverUrl?: string;
+  /** Time in milliseconds to wait for requests to get a response. */
+  requestTimeout?: number;
 }
 
 const REGIONS = [
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ export class Svix {
     const regionalUrl = REGIONS.find((x) => x.region === token.split(".")[1])?.url;
     const baseUrl: string = options.serverUrl ?? regionalUrl ?? "https://api.svix.com";
 
-    this.requestCtx = { baseUrl, token };
+    this.requestCtx = { baseUrl, token, timeout: options.requestTimeout };
 
     this._configuration = openapi.createConfiguration({
       baseServer: new openapi.ServerConfiguration<any>(baseUrl, {}),
diff --git a/javascript/src/request.ts b/javascript/src/request.ts
index 2cb9b1885..8fcab139a 100644
--- a/javascript/src/request.ts
+++ b/javascript/src/request.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export interface SvixRequestContext {
   baseUrl: string;
   /** The 'bearer' scheme access token */
   token: string;
+  /** Time in milliseconds to wait for requests to get a response. */
+  timeout?: number;
 }
 
 type QueryParameter = string | boolean | number | Date | string[] | null | undefined;
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ export class SvixRequest {
         ...this.headerParams,
       },
       credentials: isCredentialsSupported ? "same-origin" : undefined,
+      signal: ctx.timeout !== undefined ? AbortSignal.timeout(ctx.timeout) : undefined,
     });
 
     const responseBody = await response.text();