diff --git a/src/Mailchimp.php b/src/Mailchimp.php
index 583b029..8949ed1 100644
--- a/src/Mailchimp.php
+++ b/src/Mailchimp.php
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ public function setUserAgent($userAgent)
         }
         curl_setopt($this->_ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $userAgent);
     }
+    public function setTimeOut($timeout)
+    {
+        curl_setopt($this->_ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout);
+    }
     public function call($url,$params,$method=Mailchimp::GET)
     {
         $hasParams = true;