diff --git a/caucase/http.py b/caucase/http.py
index 38a0c2d9a03fa4a42b248ab9727981e59e1ec80b..22637a2a65f16ff53b832880866d35ba9481865c 100644
--- a/caucase/http.py
+++ b/caucase/http.py
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ from .ca import CertificateAuthority, UserCertificateAuthority, Extension
 from .storage import SQLite3Storage
 from .http_wsgirequesthandler import WSGIRequestHandler
 
+# Timeout misbehaving clients
+socket.setdefaulttimeout(10)
+
 _cryptography_backend = default_backend()
 
 BACKUP_SUFFIX = '.sql.caucased'