diff --git a/src/module-elasticsuite-core/Api/Client/ClientConfigurationInterface.php b/src/module-elasticsuite-core/Api/Client/ClientConfigurationInterface.php
index 9e84a7772..3715047ea 100644
--- a/src/module-elasticsuite-core/Api/Client/ClientConfigurationInterface.php
+++ b/src/module-elasticsuite-core/Api/Client/ClientConfigurationInterface.php
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ public function getHttpAuthPassword();
      */
     public function getMaxParallelHandles();
 
+    /**
+     * Get the maximum number of seconds to wait for a response
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getReadTimeout();
+
     /**
      * Client config options.
      *
diff --git a/src/module-elasticsuite-core/Client/ClientBuilder.php b/src/module-elasticsuite-core/Client/ClientBuilder.php
index 765ff4b71..ea6269f30 100644
--- a/src/module-elasticsuite-core/Client/ClientBuilder.php
+++ b/src/module-elasticsuite-core/Client/ClientBuilder.php
@@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ public function build($options = [])
             $clientBuilder->setSelector($selector);
         }
 
+        $connectionParams = ['client' => []];
+        if (isset($options['timeout'])) {
+            $connectionParams['client']['timeout'] = $options['timeout'];
+        }
+        if (isset($options['connection_timeout'])) {
+            $connectionParams['client']['connect_timeout'] = $options['connection_timeout'];
+        }
+        if (count($connectionParams['client'])) {
+            $clientBuilder->setConnectionParams($connectionParams);
+        }
+
         return $clientBuilder->build();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/module-elasticsuite-core/Client/ClientConfiguration.php b/src/module-elasticsuite-core/Client/ClientConfiguration.php
index 8af3ddfb6..585884aa6 100644
--- a/src/module-elasticsuite-core/Client/ClientConfiguration.php
+++ b/src/module-elasticsuite-core/Client/ClientConfiguration.php
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ public function getMaxParallelHandles()
         return (int) $this->getElasticsearchClientConfigParam('max_parallel_handles');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getReadTimeout()
+    {
+        return (int) $this->getElasticsearchClientConfigParam('timeout');
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
@@ -125,6 +133,8 @@ public function getOptions()
             'http_auth_pwd'         => $this->getHttpAuthPassword(),
             'is_debug_mode_enabled' => $this->isDebugModeEnabled(),
             'max_parallel_handles'  => $this->getMaxParallelHandles(),
+            'timeout'               => $this->getReadTimeout(),
+            'connection_timeout'    => $this->getConnectionTimeout(),
         ];
 
         return $options;
diff --git a/src/module-elasticsuite-core/etc/adminhtml/system.xml b/src/module-elasticsuite-core/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
index 3a89f682c..16e5014de 100644
--- a/src/module-elasticsuite-core/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
+++ b/src/module-elasticsuite-core/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
                     <comment>In seconds.</comment>
                     <frontend_class>validate-number</frontend_class>
                 </field>
+                <field id="timeout" translate="label comment" type="text" sortOrder="57" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="0" showInStore="0">
+                    <label>Read Timeout</label>
+                    <comment>In seconds.</comment>
+                    <frontend_class>validate-number</frontend_class>
+                </field>
             </group>
 
             <group id="indices_settings" translate="label" type="text" sortOrder="20" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">