diff --git a/src/net.c b/src/net.c
index 67646c2..5201d69 100644
--- a/src/net.c
+++ b/src/net.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "net.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 
@@ -99,6 +100,19 @@ void net_destroy(net_t *n) {
     n->inaddr_len = sizeof(n->inaddr);
 }
 
+bool net_set_timeout(net_t *const n, int usec) {
+    struct timeval timeout;
+    timeout.tv_sec = 0;
+    timeout.tv_usec = usec;
+
+    if (setsockopt(n->fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &timeout, sizeof(timeout)) < 0)
+        return false;
+    if (setsockopt(n->fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, &timeout, sizeof(timeout)) < 0)
+        return false;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 ssize_t net_send(net_t *const n, const char *const buf, int buf_len) {
     if (n->fd == -1 || n->raddr.sa_family == AF_UNSPEC)
         return -1;
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 6eaaf0b..8e4bcf2 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _NET_H_
 #define _NET_H_
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 
 typedef struct net_t {
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ int net_client_init(net_t *const n, const char *const raddr, const char *const r
 int net_server_init(net_t *const n, const char *const laddr, const char *const lport);
 void net_destroy(net_t *n);
 
+bool net_set_timeout(net_t *const n, int usec);
+
 ssize_t net_send(net_t *const n, const char *const buf, int buf_len);
 ssize_t net_recv(net_t *const n, void *const buf, size_t buf_len);