diff --git a/daemon/remote.c b/daemon/remote.c
index cd9c65af5..9941393ab 100644
--- a/daemon/remote.c
+++ b/daemon/remote.c
@@ -1291,6 +1291,7 @@ processRequests( const char *  host,
     curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_URL, url );
     curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_NETRC, CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL );
     curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY );
+    curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60L );
     if( netrc )
         curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE, netrc );
     if( auth )