diff --git a/lidarr/api_client.py b/lidarr/api_client.py
index eff367c..7174b1f 100644
--- a/lidarr/api_client.py
+++ b/lidarr/api_client.py
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ def __call_api(
             resource_path, method, body,
             request_auth=_request_auth)
 
+        # request timeout
+        if not _request_timeout:
+            _request_timeout = config.request_timeout
+
         # body
         if body:
             body = self.sanitize_for_serialization(body)
diff --git a/lidarr/configuration.py b/lidarr/configuration.py
index 7da2c5a..2fc77a3 100644
--- a/lidarr/configuration.py
+++ b/lidarr/configuration.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class Configuration(object):
       disabled. This can be useful to troubleshoot data validation problem, such as
       when the OpenAPI document validation rules do not match the actual API data
       received by the server.
+    :param request_timeout: Default request timeout.
     :param server_index: Index to servers configuration.
     :param server_variables: Mapping with string values to replace variables in
       templated server configuration. The validation of enums is performed for
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ def __init__(self, host=None,
                  username=None, password=None,
                  discard_unknown_keys=False,
                  disabled_client_side_validations="",
+                 request_timeout=None,
                  server_index=None, server_variables=None,
                  server_operation_index=None, server_operation_variables=None,
                  ssl_ca_cert=None,
@@ -151,6 +153,9 @@ def __init__(self, host=None,
         """
         self.discard_unknown_keys = discard_unknown_keys
         self.disabled_client_side_validations = disabled_client_side_validations
+        self.request_timeout = request_timeout
+        """Request Timeout
+        """
         self.logger = {}
         """Logging Settings
         """