diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9fbce07..1b3332e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ const bot = new TeleBot({
         limit: 100, // Optional. Limits the number of updates to be retrieved.
         retryTimeout: 5000, // Optional. Reconnecting timeout (in ms).
         proxy: 'http://username:password@yourproxy.com:8080' // Optional. An HTTP proxy to be used.
+        socketTimeout: 30000, // Optional. Socket timeout (in ms).
     },
     webhook: { // Optional. Use webhook instead of polling.
         key: 'key.pem', // Optional. Private key for server.
diff --git a/lib/telebot.js b/lib/telebot.js
index 49df135..2d260fb 100644
--- a/lib/telebot.js
+++ b/lib/telebot.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class TeleBot {
         this.interval = poll.interval >= 0 ? poll.interval : 300;
         this.timeout = poll.timeout >= 0 ? poll.timeout : 0;
         this.retryTimeout = poll.retryTimeout >= 0 ? poll.retryTimeout : 5000;
+        this.socketTimeout = poll.socketTimeout >=0 ? poll.socketTimeout: 30000;
 
         this.webhook = cfg.webhook;
 
@@ -300,7 +301,8 @@ class TeleBot {
 
         const options = {
             url: this.api + url,
-            json: true
+            json: true,
+            timeout: this.socketTimeout
         };
 
         if (this.proxy) options.proxy = this.proxy;