diff --git a/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/fcgi_client.go b/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/fcgi_client.go
index 87b757dcf1e90..38f210b118f4a 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/fcgi_client.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/fcgi_client.go
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // Create an fcgi client
-func newFcgiClient(h string, args ...interface{}) (*conn, error) {
+func newFcgiClient(timeout time.Duration, h string, args ...interface{}) (*conn, error) {
 	var con net.Conn
 	if len(args) != 1 {
 		return nil, errors.New("fcgi: not enough params")
@@ -19,13 +20,24 @@ func newFcgiClient(h string, args ...interface{}) (*conn, error) {
 	switch args[0].(type) {
 	case int:
 		addr := h + ":" + strconv.FormatInt(int64(args[0].(int)), 10)
-		con, err = net.Dial("tcp", addr)
+		if timeout == 0 {
+			con, err = net.Dial("tcp", addr)
+		} else {
+			con, err = net.DialTimeout("tcp", addr, timeout)
+		}
 	case string:
 		laddr := net.UnixAddr{Name: args[0].(string), Net: h}
 		con, err = net.DialUnix(h, nil, &laddr)
 	default:
 		err = errors.New("fcgi: we only accept int (port) or string (socket) params")
 	}
+
+	if timeout != 0 {
+		if err := con.SetDeadline(time.Now().Add(timeout)); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	fcgi := &conn{
 		rwc: con,
 	}
@@ -66,6 +78,12 @@ READ_LOOP:
 			}
 			break
 		}
+		if err1 != nil && strings.Contains(err1.Error(), "i/o timeout") {
+			if !errors.Is(err1, io.EOF) {
+				err = err1
+			}
+			break
+		}
 
 		switch {
 		case rec.h.Type == typeStdout:
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/phpfpm.go b/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/phpfpm.go
index f96b6184c68bd..75b6420379f42 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/phpfpm.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/phpfpm.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (p *phpfpm) gatherServer(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		}
 		fcgiIP := socketAddr[0]
 		fcgiPort, _ := strconv.Atoi(socketAddr[1])
-		fcgi, err = newFcgiClient(fcgiIP, fcgiPort)
+		fcgi, err = newFcgiClient(time.Duration(p.Timeout), fcgiIP, fcgiPort)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (p *phpfpm) gatherServer(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		if statusPath == "" {
 			statusPath = "status"
 		}
-		fcgi, err = newFcgiClient("unix", socketPath)
+		fcgi, err = newFcgiClient(time.Duration(p.Timeout), "unix", socketPath)
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/phpfpm_test.go b/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/phpfpm_test.go
index 38edc92289814..65510b302d6c0 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/phpfpm_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/phpfpm_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/shim"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers/influx"
@@ -150,6 +151,42 @@ func TestPhpFpmGeneratesMetrics_From_Fcgi(t *testing.T) {
 	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "phpfpm", fields, tags)
 }
 
+func TestPhpFpmTimeout_From_Fcgi(t *testing.T) {
+	// Let OS find an available port
+	tcp, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	require.NoError(t, err, "Cannot initialize test server")
+	defer tcp.Close()
+
+	const timeout = 200 * time.Millisecond
+
+	go func() {
+		conn, err := tcp.Accept()
+		if err != nil {
+			return // ignore the returned error as we cannot do anything about it anyway
+		}
+		defer conn.Close()
+
+		// Sleep longer than the timeout
+		time.Sleep(2 * timeout)
+	}()
+
+	//Now we tested again above server
+	r := &phpfpm{
+		Urls:    []string{"fcgi://" + tcp.Addr().String() + "/status"},
+		Timeout: config.Duration(timeout),
+		Log:     &testutil.Logger{},
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, r.Init())
+
+	start := time.Now()
+
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	require.Error(t, acc.GatherError(r.Gather))
+
+	require.Empty(t, acc.GetTelegrafMetrics())
+	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, time.Since(start), timeout)
+}
+
 func TestPhpFpmGeneratesMetrics_From_Socket(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create a socket in /tmp because we always have write permission and if the
 	// removing of socket fail when system restart /tmp is clear so