diff --git a/libtransmission/web.c b/libtransmission/web.c
index 4899b6be3..003310e2a 100644
--- a/libtransmission/web.c
+++ b/libtransmission/web.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ addTask( void * vtask )
         dbgmsg( "adding task #%lu [%s] (%d remain)", task->tag, task->url, web->remain );
 
         ch = curl_easy_init( );
+        curl_easy_setopt( ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30 );
         curl_easy_setopt( ch, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, task );
         curl_easy_setopt( ch, CURLOPT_URL, task->url );
         curl_easy_setopt( ch, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, writeFunc );