diff --git a/loader/include/Geode/utils/web.hpp b/loader/include/Geode/utils/web.hpp
index 73b53a8c..cd41bb5d 100644
--- a/loader/include/Geode/utils/web.hpp
+++ b/loader/include/Geode/utils/web.hpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "general.hpp"
 
 #include <ghc/fs_fwd.hpp>
-#include <mutex>
+#include <chrono>
 
 namespace geode::utils::web {
     GEODE_DLL void openLinkInBrowser(std::string const& url);
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ namespace geode::utils::web {
          * sets the content type to application/json.
          */
         AsyncWebRequest& postFields(matjson::Value const& fields);
+        /**
+         * Specify a timeout, in seconds, in which the request will fail.
+         */
+        AsyncWebRequest& timeout(std::chrono::seconds seconds);
         /**
          * Specify a callback to run if the download fails. The callback is
          * always ran in the GD thread, so interacting with UI is safe
diff --git a/loader/src/utils/web.cpp b/loader/src/utils/web.cpp
index c9cba70e..7734b546 100644
--- a/loader/src/utils/web.cpp
+++ b/loader/src/utils/web.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ public:
     bool m_sent = false;
     std::variant<std::monostate, std::ostream*, ghc::filesystem::path> m_target;
     std::vector<std::string> m_httpHeaders;
+    std::chrono::seconds m_timeoutSeconds;
 
     SentAsyncWebRequestHandle send(AsyncWebRequest&);
 };
@@ -241,7 +242,9 @@ SentAsyncWebRequest::Impl::Impl(SentAsyncWebRequest* self, AsyncWebRequest const
     if (req.m_impl->m_cancelled) m_cancelleds.push_back(req.m_impl->m_cancelled);
     if (req.m_impl->m_expect) m_expects.push_back(req.m_impl->m_expect);
 
-    std::thread([this]() {
+    auto timeoutSeconds = req.m_impl->m_timeoutSeconds;
+
+    std::thread([this, timeoutSeconds]() {
         AWAIT_RESUME();
 
         auto curl = curl_easy_init();
@@ -301,6 +304,11 @@ SentAsyncWebRequest::Impl::Impl(SentAsyncWebRequest* self, AsyncWebRequest const
             curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, m_postFields.size());
         }
 
+        // Timeout
+        if (timeoutSeconds.count()) {
+            curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, timeoutSeconds.count());
+        }
+
         // Track progress
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0);
         // Follow redirects