diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index ea9a06f3..16bba10f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 
 * Add `ResponseError` impl for `SendRequestError`.
   This improves ergonomics of http client.
-
+  
+* Allow connection timeout to be set
 
 ## 0.4.4 (2018-03-04)
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c56589df..d78f0792 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ openssl = { version="0.10", optional = true }
 tokio-openssl = { version="0.2", optional = true }
 
 [dependencies.actix]
-version = "^0.5.1"
+git = "https://github.com/actix/actix.git"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.5"
diff --git a/src/client/connector.rs b/src/client/connector.rs
index 4e8ac214..eb9dc3b0 100644
--- a/src/client/connector.rs
+++ b/src/client/connector.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::{io, time};
 use std::net::Shutdown;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 use actix::{fut, Actor, ActorFuture, Context,
             Handler, Message, ActorResponse, Supervised};
@@ -25,12 +26,18 @@ use server::IoStream;
 #[derive(Debug)]
 /// `Connect` type represents message that can be send to `ClientConnector`
 /// with connection request.
-pub struct Connect(pub Uri);
+pub struct Connect {
+    pub uri: Uri,
+    pub connection_timeout: Duration
+}
 
 impl Connect {
     /// Create `Connect` message for specified `Uri`
     pub fn new<U>(uri: U) -> Result<Connect, HttpError> where Uri: HttpTryFrom<U> {
-        Ok(Connect(Uri::try_from(uri).map_err(|e| e.into())?))
+        Ok(Connect {
+            uri: Uri::try_from(uri).map_err(|e| e.into())?,
+            connection_timeout: Duration::from_secs(1)
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -159,7 +166,8 @@ impl Handler<Connect> for ClientConnector {
     type Result = ActorResponse<ClientConnector, Connection, ClientConnectorError>;
 
     fn handle(&mut self, msg: Connect, _: &mut Self::Context) -> Self::Result {
-        let uri = &msg.0;
+        let uri = &msg.uri;
+        let connection_timeout = msg.connection_timeout;
 
         // host name is required
         if uri.host().is_none() {
@@ -185,7 +193,7 @@ impl Handler<Connect> for ClientConnector {
 
         ActorResponse::async(
             Connector::from_registry()
-                .send(ResolveConnect::host_and_port(&host, port))
+                .send(ResolveConnect::host_and_port(&host, port).timeout(connection_timeout))
                 .into_actor(self)
                 .map_err(|_, _, _| ClientConnectorError::Disconnected)
                 .and_then(move |res, _act, _| {
diff --git a/src/client/pipeline.rs b/src/client/pipeline.rs
index baa84da9..47e38bc8 100644
--- a/src/client/pipeline.rs
+++ b/src/client/pipeline.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ impl Future for SendRequest {
 
             match state {
                 State::New =>
-                    self.state = State::Connect(self.conn.send(Connect(self.req.uri().clone()))),
+                    self.state = State::Connect(self.conn.send(Connect {
+                        uri: self.req.uri().clone(),
+                        connection_timeout: self.req.connection_timeout()
+                    })),
                 State::Connect(mut conn) => match conn.poll() {
                     Ok(Async::NotReady) => {
                         self.state = State::Connect(conn);
diff --git a/src/client/request.rs b/src/client/request.rs
index a1f61d8d..d7ab2d53 100644
--- a/src/client/request.rs
+++ b/src/client/request.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::{fmt, mem};
 use std::io::Write;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 use actix::{Addr, Unsync};
 use cookie::{Cookie, CookieJar};
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ pub struct ClientRequest {
     response_decompress: bool,
     buffer_capacity: Option<(usize, usize)>,
     conn: ConnectionType,
+    connection_timeout: Duration
 
 }
 
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ impl Default for ClientRequest {
             response_decompress: true,
             buffer_capacity: None,
             conn: ConnectionType::Default,
+            connection_timeout: Duration::from_secs(1)
         }
     }
 }
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ impl ClientRequest {
             request: Some(ClientRequest::default()),
             err: None,
             cookies: None,
-            default_headers: true,
+            default_headers: true
         }
     }
 
@@ -112,6 +115,11 @@ impl ClientRequest {
         &self.uri
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn connection_timeout(&self) -> Duration {
+        self.connection_timeout
+    }
+
     /// Set client request uri
     #[inline]
     pub fn set_uri(&mut self, uri: Uri) {
@@ -236,7 +244,7 @@ pub struct ClientRequestBuilder {
     request: Option<ClientRequest>,
     err: Option<HttpError>,
     cookies: Option<CookieJar>,
-    default_headers: bool,
+    default_headers: bool
 }
 
 impl ClientRequestBuilder {
@@ -398,6 +406,15 @@ impl ClientRequestBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Set connection timeout
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn connection_timeout(&mut self, connection_timeout: Duration) -> &mut Self {
+        if let Some(ref mut request) = self.request {
+            request.connection_timeout = connection_timeout;
+        }
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Set request's content type
     #[inline]
     pub fn content_type<V>(&mut self, value: V) -> &mut Self
@@ -599,7 +616,7 @@ impl ClientRequestBuilder {
             request: self.request.take(),
             err: self.err.take(),
             cookies: self.cookies.take(),
-            default_headers: self.default_headers,
+            default_headers: self.default_headers
         }
     }
 }