diff --git a/httplib.h b/httplib.h
index ffc4b2a..0eb8aca 100644
--- a/httplib.h
+++ b/httplib.h
@@ -5321,7 +5321,24 @@ inline SSLSocketStream::SSLSocketStream(socket_t sock, SSL *ssl,
     : sock_(sock), ssl_(ssl), read_timeout_sec_(read_timeout_sec),
       read_timeout_usec_(read_timeout_usec),
       write_timeout_sec_(write_timeout_sec),
-      write_timeout_usec_(write_timeout_usec) {}
+      write_timeout_usec_(write_timeout_usec) {
+  {
+    timeval tv;
+    tv.tv_sec = static_cast<long>(read_timeout_sec);
+    tv.tv_usec = static_cast<decltype(tv.tv_usec)>(read_timeout_usec);
+
+    setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, reinterpret_cast<char *>(&tv),
+               sizeof(tv));
+  }
+  {
+    timeval tv;
+    tv.tv_sec = static_cast<long>(write_timeout_sec);
+    tv.tv_usec = static_cast<decltype(tv.tv_usec)>(write_timeout_usec);
+
+    setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, reinterpret_cast<char *>(&tv),
+               sizeof(tv));
+  }
+}
 
 inline SSLSocketStream::~SSLSocketStream() {}
 
@@ -5803,4 +5820,3 @@ inline bool SSLClient::check_host_name(const char *pattern,
 
 #endif // CPPHTTPLIB_HTTPLIB_H
 
-